Powered land · Somerset, England
6.41 ha brownfield site at Land Off, Cuckoo Hill, Bruton, Somerset
A brownfield site of 6.41 ha in Somerset, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 0.58 km from the Bruton Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 1.79 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 6.41 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 Off, Cuckoo Hill, Bruton | 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 | 28 Mar 2017 (full-planning-permission, issued by Somerset 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 | 15/03274/FUL (planning authority Somerset Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Land Off, Cuckoo Hill, Bruton | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Somerset, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1178, -2.4497 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Bruton Primary (0.58 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 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 | 1.79 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 | None (green on the heat map) | 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 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
#106 of 143 sites in Somerset and #4,724 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 3% of the sites in Somerset. Closer to its substation than 88% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 6.41 ha | 0.4 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.58 km | 21.3 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 1.79 MVA | 1.8 | 40 |
| Site score | 24 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
13 other sites have Bruton Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 185 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset1.02 km · score 46
- 85 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset0.73 km · score 45
- 73 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset0.9 km · score 39
- 109 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset1.62 km · score 37
- 45 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset0.45 km · score 37
- 56 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset0.9 km · score 34
- 51 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset0.93 km · score 32
- 55 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset1.08 km · score 31
- 58 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset1.39 km · score 27
- 32 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset1.15 km · score 23
- 47 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset1.93 km · score 15
- 31 ha site near Bruton Primary substation, Somerset1.69 km · score 14
- Sites in Somerset145
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Bruton Primarysubstation
Data on this page
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO GIS boundaries for GB DNO licence areas, NESO Open Data Licence.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.