Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 17934
Planning: Data Centres
Tabled: 10 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of planning applications for large-scale data centres approved since 2020 have been located on greenfield land.
Answer
Matthew PennycookMy Department does not hold the information requested. Although my Department collects and publishes quarterly planning application statistics here, it does not collect separate figures on data centre developments that have been granted planning permissio...
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