Powered land · Swindon, England
74 ha site near Stratton Primary substation, Swindon
A candidate site of 74.4 ha in Swindon, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 0.66 km from the Stratton Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 1.42 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 74.4 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 | 25221627 (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 | 51.6061, -1.7429 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Stratton Primary (0.66 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 | 1.42 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 | Full (red on the heat map, limited by substation thermal capacity & upstream thermal capacity) | 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 |
| Water stress | High (40–80%) (score 3.4 of 5, withdrawals 52.2% 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
#49 of 95 sites in Swindon and #1,969 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 72% of the sites in Swindon. Closer to its substation than 61% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 74.4 ha | 20.8 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.66 km | 20.1 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 1.42 MVA | 1.4 | 40 |
| Site score | 42 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in Swindon
Nearby sites on the same substation
7 other sites have Stratton Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 38 ha site near Stratton Primary substation, Swindon0.5 km · score 34
- 2.66 ha brownfield site at Moredon Rec, Swindon1.29 km · score 12
- 15 ha brownfield site at Land At Marlborough Park, Swindon2.46 km · score 5
- 1.27 ha brownfield site at Former Bampton Brothers, Stratton Road, Swindon1.92 km · score 3
- 6.4 ha brownfield site at Abbey Stadium, Lady Lane, Swindon (Residual)2.61 km · score 2
- 2.2 ha brownfield site at Land At Lady Lane, Swindon2.86 km · score 1
- 2.2 ha brownfield site at Land At Radway Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon SN3 4ND2.21 km · score 1
- Sites in Swindon98
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Stratton 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.
- 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.