Earthcott Green Farm, Earthcott Green (200 MW battery storage)
Earthcott Green Farm, Earthcott Green is a 200 MW battery storage project in South Gloucestershire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 30 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 19 August 2025.
200 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
19 August 2025record last updated
South Gloucestershirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 March 2023 | Application submitted |
| 20 June 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 19 December 2024 | Appeal lodged |
| 30 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 July 2025 | Appeal allowed |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 19 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Immersa Limited
- Planning authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Planning application reference
- P23/01244/F
- Appeal reference
- APP/P0119/W/24/3357847
- Address (REPD)
- Earthcott Green Farm, Earthcott Green, Alveston, Bristol
- Council area (by location)
- South Gloucestershire
- Time to decision
- 122 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Earthcott Green Farm, Earthcott Green - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 13643
Who decides
| Applications | South Gloucestershire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 79 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 59 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 16 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Green Farm, Alveston Battery Storage | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 0.5 |
| Alveston Wind Park | wind farm | 6.9 | operational | 1.1 |
| Green Farm | solar farm | 9.4 | refused on appeal | 1.7 |
| Iron Acton Substation, Latteridge Lane | battery storage | 99 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Larks Lane & Latteridge Lane, Latteridge | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.9 |
| Lower Larks Farm | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Perrinpit Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 2.3 |
| Larks Lane, Iron Acton | battery storage | 20 | application submitted | 2.3 |
| Larks Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 70 | operational | 2.7 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (51.564, -2.5097).