Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 119930
Data Centres: Planning Permission
Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Question
Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative — Hertsmere
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he collects data on the number of data centre developments that have been granted consent by local planning authorities.
Answer
Matthew PennycookMy Department does not hold the information requested.Although it collects and publishes quarterly planning application statistics, which can be found on gov.uk here, it does not collect separate figures on data centre developments that have been granted ...
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