Question follow-through · 17930
Planning: Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local planning authorities on assessing operational noise from data centres.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local planning authorities on assessing operational noise from data centres.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jul 2026
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 70258 on 3 September 2025. Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, we consulted on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). That consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, inclu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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