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25 ha brownfield site at New Covent Garden Market, Nine Elms Lane (Combined Main Market…, Wandsworth
A brownfield site of 24.6 ha in Wandsworth, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 0.52 km from the Stewarts Rd 11kV substation (UK Power Networks, London licence area), which has 77.8 MVA of demand headroom and 102 MVA for generation.
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Facts
Every value links to its source. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 24.6 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 |
| Owner type | Private | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Planning permission | Granted | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | New Covent Garden Market, Nine Elms Lane (Combined Main Market, Entrance site and Thessaly College site) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Sept 2024 (other, issued by London Borough of Wandsworth) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | WBR/17/0023 (planning authority London Borough of Wandsworth) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: New Covent Garden Market, Nine Elms Lane (Combined Main Market, Entrance site and Thessaly College site) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Not designated | ancient woodland, conservation area, green belt, National Landscape (AONB), national park, Ramsar wetland, registered park and garden, scheduled monument, Special Area of Conservation (Natura 2000), Special Protection Area (Natura 2000), Site of Special Scientific Interest, World Heritage Site buffer zone and World Heritage Site (checked against the published areas) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Wandsworth, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4800, -0.1384 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Stewarts Rd 11kV (0.52 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 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Substation operator | London Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, London licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 77.8 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 102 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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 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
#1 of 31 sites in Wandsworth and #188 of 8,607 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 90% of the sites in Wandsworth. Closer to its substation than 77% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 24.6 ha | 5.9 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.52 km | 22.2 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 77.8 MVA | 40 | 40 |
| Site score | 68 | 100 |
How the site score works in the United Kingdom · Search sites in Wandsworth
Nearby sites on the same substation
9 other sites have Stewarts Rd 11kV as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 1.06 ha brownfield site at Battersea Park Road (between Stewarts Road and Thessally road), Wandsworth0.34 km · score 65
- 15 ha brownfield site at South Lambeth Goods Depot, Cringle St./Battersea Park Rd., Kirtling…, Wandsworth0.67 km · score 63
- 2.81 ha brownfield site at Westbury Estate, Lambeth0.62 km · score 61
- 5.23 ha brownfield site at Royal Mail Group Site, Ponton Road (Nine Elms Parkside), Wandsworth0.7 km · score 60
- 1.27 ha brownfield site at Marco Polo House 346 Queenstown Road (Vista, Chelsea Bridge), Wandsworth0.66 km · score 60
- 2.1 ha brownfield site at Tideway Industrial Estate 87 Kirtling Street (Riverlight), Wandsworth0.74 km · score 59
- 1.13 ha brownfield site at Cringle Dock, Nine Elms, SW8, Wandsworth0.71 km · score 59
- 1.01 ha brownfield site at 259-311 Battersea Park Road, SW 11 (Doddington Estate part)), Wandsworth0.82 km · score 58
- 1.91 ha brownfield site at Hemans Estate, Lambeth0.86 km · score 57
- Sites in Wandsworth31
- Sites in the United Kingdom8,730
- Stewarts Rd 11kVsubstation
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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open 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.