Powered land · Wakefield, England
4.3 ha brownfield site at Throstle Farm J&I School, Knottingley, Wakefield
A brownfield site of 4.3 ha in Wakefield, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.05 km from the Weeland Road substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 2.97 MVA of demand headroom and 7.59 MW for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 4.3 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 | Throstle Farm J&I School, Knottingley | 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 | 7 Feb 2025 (full-planning-permission, issued by Wakefield Metropolitan District 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 | BLR25001 (planning authority Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Throstle Farm J&I School, Knottingley | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Wakefield, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6987, -1.2508 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Weeland Road (1.05 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 (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 2.97 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 7.59 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 |
| Large generation within 10 km | 158 MW of waste-to-energy, 150 MW of battery storage (3 plants of 50 MW or more in operation) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | Low (under 10%) (score 1 of 5, withdrawals 9.9% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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
#156 of 170 sites in Wakefield and #5,575 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 19% of the sites in Wakefield. Closer to its substation than 39% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 4.3 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.05 km | 14.3 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 2.97 MVA | 3 | 40 |
| Site score | 17 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
4 other sites have Weeland Road as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 38 ha site near Weeland Road substation, Wakefield0.82 km · score 30
- 7.77 ha brownfield site at Former Quarry Womersley Road, Knottingley, Wakefield0.55 km · score 26
- 30 ha site near Weeland Road substation, North Yorkshire1.56 km · score 17
- 30 ha site near Weeland Road substation, Wakefield1.76 km · score 14
- Sites in Wakefield177
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Weeland Roadsubstation
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- 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.