Powered land · North Yorkshire, England
2.63 ha brownfield site at Auction Mart, Ripon, North Yorkshire
A brownfield site of 2.63 ha in North Yorkshire, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 0.94 km from the Ripon substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 1.16 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2.63 ha (the area its register gives) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Site from | Brownfield land register (England) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Auction Mart, Ripon | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (permissioned) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Nov 2017 (full-planning-permission, issued by North Yorkshire Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner type | Private (not-owned-by-a-public-authority) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | BR42 (planning authority North Yorkshire Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Auction Mart, Ripon | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | North Yorkshire, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.1413, -1.5181 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Ripon (0.94 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 11 kV | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation operator | Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 1.16 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 0 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) at the substation | None (green on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) at the substation | Limited (amber on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | Low (under 10%) (score 1 of 5, withdrawals 9.9% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
The register gives a point and an area, not an outline: the distance runs from that point, so the site's edge can be closer to the substation.
How it compares
#511 of 557 sites in North Yorkshire and #5,587 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 4% of the sites in North Yorkshire. Closer to its substation than 68% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 2.63 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.94 km | 15.9 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 1.16 MVA | 1.2 | 40 |
| Site score | 17 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in North Yorkshire
Nearby sites on the same substation
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- 33 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 63379642)0.87 km · score 27
- 42 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.24 km · score 24
- 33 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 26593782)1.06 km · score 24
- 39 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.39 km · score 20
- 37 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire1.68 km · score 16
- 28 ha site near Ripon substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 54723306)1.49 km · score 16
- 1.46 ha brownfield site at Brownfield site BR104, North Yorkshire Council0.99 km · score 16
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- Sites in North Yorkshire571
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- Riponsubstation
Data on this page
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO GIS boundaries for GB DNO licence areas, NESO Open Data Licence.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. ONS Open Geography: Local Authority Districts, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.
- Kuzma, S., M.F.P. Bierkens, S. Lakshman, T. Luo, L. Saccoccia, E. H. Sutanudjaja, and R. Van Beek. 2023. Aqueduct 4.0: Updated Decision-Relevant Global Water Risk Indicators. Technical Note. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. doi.org/10.46830/writn.23.00061. WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0.