questionText: 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.
answerText: 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...
heading: Planning: Data Centres