Powered land · North Yorkshire, England
33 ha site near Scarborough Grid substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 32970764)
A candidate site of 33 ha in North Yorkshire, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 1.02 km from the Scarborough Grid substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 30.2 MVA of demand headroom and 74.3 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 33 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 | 32970764 (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 |
| Not designated | ancient woodland, conservation area, green belt, National Landscape (AONB), national park, Ramsar wetland, registered park and garden, scheduled monument, Special Area of Conservation (Natura 2000), Special Protection Area (Natura 2000), Site of Special Scientific Interest, World Heritage Site buffer zone and World Heritage Site (checked against the published areas) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | North Yorkshire, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.2524, -0.4266 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Scarborough Grid (1.02 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 33 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 | 30.2 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 74.3 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 | None (green 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 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
#70 of 557 sites in North Yorkshire and #888 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 27% of the sites in North Yorkshire. Closer to its substation than 63% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 33 ha | 8.4 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.02 km | 14.7 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 30.2 MVA | 30.2 | 40 |
| Site score | 53 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in North Yorkshire
Nearby sites on the same substation
8 other sites have Scarborough Grid as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 44 ha site near Scarborough Grid substation, North Yorkshire0.43 km · score 65
- 33 ha site near Scarborough Grid substation, North Yorkshire (INSPIRE polygon 51214157)0.39 km · score 63
- 35 ha site near Scarborough Grid substation, North Yorkshire0.75 km · score 58
- 51 ha site near Scarborough Grid substation, North Yorkshire1.26 km · score 55
- 38 ha site near Scarborough Grid substation, North Yorkshire1.01 km · score 55
- 59 ha site near Scarborough Grid substation, North Yorkshire1.6 km · score 52
- 37 ha site near Scarborough Grid substation, North Yorkshire1.35 km · score 50
- 2.41 ha brownfield site at Filey Road Sports Club, Scarborough, North Yorkshire0.98 km · score 46
- Sites in North Yorkshire571
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Scarborough Gridsubstation
Data on this page
- 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.
- 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.