STRATA INTEL

The utility capacity engine behind GridCheck

Grid capacity intelligence · all GB licence areas

How feasible is a grid connection at this location, and when?

Strata Intel turns the distribution network operators' own published data — headroom forecasts, development plans, options assessments and long-term statements — into a single answer for a site. It is the engine inside GridCheck, distributed by Apogee Property & Utility Consultants.

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Sample · Reinforcement Probability Index
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Band C — reinforcement likely before connectionPrimary substation constrained; DNOA scheme published, expected 2029
Capacity todayLimited
Reinforcement timingScheme dated 2029
Confidence in the dataHigh
Flexibility marketActive tenders in zone

Illustrative layout. Every score carries its sources, data dates and the evidence behind each band.

The engine: Reinforcement Probability Index

A grid connection can be refused, delayed for years, or cost more than the land. The RPI answers the question before the money is spent: for this location, how much capacity is there, when is reinforcement coming, and how sure can we be?

Capacity

Spare capacity today

Demand and generation headroom at the primary substation and grid supply point serving the site, from the operators' headroom forecasts and long-term development statements.

Timing

When reinforcement is coming

Published reinforcement and flexibility decisions, their dates and delivery history, so a constrained site with a dated scheme is scored differently from one with none.

Confidence

How sure the data lets us be

Every score carries a confidence measure from the completeness, age and matching of the data behind it. Gaps are stated, not hidden.

6network operator groups: NGED, UKPN, SSEN, ENWL, Northern Powergrid, SP Energy Networks
4,500+primary and grid substations with capacity, scheme and forecast data
All GBevery licence area in England, Wales and Scotland, at postcode or site-boundary level
Auditedcalibrated against thousands of published reinforcement outcomes, with an unbroken change record

Two reports, one engine

The same data and methods serve the developer buying land and the family buying a house.

Developers · land acquisition

GridCheck, powered by the RPI

Site-level grid feasibility for residential and commercial development, delivered by Apogee alongside their utility search and connection services. Order it early in acquisition, before commissioning a feasibility study.

  • Score, band and timing for the site's supply point
  • Published reinforcement and flexibility schemes with dates
  • Forecast demand growth under the operator's scenarios
  • Evidence pack for lenders, funders and planning

Order at gridcheck.co.uk

Conveyancers · residential

Energy Transition Element

A single-property report on whether the local network can support the home going electric, its EPC position, and the duties a buyer-to-let takes on, in line with the Law Society's climate-change practice note.

  • Heat pump, EV charger and battery: capacity and time to connect
  • EPC and the 2030 letting standard
  • Landlord duties for England, Wales or Scotland
  • TA6 questions and report-on-title wording

About the report

How it works

Rule-based, sourced and dated. The engine does not guess: where the operators publish nothing, it says so and marks confidence down.

LocatePostcode, address or a drawn site boundary, matched to the substations that serve it using the operators' published supply areas.
GatherHeadroom forecasts, Network Development Plans, DNOA decisions, long-term development statements, flexibility tenders and connection queues.
ScoreCapacity, timing and confidence combined into an index and band, calibrated against published reinforcement outcomes across every operator.
ReportA branded PDF with the evidence, sources and data dates, plus an API for partners who want the numbers in their own systems.

Data: DNO Distribution Future Energy Scenarios, Network Development Plans and headroom reports; Distribution Network Options Assessments; Long Term Development Statements; flexibility market data; EPC register; OS Open UPRN; ONS postcode data. All published under the Open Government Licence or the operators' open-data terms.

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