Powered land · Oxford, England
44 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, Oxford
A candidate site of 43.7 ha in Oxford, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 0.69 km from the Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 11.2 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 43.7 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 | 29203619 (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 | Oxford, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7331, -1.1925 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Cowley Local (Main) BSP (0.69 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 kV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 11.2 MVA | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 0 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) at the substation | Limited (amber on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (feed-in) at the substation | Full (red on the heat map, limited by upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 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
#3 of 6 sites in Oxford and #1,885 of 4,848 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 67% of the sites in Oxford. Closer to its substation than 50% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 43.7 ha | 11.6 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.69 km | 19.7 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 11.2 MVA | 11.2 | 40 |
| Site score | 42 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
10 other sites have Cowley Local (Main) BSP as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 172 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, South Oxfordshire0.58 km · score 63
- 100 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, South Oxfordshire0.68 km · score 59
- 28 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, Oxford0.36 km · score 43
- 47 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, South Oxfordshire1.47 km · score 32
- 44 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, South Oxfordshire (INSPIRE polygon 45301254)1.38 km · score 32
- 38 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, South Oxfordshire1.46 km · score 29
- 54 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, South Oxfordshire1.84 km · score 28
- 37 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, South Oxfordshire1.65 km · score 26
- 44 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, South Oxfordshire (INSPIRE polygon 59164537)1.85 km · score 25
- 33 ha site near Cowley Local (Main) BSP substation, South Oxfordshire1.75 km · score 23
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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.