Powered land · Somerset, England
81 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset
A candidate site of 81.4 ha in Somerset, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 1.37 km from the Castle Cary Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 6.81 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 81.4 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 | 20020481 (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 | Somerset, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.0682, -2.5277 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Castle Cary Primary (1.37 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 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 | 6.81 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 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
#30 of 137 sites in Somerset and #2,185 of 4,848 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 85% of the sites in Somerset. Closer to its substation than 42% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 81.4 ha | 22.9 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.37 km | 9.5 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 6.81 MVA | 6.8 | 40 |
| Site score | 39 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
12 other sites have Castle Cary Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 80 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset0.08 km · score 58
- 156 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset (INSPIRE polygon 20313963)0.92 km · score 53
- 156 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset (INSPIRE polygon 55867930)0.92 km · score 53
- 84 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset0.69 km · score 50
- 27 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset0.55 km · score 35
- 30 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset0.68 km · score 34
- 40 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset0.96 km · score 33
- 29 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset (INSPIRE polygon 62453452)0.87 km · score 31
- 28 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset0.97 km · score 29
- 33 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset1.77 km · score 19
- 31 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset1.89 km · score 16
- 29 ha site near Castle Cary Primary substation, Somerset (INSPIRE polygon 55867935)1.89 km · score 16
- Sites in Somerset139
- Sites in the United Kingdom4,971
- Castle Cary Primarysubstation
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.