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

Granted South Gloucestershire P26/01398/RVC Removal Var Con Sec73

Relates to P25/01983/RVC, P22/03743/F

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

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference P26/01398/RVC

Application record

Reference
P26/01398/RVC
Type
Removal Var Con Sec73
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approve with Conditions
Received
19 Jun 2026
Validated
19 Jun 2026
Decided
8 Sep 2026
Ward
Frampton Cotterell
Parish
Iron Acton Parish Council
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.

  • DOC25/00272 Granted

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

    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.

    Decided 30 Oct 2025 Conditions
  • 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. 19 Jun 2026

    Received by South Gloucestershire

  2. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 8 Sep 2026

    Decision issued: Approve with Conditions

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 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

Documents

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

21 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

South Gloucestershire granted permission on 8 September 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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  • Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX

    P22/03743/F Submitted 5 Jul 2022 250 yards away

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

    Granted Full applications 63 docs
    Small domestic
  • Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX

    P25/01983/RVC Submitted 18 Aug 2025 250 yards away

    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.

    Granted Amendments 29 docs
    Small domestic
  • Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX

    DOC25/00270 Submitted 27 Aug 2025 250 yards away

    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.

    Granted Conditions 5 docs
    Small domestic
  • Land East Of Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire

    DOC24/00330 Submitted 30 Oct 2024 300 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.

    Granted Conditions 3 docs
  • Land To The East Of Larks Lane Iron Acton National Grid Substation Iron Acton

    DOC26/00181 Submitted 13 May 2026 300 yards away

    Discharge of condition 10 (Hard Landscape) attached to permission P25/00979/RVC Removal of condition 3 and variation of conditions 2,5,7,8,9,12 and 14 attached to P23/01616/F to require compliance with approved documents. Extension to existing battery storage facility with ancillary development.

    Granted Conditions Extension 3 docs
  • Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX

    DOC25/00272 Submitted 28 Aug 2025 300 yards away

    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.

    Granted Conditions 6 docs
    Small domestic

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