"The site in question is the subject of a legal challenge raised by tech justice non-profit Foxglove in collaboration with environmental charity Global Action Plan, who claimed the government was wrong to grant planning permission for the project without conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) first. The project, known as the West London Technology Park (WLTP) development, is being overseen by developer Greystoke, which wants to transform the former landfill site (located within an area of green belt land) into a hyperscale datacentre."
"Buckinghamshire County Council, the local authority with responsibility for granting planning permission for the project, denied two earlier applications by Greystoke to build a datacentre there, with the first rejection of its plans occurring in September 2022. In response, the company sought to challenge the first of these planning permission denials by filing an appeal with Lee Rowley, the then under-secretary of state for local government and building safety, who dismissed the case in October 2023."
Greystoke seeks to build a hyperscale datacentre at the West London Technology Park on a former landfill site within green belt land in Iver. Buckinghamshire County Council denied two earlier applications, first rejecting plans in September 2022. Greystoke appealed and the appeal was dismissed in October 2023. A larger 72,000 m2 application submitted in March 2024 was rejected in June 2024. The Labour government recovered the appeal in October 2024 and outline planning permission was granted on 9 July 2025. Foxglove and Global Action Plan launched a legal challenge alleging no Environmental Impact Assessment was conducted. Buckinghamshire County Council and the government's planning inspectorate stated no EIA was needed for the project.
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