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Data Centres: Planning Permission

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 April 2026UIN 124791

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2026, to Question 118193, on Data Centres: Planning Permission, whether he intends to amend planning legislation on the use classes of data cen

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

My Department has no such plans.

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