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Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX

Granted South Gloucestershire DOC25/00272 Discharge of Conditions

Relates to P22/03743/F

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Discharge of condition 4 (highway condition survey) attached to permission P22/03743/F) Installation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with ancillary infrastructure, security fence, access, landscaping and associated development.

As published by the council, reference DOC25/00272

Application record

Reference
DOC25/00272
Type
Discharge of Conditions
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Discharge of Conditions Decided
Received
28 Aug 2025
Validated
28 Aug 2025
Decided
30 Oct 2025
Decision by
Fully Delegated
Postcode
BS37 9TX

Site history

Applications at this address on the South Gloucestershire register

This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • P26/01398/RVC Granted

    Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX

    Variation of conditions 5 (soft landscape plan), 6 (landscape and ecological management plan), 7 (drainage strategy), and 11 (plans list) attached to planning consent P25/01983/RVC: Variation of condition 12 (list of approved plans) and consequentially conditions 6 and 7 attached to planning permission P22/03743/F to amend the BESS layout to enable the development to produce a greater amount of renewable energy, accelerating the transition to net zero - Installation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with ancillary infrastructure, security fence, access, landscaping and associated development.

    Decided 8 Sep 2026 Amendments
  • DOC25/00270 Granted

    Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX

    Discharge of conditions 8 (surface water and drainage) attached to permission P22/03743/F. Installation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with ancillary infrastructure, security fence, access, landscaping and associated development.

    Decided 26 Nov 2025 Conditions
  • P25/01983/RVC Granted

    Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX

    Variation of condition 12 (list of approved plans) and consequentially conditions 6 and 7 attached to planning permission P22/03743/F to amend the BESS layout to enable the development to produce a greater amount of renewable energy, accelerating the transition to net zero - Installation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with ancillary infrastructure, security fence, access, landscaping and associated development.

    Decided 27 Nov 2025 Amendments
  • P22/03743/F Granted

    Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX

    Installation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with ancillary infrastructure, security fence, access, landscaping and associated development.

    Decided 14 Apr 2023 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Aug 2025

    Received by South Gloucestershire

  2. 30 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Discharge of Conditions Decided

  3. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • P22/03743/F Granted

    Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX

    Installation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with ancillary infrastructure, security fence, access, landscaping and associated development.

    Decided 14 Apr 2023 Full applications

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

South Gloucestershire granted permission on 30 October 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    DOC24/00330 Submitted 30 Oct 2024 50 yards away

    Discharge of condition 2 (CMP) attached to planning permission P24/00811/RVC. Variation of condition 14 to planning permission P23/01616/F to alter the General Arrangement to now include new transformer, 68 no. compact batteries, 34 no. inverter/transformer stations and additional switchgear, control room and auxillary transformer required to support the additional batteries.

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