Powered land · Swindon, England
86 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Swindon
A candidate site of 85.9 ha in Swindon, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 1.89 km from the Shrivenham Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 1.85 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 85.9 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 | 57573091 (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 |
| Location | Swindon, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5640, -1.6625 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Shrivenham Primary (1.89 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 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 | 1.85 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 |
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
#46 of 54 sites in Swindon and #3,538 of 4,848 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 60% of the sites in Swindon. Closer to its substation than 0% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 85.9 ha | 24.3 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.89 km | 1.7 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 1.85 MVA | 1.9 | 40 |
| Site score | 28 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in Swindon
Nearby sites on the same substation
20 other sites have Shrivenham Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 261 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse0.88 km · score 49
- 205 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse1.32 km · score 42
- 48 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse0.2 km · score 42
- 75 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse0.86 km · score 40
- 33 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse (INSPIRE polygon 25776475)0.2 km · score 37
- 36 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse (INSPIRE polygon 54834634)0.39 km · score 35
- 50 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse0.97 km · score 31
- 89 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Swindon1.89 km · score 29
- 33 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse (INSPIRE polygon 25748419)0.76 km · score 29
- 76 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse1.65 km · score 28
- 41 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Vale of White Horse1.16 km · score 25
- 67 ha site near Shrivenham Primary substation, Swindon1.85 km · score 23
- Sites in Swindon57
- Sites in the United Kingdom4,971
- Shrivenham Primarysubstation
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.
- 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.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.