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Land At Hill Court Farm Upper Hill Berkeley

Granted South Gloucestershire P26/01347/CLE Cert Lawful Use Existing

Relates to P26/00327/RVC

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

Proposal

Confirmation of lawful implementation of planning permission P26/00327/RVC by way of material operation (installation of DNO substation unit foundations).

As published by the council, reference P26/01347/CLE

Application record

Reference
P26/01347/CLE
Type
Cert Lawful Use Existing
Status
Awaiting decision
Decision
Granted As published: Approve Certificate of Lawfulness
Received
15 Jun 2026
Validated
15 Jun 2026
Decided
28 Jul 2026
Ward
Severn Vale
Parish
Hill Parish Council
Decision by
Fully Delegated

Site history

Applications at this address on the South Gloucestershire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • P26/00327/RVC Granted

    Land At Hill Court Farm Upper Hill Berkeley

    Variation of conditions 3,4,5,6,7,9,11,12,15,17 and 18 attached to P25/00530/RVC to amend the wording of each condition as detailed in the submitted Planning Statement. Variation of conditions 2, 10 and 20 attached to planning permission P22/05462/F to replace approved plan no. - PLE 01 Rev 09 Berkeley external layout plan with plan no. LCS059-PLE-01 Rev 12, and include the 'BESS scheme FRA and Drainage strategy addendum', and 'Ecological Impact Assessment and BNG dated Feb 2025' - Installation of a 49.9MW ground mounted solar farm including associated infrastructure, substation, transformer stations, internal access road, security fencing and CCTV cameras.

    Decided 30 Apr 2026 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Jun 2026

    Received by South Gloucestershire

  2. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 28 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Approve Certificate of Lawfulness

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • P26/00327/RVC Granted

    Land At Hill Court Farm Upper Hill Berkeley

    Variation of conditions 3,4,5,6,7,9,11,12,15,17 and 18 attached to P25/00530/RVC to amend the wording of each condition as detailed in the submitted Planning Statement. Variation of conditions 2, 10 and 20 attached to planning permission P22/05462/F to replace approved plan no. - PLE 01 Rev 09 Berkeley external layout plan with plan no. LCS059-PLE-01 Rev 12, and include the 'BESS scheme FRA and Drainage strategy addendum', and 'Ecological Impact Assessment and BNG dated Feb 2025' - Installation of a 49.9MW ground mounted solar farm including associated infrastructure, substation, transformer stations, internal access road, security fencing and CCTV cameras.

    Decided 30 Apr 2026 Amendments

Documents

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

9 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

South Gloucestershire granted permission on 28 July 2026, 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 lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • Land At Hill Court Farm Upper Hill Berkeley

    P26/00327/RVC Submitted 12 Feb 2026 50 yards away

    Variation of conditions 3,4,5,6,7,9,11,12,15,17 and 18 attached to P25/00530/RVC to amend the wording of each condition as detailed in the submitted Planning Statement. Variation of conditions 2, 10 and 20 attached to planning permission P22/05462/F to replace approved plan no. - PLE 01 Rev 09 Berkeley external layout plan with plan no. LCS059-PLE-01 Rev 12, and include the 'BESS scheme FRA and Drainage strategy addendum', and 'Ecological Impact Assessment and BNG dated Feb 2025' - Installation of a 49.9MW ground mounted solar farm including associated infrastructure, substation, transformer stations, internal access road, security fencing and CCTV cameras.

    Granted Amendments 17 docs
  • Land At Hill Court Farm Upper Hill Hill GL13 9EE

    DOC26/00109 Submitted 20 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    100% historically approved · decision due ~15 May

    Discharge of condition 5 (CEMP - biodiversity) attached to planning permission P25/00530/RVC. Variation of conditions 2, 10 and 20 attached to planning permission P22/05462/F to replace approved plan no. - PLE 01 Rev 09 Berkeley external layout plan with plan no. LCS059-PLE-01 Rev 12, and include the 'BESS scheme FRA and Drainage strategy addendum', and 'Ecological Impact Assessment and BNG dated Feb 2025' - Installation of a 49.9MW ground mounted solar farm including associated infrastructure, substation, transformer stations, internal access road, security fencing and CCTV cameras.

    Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs
  • Land At Hill Court Farm Upper Hill Hill GL13 9EE

    DOC26/00107 Submitted 19 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    100% historically approved · decision due ~14 May

    Discharge of condition 12 (drainage) attached to planning permission P25/00530/RVC. Variation of conditions 2, 10 and 20 attached to planning permission P22/05462/F to replace approved plan no. - PLE 01 Rev 09 Berkeley external layout plan with plan no. LCS059-PLE-01 Rev 12, and include the 'BESS scheme FRA and Drainage strategy addendum', and 'Ecological Impact Assessment and BNG dated Feb 2025' - Installation of a 49.9MW ground mounted solar farm including associated infrastructure, substation, transformer stations, internal access road, security fencing and CCTV cameras.

    Awaiting decision Conditions 5 docs
  • Land At Hill Court Farm Upper Hill Hill GL13 9EE

    DOC26/00108 Submitted 19 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    Discharge of condition 17 (Public footpaths - improvements) attached to planning permission P25/00530/RVC. Variation of conditions 2, 10 and 20 attached to planning permission P22/05462/F to replace approved plan no. - PLE 01 Rev 09 Berkeley external layout plan with plan no. LCS059-PLE-01 Rev 12, and include the 'BESS scheme FRA and Drainage strategy addendum', and 'Ecological Impact Assessment and BNG dated Feb 2025' - Installation of a 49.9MW ground mounted solar farm including associated infrastructure, substation, transformer stations, internal access road, security fencing and CCTV cameras.

    Granted Conditions 7 docs
  • Land At Hill Court Farm Upper Hill Hill

    DOC26/00120 Submitted 26 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    Discharge of condition 3 (Lighting) attached to permission P25/00530/RVC. Variation of conditions 2, 10 and 20 attached to planning permission P22/05462/F to replace approved plan no. - PLE 01 Rev 09 Berkeley external layout plan with plan no. LCS059-PLE-01 Rev 12, and include the 'BESS scheme FRA and Drainage strategy addendum', and 'Ecological Impact Assessment and BNG dated Feb 2025' - Installation of a 49.9MW ground mounted solar farm including associated infrastructure, substation, transformer stations, internal access road, security fencing and CCTV cameras.

    Granted Conditions 5 docs
  • Land At Hill Court Farm Upper Hill Hill GL13 9EE

    DOC26/00117 Submitted 26 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    100% historically approved · decision due ~21 May

    Discharge of condition 4 (LEMP) attached to planning permission P25/00530/RVC - Variation of conditions 2, 10 and 20 attached to planning permission P22/05462/F to replace approved plan no. - PLE 01 Rev 09 Berkeley external layout plan with plan no. LCS059-PLE-01 Rev 12, and include the 'BESS scheme FRA and Drainage strategy addendum', and 'Ecological Impact Assessment and BNG dated Feb 2025' - Installation of a 49.9MW ground mounted solar farm including associated infrastructure, substation, transformer stations, internal access road, security fencing and CCTV cameras.

    Awaiting decision Conditions 3 docs

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