Substation · England, United Kingdom
Playfield Primary 11kV Substation
Playfield Primary 11kV Substation is an 11 kV primary substation in England, United Kingdom, with 5.5 MVA of demand headroom and 11.9 MVA of generation headroom, operated by Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area).
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Demand headroom | 5.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Generation headroom | 11.9 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Firm capacity | 19.5 MVA | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Level | Primary substation | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 11 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2456, 0.7077 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this substation and the land around it.Its headroom, connection queue and congestion, who owns the land around it, and an introduction to those owners.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this substation: 272 power plants (107 operating, 1,504 MW), 199 grid connections (126 operating, 1,689 MW), 3 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-25 Eastern Way grid connection | Grid connection | 2.6 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| British Sugar grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| British Sugar - Bury | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Sugar Beet Factory grid connection | Grid connection | 58 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Skyliner Way - Solar Array | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 3.6 km |
| Symonds Farm Power Ltd (Farm AD) | Power plant | 1.4 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 28 km |
| Redcentric Cambridge | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
Grid operator and place
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Candidate sites around this substation
4 sites of land near Playfield Primary 11kV have it as nearest substation. Each site page gives its area, its distance to the substation and its site score; owners are on request.
- 1.59 ha brownfield site at Hospital Site, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk0.53 km · score 28
- 2.2 ha brownfield site at Tayfen Road, Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk0.61 km · score 26
- 1.41 ha brownfield site at Station Hill, Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk0.84 km · score 23
- 1.37 ha brownfield site at Bury St Edmunds Garden Centre, Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk1.86 km · score 8
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.