Disclosure Log

Question

Please provide the following:

1. Planning applications (last five years):

All planning applications submitted to the council since 1 January 2021 that relate to data centres, cloud computing facilities, hyperscale computing facilities or AI infrastructure. For each application, please provide:

• Planning reference number

• Application date

• Applicant name (individual or corporate)

• Site address

• Brief description of proposed use

• Current status (approved, refused, withdrawn, pending)

• Decision date (if determined)

2. Non-disclosure agreements:

Copies of any non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), confidentiality agreements or similar instruments entered into by the council with applicants, developers or operators in connection with data-centre planning applications or negotiations since 1 January 2021. If full copies cannot be disclosed due to commercial sensitivity, please provide:

• The number of such agreements

• The parties to each agreement

• The date each agreement was signed

• A summary of the type of information covered (for example, site location, energy consumption, tenant identity)

• Whether each agreement has expired or remains in force

3. Policy and guidance:

Any internal guidance, policy documents or legal advice provided to planning officers or councillors regarding the use of NDAs or confidentiality clauses in data-centre planning matters.

4. Correspondence and briefings:

Any correspondence (including emails) or briefing notes between council officers, elected members and data-centre developers or their agents concerning confidentiality, NDAs or the withholding of information from the public domain in relation to data-centre projects since 1 January 2021. (If too large, please provide a schedule or log showing date, parties and subject, rather than full text.)

Answer

1.Planning applications (last five years):

NO APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE JAN 2021 FOR THE USES OUTLINED ABOVE

2. Non-disclosure agreements:

AS NO APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, THERE ARE NO NDAs OR SIMILAR AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY THE COUNCIL

3. Policy and guidance:

THERE IS NO INTERNAL GUIDANCE, POLICY OR LEGAL ADVICE IN RELATION TO THIS ISSUE.

4. Correspondence and briefings:

THERE IS NO SUCH CORRESPONDENCE HELD BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.