Powered land · North Yorkshire, England
36 ha site near Thornton Dale substation, North Yorkshire
A candidate site of 35.5 ha in North Yorkshire, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 1.86 km from the Thornton Dale substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 8.08 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 35.5 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 | 59211681 (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 |
| Conservation area | Thornton-le-Dale (2.6% of the site; North York Moors National Park Authority; since 7 Dec 1977) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| National park | North York Moors (100% of the site; Office for National Statistics) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Scheduled monument | Prehistoric linear boundary in Ellerburn Wood, 370m north west of St Hilda's Church (8.4% of the site; Historic England; since 5 Jul 2002) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Ancient woodland | ELLERBURN WOOD (59.8% of the site; Natural England) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Not designated | green belt, National Landscape (AONB), Ramsar wetland, registered park and garden, 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 | 54.2476, -0.7111 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Thornton Dale (1.86 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 (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 8.08 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 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
#491 of 557 sites in North Yorkshire and #5,322 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 33% of the sites in North Yorkshire. Closer to its substation than 12% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 35.5 ha | 9.2 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.86 km | 2.1 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 8.08 MVA | 8.1 | 40 |
| Site score | 19 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
4 other sites have Thornton Dale as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 77 ha site near Thornton Dale substation, North Yorkshire1.01 km · score 45
- 35 ha site near Thornton Dale substation, North Yorkshire1.12 km · score 30
- 27 ha site near Thornton Dale substation, North Yorkshire1.28 km · score 25
- 30 ha site near Thornton Dale substation, North Yorkshire1.62 km · score 21
- Sites in North Yorkshire571
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Thornton Dalesubstation
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.