Planning application
Land At Hill Court Farm Upper Hill Berkeley
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
- 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.
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jun 2026
Received by South Gloucestershire
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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28 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approve Certificate of Lawfulness
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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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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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.
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Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs -
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Awaiting decision Conditions 5 docs -
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