Town and Country Planning (Notification of Applications) (Data Centres exceeding 50MW Power Capacity) (Scotland) Direction 2026

Letters to Chief Planning Officers

Scottish Government, 2026
Town and Country Planning (Notification of Applications) (Data Centres exceeding 50MW Power Capacity) (Scotland) Direction 2026 Download document

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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

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Letters to Chief Planning Officers

Abstract

Comprises a letter to local authorities, containing a direction which instructs them to notify applications for data centres of above 50MW proposed capacity to the Scottish Government.

History

Sourced from: https://www.gov.scot/publications/planning-notification-direction-letter-data-centres-august-2026/ and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: publication - correspondence. First published: 17 August 2026.

Subjects

  • Planning and development
  • Planning control
  • Telecommunications
  • Planning control, Scotland
  • Building types
  • Other planning disciplines
  • Computing facilities

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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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