Powered land · Southampton, England
42 ha site near Southampton (Main) BSP substation, Southampton
A candidate site of 42.3 ha in Southampton, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 0.59 km from the Southampton (Main) BSP substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 40.4 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 42.3 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 | 28127529 (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 |
| Article 4 direction | HMO (90.5% of the site; Southampton City Council; since 23 Mar 2012) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Special Protection Area (Natura 2000) | Solent and Dorset Coast (54% of the site; Natural England) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Not designated | ancient woodland, conservation area, green belt, National Landscape (AONB), national park, Ramsar wetland, registered park and garden, scheduled monument, Special Area of Conservation (Natura 2000), Site of Special Scientific Interest, World Heritage Site buffer zone and World Heritage Site (checked against the published areas) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Southampton, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9046, -1.4252 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Southampton (Main) BSP (0.59 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 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 | 40.4 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 |
| Large generation within 10 km | 951 MW of gas (2 plants of 50 MW or more in operation) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | Medium to high (20–40%) (score 2.4 of 5, withdrawals 26.1% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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
#2 of 18 sites in Southampton and #108 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 61% of the sites in Southampton. Closer to its substation than 39% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 42.3 ha | 11.2 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.59 km | 21.2 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 40.4 MVA | 40 | 40 |
| Site score | 72 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
4 other sites have Southampton (Main) BSP as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 55 ha site near Southampton (Main) BSP substation, Southampton0.05 km · score 84
- 3.53 ha brownfield site at Central Station, Southampton0.19 km · score 67
- 9.1 ha brownfield site at Western Gateway - non City Industrial Park, Southampton0.43 km · score 65
- 3.4 ha brownfield site at City Industrial Park, Southern Road, Southampton0.32 km · score 65
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- 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.