Question follow-through · 17532
Data Centres: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what technical or planning criteria he will consider before granting a hyperscale data centre project a Development Consent Order via the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Pr
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 5 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
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what technical or planning criteria he will consider before granting a hyperscale data centre project a Development Consent Order via the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Pr
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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14 Jul 2026
Answer published
Any decision to grant a Development Consent Order will take into account matters raised at Examination, and the recommendation report of the Examining Authority. As a business and commercial project, a data centre would first need to be directed into the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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