Question follow-through · 90593
Data Centres: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, updated on 12 December 2024, what steps he is taking to support local planning authorities in assessing the impact of da
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, updated on 12 December 2024, what steps he is taking to support local planning authorities in assessing the impact of da
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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25 Nov 2025
Answer published
The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning policies should pay particular regard to facilitating development to meet the needs of a modern economy, including by identifying suitable locations for uses such as data centres.The Framewo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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