Powered land · Sheffield, England
2.52 ha brownfield site at Mill Spring House Storrs Lane Sheffield S6 6GY
A brownfield site of 2.52 ha in Sheffield, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.5 km from the Loxley Road substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 4.79 MVA of demand headroom and 0.28 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2.52 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 | Mill Spring House Storrs Lane Sheffield S6 6GY | 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 | 7 Apr 2020 (full-planning-permission, issued by Sheffield City Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner type | Unknown (not stated) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | S04221 (planning authority Sheffield City Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Mill Spring House Storrs Lane Sheffield S6 6GY | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Sheffield, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3986, -1.5549 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Loxley Road (1.5 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 | 4.79 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 0.28 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) 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 |
| 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 to medium (10–20%) (score 1.4 of 5, withdrawals 12.8% 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
#99 of 113 sites in Sheffield and #5,910 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 40% of the sites in Sheffield. Closer to its substation than 23% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 2.52 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.5 km | 7.5 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 4.79 MVA | 4.8 | 40 |
| Site score | 12 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
11 other sites have Loxley Road as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 34 ha site near Loxley Road substation, Sheffield (INSPIRE polygon 47131883)0.41 km · score 37
- 37 ha site near Loxley Road substation, Sheffield (INSPIRE polygon 47339442)1.15 km · score 27
- 55 ha site near Loxley Road substation, Sheffield1.72 km · score 24
- 37 ha site near Loxley Road substation, Sheffield (INSPIRE polygon 41840645)1.48 km · score 22
- 34 ha site near Loxley Road substation, Sheffield (INSPIRE polygon 56395969)1.65 km · score 19
- 28 ha site near Loxley Road substation, Sheffield1.59 km · score 18
- 29 ha site near Loxley Road substation, Sheffield1.83 km · score 15
- 27 ha site near Loxley Road substation, Sheffield1.93 km · score 12
- 13 ha brownfield site at Former Oughtibridge Paper Mill, S35 0DN (Barnsley), Sheffield3.86 km · score 7
- 4.94 ha brownfield site at Griff Works, Stopes Road, Stannington, Sheffield1.83 km · score 7
- 9 ha brownfield site at Oughtbridge mill, oughtbridge, Barnsley4.04 km · score 6
- Sites in Sheffield113
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Loxley Roadsubstation
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.