Second-largest published headroom in GB, on the edge of a town built on steelworks ground. Big parcels, industrial planning history, no green belt — and Tata Steel still on a dozen titles.
Worth pursuing — the land test passes at scale. Second-largest published headroom in GB, and the only zone in this series where single parcels are already campus-sized: 88 ha and 72 ha holdings within 1.1 km of the substation, on ex-steelworks ground with an industrial planning history and no green belt.
Two things to run down before anything else: the demand queue is private, so the 156.1 needs a free NGED budget estimate behind it; and Tata Steel still sits on twelve legacy titles, so the big parcels need a covenant and remediation check before anyone falls in love with them. The assembling authority is North Northamptonshire Council, on 376 titles of legacy Corby BC estate.
| Area | From BSP | INSPIRE id | Screen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88.2 ha | 1,056 m | 32120261 | clear |
| 71.6 ha | 1,084 m | 61512736 | clear |
| 48.1 ha | 964 m | 63331756 | clear |
| 39.5 ha | 426 m | 63864367 | clear |
| 29.0 ha | 571 m | 32138281 | clear |
| 11.4 ha | 183 m | 32119015 | clear |
| 10.3 ha | 152 m | 32110454 | clear |
The largest registered parcels in the study area — seven over 10 ha, five over 25 ha, all clear of flood, conservation and ancient-woodland at the parcel centroid (boundary overlaps need the parcel-level check; the Willow Brook flood corridor runs through the box). No other zone in this series has single holdings at this scale. INSPIRE id is not a title number; owner per parcel is a £7 official copy, listed under next moves.
| Substation | Role | Firm | Avail. | RAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corby 132/33kV | BSP | 180 | 156.1 | green |
| Corby Central 33/11kV | primary | 20 | 6.3 | red |
| Corby No2 11kV | primary | 24 | 7.7 | red |
MVA. NGED LTDS Capacity Heatmap, 27 Jul 2026. Town primaries are red; the BSP holds 156.1 MVA at 33kV. The demand-connection queue is not public — 156.1 is a published figure, unverified against live applications until a free NGED budget estimate confirms it.
| Owner | Titles* | Holding | Signals |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Northamptonshire Council | 376 | Legacy Corby BC estate — the assembling authority | — |
| National Highways | 115 | A43/A6003 corridor land | — |
| Western Power Distribution (E Mids) | 94 | The substation + network estate — the DNO owns the expansion ground | — |
| Tata Steel UK Limited | 12 | Steelworks-legacy titles still on the register | legacy — covenant check |
| Easternrose / Llanover Properties | 89 | Local investors across the industrial estates | — |
| Amplius / Paragon Asra / Metropolitan | 167 | Housing association stock, town side | — |
*Study-area counts (road-name matched, wider than the 1.2 km ring). 1,973 companies screened, 303 matched to the Companies House signals layer, 44 flagged — all routine charges on national chains, no local distress. The road names say it plainly: Bessemer, Whitworth, Trevithick, Stephenson. HMLR CCOD Jun 2026.
| # | Move | Source | Route | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budget estimate at Corby BSP — the one check that verifies the 156.1 against the live queue | NGED | Free application, ~10 working days | Free |
| 2 | Official copies: the 88 ha and 72 ha parcels + Tata's two largest titles — pins the campus-scale land to its owners | HMLR | £7 per title, £28 total | Paid |
| 3 | Remediation and covenant history on Tata's twelve retained titles — the check that decides whether the big parcels are usable | HMLR + planning record | Title-by-title pull | Paid |
| 4 | Employment-land allocations east of the works; rail-freight interchange status | North Northamptonshire Council | Direct enquiry | Paid |
| — | Owner accounts and charges — 1,973 screened, 303 matched, 44 flagged | Companies House | Already in this report | Free |