An appeal has been launched in response to Three Rivers District Council's decision to block a data centre plan in the green belt.
The applicant behind a £1 billion data centre proposal has appealed the district council's decision to block it.
An appeal against this was lodged with the planning inspectorate at the end of June and it has now been confirmed that the inspector appointed to decide it will open the inquiry on October 8. The process will then run for six sitting days.Three reasons had been given for refusal, perhaps the most important was the site falling within green belt without being judged to meet the “very special circumstances” required to develop there.
The proposal would span the area of 12 football pitches and involve an investment of around £1billion, according to the plan. The appellant, Greystoke Land, has said that “the UK needs large data centres to support economic growth and digital leadership”.
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