Powered land · Swindon, England
3 ha brownfield site at Land At Holdcroft, Broad Bush, Blunsdon, Swindon
A brownfield site of 3 ha in Swindon, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 0.91 km from the Wroughton Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 11.1 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 3 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 | Land At Holdcroft, Broad Bush, Blunsdon, Swindon | 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 | 27 Mar 2018 (full-planning-permission, issued by Swindon Borough 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 | 19HMR014 (planning authority Swindon Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Land At Holdcroft, Broad Bush, Blunsdon, Swindon | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Swindon, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5248, -1.7876 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Wroughton Primary (0.91 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 | 11.1 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 & substation fault level) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · 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
#73 of 95 sites in Swindon and #4,302 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 23% of the sites in Swindon. Closer to its substation than 46% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 3 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.91 km | 16.3 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 11.1 MVA | 11.1 | 40 |
| Site score | 27 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in Swindon
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- 32 ha site near Wroughton Primary substation, Swindon0.61 km · score 40
- 30 ha site near Wroughton Primary substation, Swindon0.83 km · score 36
- 1.27 ha brownfield site at Aspen House and Granville Street Car Park, Swindon0.7 km · score 31
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- 10 ha brownfield site at Union Square, Swindon1.11 km · score 26
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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.