Land At Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton South Gloucestershire BS37 9TX Data via plota.co.uk

P26/01398/RVC - Removal Var Con Sec73 Approved
Admin / procedural

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 : Variation of condition 12 (list of approved plans) and consequentially conditions 6 and 7 attached to planning permission 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. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Jun 2026
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Consultation
3 Jul 2026
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Approved
8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Fully Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 21

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF OFFICER DELEGATED REPORT Report · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS Decision · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 5

PDF DRAINAGE REPORT Revised Document · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF DRAINAGE REPORT Supporting Document · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Supporting Document · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 5

PDF MV SINGLE SKID Plan · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DNO CONTROL BUILDING Plan · 3 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SGC MAP - APPLICATION SITE PLAN Plan · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF LANDSCAPE PLAN Plan · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SITE PLAN Plan · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 7

PDF SGC SENIOR ARCHAEOLOGIST Consultee Comment · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Consultee Comment · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF CONTAMINATED LAND Consultee Comment · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Consultee Comment · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF COVERING LETTER Correspondence · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

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      Conditions 5, 6, 7, 12 varied

      • VariationVariation of conditions 5 (soft landscape plan), 6 (landscape and ecological management plan)…This applicationP26/01398/RVC

Site constraints 5

Green belt: Bath and Bristol
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Public footpath about 21 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
South Gloucestershire
Application type
Removal Var Con Sec73
Postcode
BS37 9TX
Received
19 Jun 2026
Validated
19 Jun 2026
Ward
Frampton Cotterell
Parish
Iron Acton Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
8 Sept 2026
Decision level
Fully Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Enso Energy Limited

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14976557
Planning Portal ref
PP-14976557
Comments by
22 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
3 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

6 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Variation of condition 12 (list of approved plans) and consequentially conditions 6 and 7…
P25/01983/RVC
2025 Approved
Discharge of conditions 3 (CMP) and 11 (CEMP) attached to planning permission P22/03743/F…
DOC25/00246
2025 Approved
Discharge of conditions 8 (surface water and drainage) attached to permission P22/03743/F…
DOC25/00270
2025 Approved
Discharge of condition 4 (highway condition survey) attached to permission P22/03743/F) I…
DOC25/00272
2022 Approved
Installation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with ancillary infrastructure, secur…
P22/03743/F
2021 Approved
Screening opinion for a 3.8ha battery storage system.
P21/034/SCR
South Gloucestershire
Planning Authority Score
2.8/10
Poor
#239 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Gloucestershire ranks #178 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. South Gloucestershire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Gloucestershire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #210 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #263 of 296
61%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #178 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #195 of 296
75%
Minor dwellings approved
220 decided (1-9 homes)
93%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
105 decided
1,585
Total decisions
245 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings