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Gov scraps mandatory public consultation on data centres amid ongoing concerns for the countryside

The changes are expected to cut pre-application time by up to 12 months and save developers 拢1 billion on major infrastructure projects

Mia Willemsen
News and business reporter
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Gov scraps mandatory public consultation on data centres amid ongoing concerns for the countryside

The government has announced it is scrapping mandatory public consultation for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) including data centres, wind and solar farms, reservoirs and nuclear...

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