Power plant · South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Lower Larks Farm - Battery storage
Lower Larks Farm - Battery storage is a cancelled power plant in South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, with 99.9 MW of capacity, operated by IPP Cero Generation.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | South Gloucestershire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Lower Larks Farm Larks Lane Iron Acton, BS37 9TX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 Apr 2023 (permit P22/03743/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Jul 2022 (reference P22/03743/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Apr 2023 (granted, reference P22/03743/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | IPP Cero Generation (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 99.9 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5695, -2.4781 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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- Permit granted (planning authority South Gloucestershire, reference P22/03743/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Gloucestershire, reference P22/03743/F)
How it compares
Lower Larks Farm - Battery storage is the 116th-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 190th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 99.9 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 116th of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | 0.12% |
| United Kingdom | 190th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,302nd of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 112 grid connections (68 operating, 876 MW), 51 substations, 12 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 7.9 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 7.9 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 20 km |
| 40MW grid connection | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 22 km |
| Yatton Keynell Primary | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Hullavington PV Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6.65 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Tetbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.