Powered land · Sunderland, England

73 ha site near Offerton 33/11kV substation, Sunderland (INSPIRE polygon 27343850)

A candidate site of 73.2 ha in Sunderland, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It touches the Offerton 33/11kV substation (Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc), which has 15.4 MVA of demand headroom and 37.5 MW for generation: most such sites are the station's own land.

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Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Area	73.2 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	27343850 (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
Adopted local plan	Core Strategy and Development Plan 2015-2033 (Sunderland City Council; adopted 30 Jan 2020)	planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Green belt	Tyne and Wear Green Belt (100% of the site; Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government)	planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Not designated	ancient woodland, conservation area, National Landscape (AONB), national park, Ramsar wetland, registered park and garden, scheduled monument, Special Area of Conservation (Natura 2000), Special Protection Area (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	Sunderland, England	Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	54.8841, -1.4634 (a point on the polygon)	Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Nearest substation	Offerton 33/11kV (0 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point)	Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 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
Water stress	Low (under 10%) (score 0.2 of 5, withdrawals 5.6% 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

Ranked apart: it touches its substation, and most sites that do are the station's own land. Its score would be 66.

Part	This site	Points	Of
Area	73.2 ha	20.5	30
Distance to the substation	0 km	30	30
Demand headroom at the substation	15.4 MVA	15.4	40
Site score		66	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
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
17 ha brownfield site at Phases 2-6, Chester Road, Sunderland1.37 km · score 28

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.
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.
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.