Powered land · Windsor and Maidenhead, England
6 ha brownfield site at Land west of St George's Lane, including Shorts Recycling, Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead
A brownfield site of 6 ha in Windsor and Maidenhead, England, on the brownfield land register as previously developed land. It lies 1.08 km from the Ascot Primary substation (Southern Electric Power Distribution plc), which has 17.8 MVA of demand headroom and none for generation.
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 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 |
| Address | Land west of St George's Lane, including Shorts Recycling, Ascot | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Unknown (not stated) | 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 | H00040 (planning authority Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Register entry | Brownfield site: Land west of St George's Lane, including Shorts Recycling, Ascot | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Windsor and Maidenhead, England | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4079, -0.6696 (the register's point for the site) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Ascot Primary (1.08 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) | 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 | 17.8 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 upstream thermal capacity) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 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
#46 of 107 sites in Windsor and Maidenhead and #3,529 of 6,229 in the United Kingdom by site score. Larger than 36% of the sites in Windsor and Maidenhead. Closer to its substation than 55% of them.
| Part | This site | Points | Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 6 ha | 0.3 | 30 |
| Distance to the substation | 1.08 km | 13.8 | 30 |
| Demand headroom at the substation | 17.8 MVA | 17.8 | 40 |
| Site score | 32 | 100 |
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Nearby sites on the same substation
13 other sites have Ascot Primary as nearest substation and would compete for its capacity.
- 86 ha site near Ascot Primary substation, Windsor and Maidenhead0.04 km · score 72
- 152 ha site near Ascot Primary substation, Bracknell Forest1.93 km · score 49
- 16 ha brownfield site at Heatherwood Hospital, Windsor and Maidenhead0.26 km · score 47
- 28 ha site near Ascot Primary substation, Bracknell Forest0.59 km · score 46
- 55 ha site near Ascot Primary substation, Windsor and Maidenhead1.26 km · score 44
- 49 ha site near Ascot Primary substation, Bracknell Forest1.23 km · score 42
- 40 ha site near Ascot Primary substation, Bracknell Forest1.13 km · score 41
- 46 ha site near Ascot Primary substation, Bracknell Forest1.39 km · score 39
- 1 ha brownfield site at Ascot Station, Windsor and Maidenhead0.91 km · score 34
- 5.89 ha brownfield site at Shorts Waste Transfer And Recycling Facility, St Georges Lane, Ascot…, Windsor and Maidenhead1.03 km · score 33
- 1.14 ha brownfield site at Ascot Station Car Park, Windsor and Maidenhead1.01 km · score 33
- 43 ha site near Ascot Primary substation, Windsor and Maidenhead1.85 km · score 31
- Sites in Windsor and Maidenhead107
- Sites in the United Kingdom6,352
- Ascot Primarysubstation
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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.