Powered land · Sunderland, England
17 ha brownfield site at Phases 2-6, Chester Road, Sunderland
A brownfield site of 16.7 ha in Sunderland, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.37 km from the Offerton 33/11kV substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 15.4 MVA of demand headroom and 37.5 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 16.7 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 | Phases 2-6, Chester Road | 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 Jun 2019 (full-planning-permission, issued by Sunderland City 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 | 107 (planning authority Sunderland City Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Phases 2-6, Chester Road | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Sunderland, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.8928, -1.4451 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Offerton 33/11kV (1.37 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 (Northeast) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 15.4 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 37.5 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) at the substation | Full (red 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 | Full (red on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · 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
#53 of 85 sites in Sunderland and #4,135 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 25% of the sites in Sunderland. Closer to its substation than 34% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 16.7 ha | 3.5 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.37 km | 9.5 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 15.4 MVA | 15.4 | 40 |
| Site score | 28 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
10 other sites have Offerton 33/11kV as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 74 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland0.02 km · score 66
- 73 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland (INSPIRE polygon 48031733)0 km · score 66
- 73 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland (INSPIRE polygon 27343850)0 km · score 66
- 55 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland0.07 km · score 59
- 66 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland0.41 km · score 57
- 82 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland1.22 km · score 50
- 48 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland0.72 km · score 48
- 28 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland (INSPIRE polygon 27266963)0.86 km · score 39
- 39 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland1.23 km · score 37
- 28 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland (INSPIRE polygon 27342667)1.11 km · score 36
- Sites in Sunderland87
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Offerton 33/11kVsubstation
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.