Powered land · North Yorkshire, England
40 ha site near Olympia Mills substation, North Yorkshire
A candidate site of 39.7 ha in North Yorkshire, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 1.73 km from the Olympia Mills substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 13.4 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 39.7 ha (the area of its INSPIRE polygon, the indicative extent of a registered title) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| INSPIRE polygon | 56974425 (its id in the HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons) | HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | North Yorkshire, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8028, -1.0719 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Olympia Mills (1.73 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 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 (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 13.4 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 |
| Large generation within 10 km | 5,160 MW of biomass (5 plants of 50 MW or more in operation) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 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 polygon shows where the title lies, not its legal extent: HM Land Registry notes that the extent of a title can only be established from the title plan.
How it compares
#377 of 557 sites in North Yorkshire and #4,072 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 43% of the sites in North Yorkshire. Closer to its substation than 20% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 39.7 ha | 10.4 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.73 km | 4.1 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 13.4 MVA | 13.4 | 40 |
| Site score | 28 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in North Yorkshire
Nearby sites on the same substation
11 other sites have Olympia Mills as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 43 ha brownfield site at Olympia Park, Barlby Road, Barlby, North Yorkshire0.05 km · score 54
- 36 ha site near Olympia Mills substation, North Yorkshire0 km · score 53
- 24 ha brownfield site at Potter Logistics, Barlby, North Yorkshire0.39 km · score 43
- 35 ha site near Olympia Mills substation, North Yorkshire0.97 km · score 38
- 7.53 ha brownfield site at Rigid Group Ltd, Denison Road, Selby, North Yorkshire0.62 km · score 35
- 5.44 ha brownfield site at Land at Carr Street / Denison Road, Selby, North Yorkshire0.59 km · score 35
- 39 ha site near Olympia Mills substation, North Yorkshire1.66 km · score 29
- 7.43 ha brownfield site at Land At Holme Lane, Coupland Road, Selby, North Yorkshire1.23 km · score 26
- 32 ha site near Olympia Mills substation, North Yorkshire1.8 km · score 24
- 28 ha site near Olympia Mills substation, North Yorkshire1.84 km · score 23
- 29 ha site near Olympia Mills substation, North Yorkshire1.95 km · score 21
- Sites in North Yorkshire571
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Olympia Millssubstation
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- 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.