National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2024, Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and Recovered Appeals – A seismic shift towards data centre delivery.

The publication of the updated NPPF results in one of the most transformative planning policy shifts in decades, according to a James Sheppard, at 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.    

The Thames Valley is home to one of the world’s largest clusters of Datacentres – they are very important to our 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.

A new era for UK data centres? Read more HERE