Tag: planning
25 articles tagged planning
Scottish ministers want sight of big data centre applications
Councils must now flag data centre plans above 50MW to ministers within seven days. Campaigners say watching the pipeline is not the same as controlling it.
Scotland stops taking planning objections by email over AI
FOI documents show the Energy Consents Unit dropped email submissions in January after a surge in AI-assisted objections to wind farms and pylon lines.
AI prototype aims to halve England's planning decision times
The government unveils two AI planning tools, including a prototype tested in Barnet, Camden and Dorset that could cut householder decisions from eight weeks to four.
Rother council pilots AI to speed up planning decisions
Rother District Council is piloting AI with British firm Valon to automate planning admin, as Sussex councils face pressure to deliver 14,000 homes a year.
English councils to trial Google AI planning tool to halve approval times
Augmented Planning Decision Tool, built by Google on £8.3m contract, will recommend grant or refuse decisions; council officers retain final sign-off.
UK AI startup Nscale faces backlash over data centre energy demands
Local council officers in Essex have objected to Nscale's planned AI data centre, warning its energy demands could strain the local grid and increase costs for residents.
Edinburgh Councillors Reject 'Green' AI Datacenter on Former RBS Site
City councillors voted down a 213 MW AI datacenter planned for the former Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters, defying planning officer recommendations and raising questions about the UK's datacenter ambitions.
UK Government Admits AI Datacentre Approval Was Flawed
Ministers concede planning permission for major M25 datacentre should be quashed after failing to properly assess environmental impact.
