Data Centres: Planning Permission

(asked on 9th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has been made of the classification of new planning applications for data centres under Class B8 (Storage or Distribution).


Answered by
Matthew Pennycook Portrait
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 20th October 2026

My Department has made no such assessment.

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