Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Series
Letters to Chief Planning Officers
Abstract
Comprises a letter to local authorities, containing a direction which requires an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to be carried out for applications for new data centres of above 50MW proposed capacity.
History
Document type: publication - correspondence.
First published: 16 September 2026.
Subjects
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Planning and development
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Planning control
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Planning control, Scotland
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Other planning disciplines
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Telecommunications
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Building types
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Computing facilities
Publisher History
The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. It is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport. Previously known as the Scottish Executive.
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