Powered land · Warrington, England
1.7 ha brownfield site at Grappenhall Hall Residential School, Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington
A brownfield site of 1.7 ha in Warrington, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.41 km from the British Aluminium Latchford T1 / Greenhall Whitley T1 / Latchford T1 / Latchford T2 substation (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area), which has 14.8 MVA of demand headroom and 5.5 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 | 1.7 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 | Not stated | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Planning permission | None | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Grappenhall Hall Residential School, Church Lane, Grappenhall, WA4 3EU | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register reference | 2177 (planning authority Warrington Borough Council) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Grappenhall Hall Residential School, Church Lane, Grappenhall, WA4 3EU | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Adopted local plan | Warrington Local Plan 2022/23 to 2038/39 (Warrington Borough Council; adopted 4 Dec 2023) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Conservation area | Grappenhall Village (81% of the site, estimated from the register's point and area; Warrington Borough Council; since 4 Mar 1974) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Green belt | Merseyside and Greater Manchester Green Belt (100% of the site, estimated from the register's point and area; Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government) | planning.data.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Not designated | ancient woodland, 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 | Warrington, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3702, -2.5444 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | British Aluminium Latchford T1 / Greenhall Whitley T1 / Latchford T1 / Latchford T2 (1.41 km, register point to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 33 kV (levels 33, 11 kV) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Substation operator | SP Manweb plc (SP Energy Networks, North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire licence area) | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 14.8 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom at the substation | 5.5 MVA | SP Energy Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | Low to medium (10–20%) (score 1.8 of 5, withdrawals 17.8% 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
#26 of 33 sites in Warrington and #6,261 of 8,607 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 24% of the sites in Warrington. Closer to its substation than 3% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1.7 ha | 0 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.41 km | 8.9 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 14.8 MVA | 14.8 | 40 |
| Site score | 24 | 100 |
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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.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy 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.