questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what technical or planning criteria he will consider before granting a hyperscale data centre project a Development Consent Order via the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) regime.
answerText: Any decision to grant a Development Consent Order will take into account matters raised at Examination, and the recommendation report of the Examining Authority. As a business and commercial project, a data centre would first need to be directed into the ...
heading: Data Centres: Planning