Powered land · Wakefield, England
67 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Wakefield
A candidate site of 67.1 ha in Wakefield, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It touches the South Elmsall substation (Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), which has 13 MVA of demand headroom and 9.35 MW for generation: most such sites are the station's own land.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 67.1 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 | 54833952 (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 | Wakefield, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5853, -1.2863 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | South Elmsall (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 (Yorkshire) plc | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 13 MVA | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 9.35 MW | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Congestion (offtake) at the substation | None (green 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 | None (green on the heat map) | Northern Powergrid open data portal · Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0 · 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
Ranked apart: it touches its substation, and most sites that do are the station's own land. Its score would be 62.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 67.1 ha | 18.6 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0 km | 30 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 13 MVA | 13 | 40 |
| Site score | 62 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
13 other sites have South Elmsall as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 154 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Doncaster0.25 km · score 69
- 95 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Doncaster0.21 km · score 67
- 125 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Doncaster0.59 km · score 64
- 205 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Doncaster1.54 km · score 50
- 157 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Doncaster1.71 km · score 47
- 36 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Doncaster0.35 km · score 47
- 42 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Doncaster0.54 km · score 46
- 53 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Wakefield1.17 km · score 40
- 76 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Doncaster1.88 km · score 36
- 55 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Wakefield1.54 km · score 35
- 40 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Doncaster1.46 km · score 32
- 30 ha site near South Elmsall substation, Doncaster1.72 km · score 25
- Sites in Wakefield127
- Sites in the United Kingdom4,971
- South Elmsallsubstation
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.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.