Powered land · Pendle, England
1.24 ha brownfield site at Land at Spring Mill, Earby, Pendle
A brownfield site of 1.24 ha in Pendle, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 2.77 km from the Salterforth substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 12.4 MVA of demand headroom and 25.6 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.24 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 |
| Address | Land at Spring Mill, Earby | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (permissioned) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 31 Mar 2023 (full-planning-permission, issued by Pendle Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner type | Private (not-owned-by-a-public-authority) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | P310 (planning authority Pendle Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Land at Spring Mill, Earby | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Pendle, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9152, -2.1239 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Salterforth (2.77 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 (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 12.4 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 25.6 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) at the substation | Full (red 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 | Full (red 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 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
#22 of 22 sites in Pendle and #5,918 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 0% of the sites in Pendle. Closer to its substation than 0% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.24 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 2.77 km | 0 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 12.4 MVA | 12.4 | 40 |
| Site score | 12 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
10 other sites have Salterforth as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
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- 162 ha site near Salterforth substation, Pendle (INSPIRE polygon 61091067)1.72 km · score 47
- 35 ha site near Salterforth substation, Pendle0.37 km · score 46
- 27 ha site near Salterforth substation, Pendle0.32 km · score 44
- 70 ha site near Salterforth substation, Pendle1.41 km · score 41
- 31 ha site near Salterforth substation, Pendle (INSPIRE polygon 56385128)0.88 km · score 37
- 36 ha site near Salterforth substation, Pendle1.13 km · score 35
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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.