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    UK government overrules local council’s datacenter refusal on Green Belt land

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    1. MordecaiTheBrown on

      great news, it’s just moronic that so many people are trying to stop this county developing, there is always some idiotic MP or council that are too scared to develop this nation

    2. AdAggressive9224 on

      I’d suggest the reason the council is challenging this is because they can’t actually get access to their own data, and are in the shit.

      Planning databases are always Oracle and always horrendously outdated, and councils often have to hire a consultant just to come in a write the views necessary. You’d think it would be simple, but got to remember a lot of these databases were created at a time when reporting on green belt wasn’t even on the radar, planning is always absolute bottom of the pile for LAs. They just want to save face that’s all.

    4. clubley2 on

      As much as I think there are too many Nimbys stopping progress and development, we do have a problem with lack of nature and wildlife in this country. Building in green belt land is just making our country more desolate.

      Farmland is best because it’s already stripped of nature and a lot of it is just used by rich people as a way to store wealth and avoid inheritance tax.

    5. New_7688 on

      These things are noisy as hell, I can’t blame anyone voting against it. It’s a constant non stop drone, you start to feel sick when you’re around it. I feel sorry for anyone that’s close by.

    6. TheChattyRat on

      Good. These people have no right to moan about cost of living and employer’s NI then stymie any growth at the same time.

    7. DBT85 on

      I did recently hear that under some recent changed govt was going to be able to make decisions like this to get things done like new power pines and do on. I wonder if this is part of that.

    8. Ancient_Conflict1543 on

      Labour’s destruction of the green belt will not go unpunished

    9. B1ueRogue on

      Local councils are stopping the UK keeping up with the rest of the world ..but more brown belt should be getting used up

    10. Asgand on

      I would agree with the Government overruling the local Council on this issue if the Government nationalised Water in the UK.

      Data Centres require huge amounts of water. This Data Centre will be pulling huge amounts of water from the local community to cool the servers down. Especially those Data Centres which support AI which Starmer is pushing. The British people are getting shafted year on year by Water Companies bumping up prices so they can pay CEO’s who do sod all a £1million+ bonus. They’re not mega talented geniuses otherwise there would be no pollution or discharge incidents on their watch. In Europe it is different and most EU nations have nationally operated water and much cheaper prices.

      We’re the only idiots being told “Oh it’s been Sunny for a few weeks in wet and windy Britain, so there may be a drought or hosepipe ban”. It’s due to mismanagement by private water companies. I say that again – PRIVATE – water companies.

      Stop the leaks. Stop the unnecessary emergency road works. Stop the pollution and discharges into rivers and seas. Invest in treatment plants and reservoirs. Nationalise the lot, do it properly at a cheaper price with all profits going to the British Taxpayer and reducing Tax/NI and I’d be happy for a Data Centre to go anywhere in the UK.

    11. throwawayinfinitygem on

      I thought the Register was British so why are they spelling it datacenter? Also, the developer is called Greystoke, which reminds me of Tarzan.

    12. Big-Yam8021 on

      Why can’t they use brown belt? Or knock down some dilapidated unsafe listed buildings that are never going to get fixed? Why take away an area that is enjoyed by local people

    15. RoyalJacko on

      Not all green belt land is pristine countryside. Some areas include degraded sites like old petrol stations, car parks, or wasteland. On top of that, the Metropolitan Green Belt around London could accommodate a million homes within 800 metres of train stations. The policy prioritises preservation over housing needs; it’s very good for driving up property prices.

    16. hermann_da_german on

      Why not just sell them ex-HMP Northeye for a staggering amount of money so the taxpayer gets their money back?

    18. Exact_Fruit_7201 on

      Tragic. Some in this government know the price of everything and the value of nothing