Old Green Farm, Alveston Battery Storage (10 MW)
Old Green Farm, Alveston Battery Storage is a 10 MW battery storage project in South Gloucestershire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 17 November 2019, not yet built; the record was last updated on 3 August 2020. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 17 November 2022, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 17 November 2022, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 April 2017 | Application submitted |
| 17 November 2019 | Planning permission granted |
| 17 November 2022 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 3 August 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Ecotricity
- Planning authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Planning application reference
- PT17/1992/RVC
- Address (REPD)
- Agricultural Field Circa 600M South Of Earthcott Green And Circa 297M East Of The B4427
- Council area (by location)
- South Gloucestershire
- Time to decision
- 133 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7182
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earthcott Green Farm, Earthcott Green | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 0.5 |
| Green Farm | solar farm | 9.4 | refused on appeal | 1.4 |
| Alveston Wind Park | wind farm | 6.9 | operational | 1.5 |
| Perrinpit Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 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 |
| Larks Lane, Iron Acton | battery storage | 20 | application submitted | 2.3 |
| Elm Farm solar farm and Battery storage | solar farm | 24 | refused | 2.5 |
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 (51.5595, -2.507).