Buckinghamshire Council rejected plans for a large data centre at the Woodlands Park landfill site in Iver over green belt and environmental concerns. The government overturned the council decision after an appeal and granted planning permission for a 775,000 sq ft facility to be named West London Technology Park. Not-for-profit Foxglove and charity Global Action Plan have submitted a planning appeal under Section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, arguing the project lacks a proper environmental impact assessment and that projected water consumption and local electricity-substation strain were not sufficiently considered. Campaigners warn of higher local energy prices and insufficient scrutiny.
Local people and businesses in Buckinghamshire will soon be competing with a power guzzling-behemoth to keep the lights on, which as we've seen in the states, usually means sky-high prices.
The deputy prime minister's lack of meaningful scrutiny of this application has serious consequences for people in Buckinghamshire and sends a worrying signal to communities across the country that more and bigger data centres are inevitable.
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