Question follow-through · 28748
Data Centres: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she is providing on the weight local planning authorities may give to the cumulative effect of proposed data centres on (a) water supplies, (b) electricity-network
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- No published answer in this record
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she is providing on the weight local planning authorities may give to the cumulative effect of proposed data centres on (a) water supplies, (b) electricity-network
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
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