Powered land · Winchester, England
88 ha site near Botley Wood BSP substation, Winchester
A candidate site of 87.8 ha in Winchester, England: one HM Land Registry INSPIRE title polygon. It lies 0.31 km from the Botley Wood BSP substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 71.6 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 87.8 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 | 56265375 (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 | Winchester, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8937, -1.2325 (a point on the polygon) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Botley Wood BSP (0.31 km, polygon edge to the substation's mapped point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Substation voltage | 132 kV (levels 132, 33 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 | 71.6 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 | None (green on the heat map) | 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 substation thermal capacity & upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · 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
#2 of 79 sites in Winchester and #11 of 4,848 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 80% of the sites in Winchester. Closer to its substation than 89% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 87.8 ha | 24.8 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 0.31 km | 25.3 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 71.6 MVA | 40 | 40 |
| Site score | 90 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
7 other sites have Botley Wood BSP as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 103 ha site near Botley Wood BSP substation, Winchester0 km · score 99
- 70 ha site near Botley Wood BSP substation, Winchester0.3 km · score 85
- 39 ha site near Botley Wood BSP substation, Winchester0.22 km · score 77
- 38 ha site near Botley Wood BSP substation, Winchester0.54 km · score 72
- 56 ha site near Botley Wood BSP substation, Winchester1.43 km · score 64
- 28 ha site near Botley Wood BSP substation, Winchester1.5 km · score 55
- 29 ha site near Botley Wood BSP substation, Winchester1.81 km · score 50
- Sites in Winchester81
- Sites in the United Kingdom4,971
- Botley Wood BSPsubstation
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.