Powered land · South Oxfordshire, England
31 ha brownfield site at Mongewell Park (Carmel College), Mongewell, South Oxfordshire
A brownfield site of 30.9 ha in South Oxfordshire, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 4.74 km from the Goring Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 9.99 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 30.9 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 |
| Owner type | Private | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Planning permission | Granted | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Mongewell Park (Carmel College), Mongewell | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 21 Mar 2016 (full-planning-permission, issued by South Oxfordshire District Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | P11/W2357 (SHELAA: 940) (planning authority South Oxfordshire District Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Mongewell Park (Carmel College), Mongewell | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | South Oxfordshire, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5839, -1.1217 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Goring Primary (4.74 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 | 9.99 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 |
| Water stress | High (40–80%) (score 3.4 of 5, withdrawals 52.2% 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
#133 of 148 sites in South Oxfordshire and #5,449 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 13% of the sites in South Oxfordshire. Closer to its substation than 1% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 30.9 ha | 7.8 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 4.74 km | 0 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 9.99 MVA | 10 | 40 |
| Site score | 18 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
11 other sites have Goring Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 84 ha site near Goring Primary substation, West Berkshire0.2 km · score 61
- 117 ha site near Goring Primary substation, South Oxfordshire1.11 km · score 53
- 55 ha site near Goring Primary substation, South Oxfordshire0.37 km · score 49
- 28 ha site near Goring Primary substation, South Oxfordshire0.04 km · score 46
- 389 ha site near Goring Primary substation, South Oxfordshire1.64 km · score 45
- 88 ha site near Goring Primary substation, West Berkshire1.58 km · score 41
- 42 ha site near Goring Primary substation, South Oxfordshire0.85 km · score 38
- 48 ha site near Goring Primary substation, South Oxfordshire1.94 km · score 24
- 35 ha site near Goring Primary substation, South Oxfordshire (INSPIRE polygon 30031531)1.8 km · score 22
- 35 ha site near Goring Primary substation, South Oxfordshire (INSPIRE polygon 29977380)1.95 km · score 20
- 4.21 ha brownfield site at Mongewell Park (Carmel College), Mongewell, South Oxfordshire4.9 km · score 10
- Sites in South Oxfordshire149
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Goring 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.
- 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.