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Avonmouth Wind Farm Severn Road Avonmouth Bristol BS11 0YL

25/13460/SCRScreening OpinionAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for a Screening Opinion as to whether an Environmental Impact Assessment is required for a proposed solar array and associated infrastructure. (Please note that this is not a planning application and therefore we are not carrying out public consultation on the proposal at this stage)

Received
4 August 2025
Decision due
25 August 2025
Ward
Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 28 August.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Avonmouth Wind Farm Severn Road Avonmouth Bristol BS11 0YL. Bristol has handled 1,217 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston. We hold 609 applications in total for the BS11 postcode area.

83% of outline applications at Bristol City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS11 0YL
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Avonmouth And Lawrence Weston

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2025
Consultation expiry
28 August 2025
Consultation end
28 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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