Transmission line · Amber Valley, England, United Kingdom
Chesterfield to Willington
Chesterfield to Willington is a planned transmission line in Amber Valley, England, United Kingdom, operated by National Grid Electricity Transmission plc.
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 | Amber Valley (coordinates), England (East Midlands) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land between the Chesterfield Substation, south-east of Chesterfield and Willington Substation, east of Willington, Derbyshire. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Jun 2027 (reference EN0210001, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected June 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 400 kV | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 9,473 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0322, -1.4407 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this transmission line and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its permits and status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares by area
Chesterfield to Willington is the 10th-largest of 22 transmission lines in England and the 10th-largest of 27 in the United Kingdom by area, with 9,473 ha. It reports no undefined, so it is ranked by area among the transmission lines in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 10th of 22 |
| United Kingdom | 10th of 27 |
How its operator compares
National Grid Electricity Transmission plc operates 12 of the 31 transmission lines in the United Kingdom in our data with a named owner; the most of any owner. Counts cover the transmission lines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United Kingdom | Rank | Transmission lines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Grid Electricity Transmission plc | 1st | 12 | 39% |
| National Grid | 2nd | 5 | 16% |
| SP Manweb | 3rd | 3 | 9.7% |
| Green Gen Cymru | 4th | 1 | 3.2% |
| Morgan Offshore Wind Limited and Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Limited | 4th | 1 | 3.2% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this transmission line: 463 power plants (158 operating, 1,304 MW), 74 substations, 63 grid connections (29 operating, 324 MW) and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knob Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 0.3 km |
| Park Hall Stud Farm | Power plant | 3.8 MW | Cancelled | 1.0 km |
| Home Farm | Power plant | 1.9 MW | Cancelled | 1.1 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Dronfield | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Baslow Road | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Greenhill | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 35 MW grid connection at Bochum Parkway Combined Tech | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 33 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.