Numerous political tenures have promised meaningful planning reform, only for political will and ambition to fall away, or suffer from extensive ‘watering down’.
The publication of the updated NPPF results in one of the most transformative planning policy shifts in decades, according to JLL. Long being considered one of the single greatest barriers to growth and investment across the country, the planning system, at the national level, has been updated with a pro-growth mindset.
The NPPF now significantly strengthens the importance of the economy and now requires local authorities to produce policies which pay particular regard to the modern economy. Data Centres are a key beneficiary of these policy updates, now benefiting from a long overdue recognition of their significant positive economic and technological impacts.
Read more from JLL including their views on a new era for UK data centres – https://www.jll.co.uk/en/views/nppf-2024-nsips-and-recovered-appeals
