Powered land · North Yorkshire, England
1.45 ha brownfield site at Land off Stakesby Road, Whitby (part of), North Yorkshire
A brownfield site of 1.45 ha in North Yorkshire, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 0.92 km from the Whitby West T1 substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 14.3 MVA of demand headroom and 20 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.45 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 |
| Owner type | Public body | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Planning permission | Granted | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land off Stakesby Road, Whitby (part of) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Nov 2016 (full-planning-permission, issued by North Yorkshire Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | BR-043 (planning authority North Yorkshire Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Land off Stakesby Road, Whitby (part of) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | North Yorkshire, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.4874, -0.6288 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Whitby West T1 (0.92 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 | 14.3 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 20 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 0.2 of 5, withdrawals 5.6% 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
#339 of 557 sites in North Yorkshire and #3,698 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 2% of the sites in North Yorkshire. Closer to its substation than 69% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.45 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.92 km | 16.2 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 14.3 MVA | 14.3 | 40 |
| Site score | 31 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
9 other sites have Whitby West T1 as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 47 ha site near Whitby West T1 substation, North Yorkshire0.51 km · score 49
- 40 ha site near Whitby West T1 substation, North Yorkshire0.64 km · score 45
- 36 ha site near Whitby West T1 substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 31688055)1.32 km · score 34
- 36 ha site near Whitby West T1 substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 59548544)1.32 km · score 34
- 29 ha site near Whitby West T1 substation, North Yorkshire1.14 km · score 34
- 34 ha site near Whitby West T1 substation, North Yorkshire1.4 km · score 32
- 28 ha site near Whitby West T1 substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 31705551)1.5 km · score 29
- 28 ha site near Whitby West T1 substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 31945952)1.51 km · score 29
- 31 ha site near Whitby West T1 substation, North Yorkshire1.68 km · score 27
- Sites in North Yorkshire571
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Whitby West T1substation
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.