UK data centre planning applications by local planning authority

82 authorities with at least one data-centre planning application tracked (as of 2026-08-17). Counts cover all applications since 2025; the last 30 days are open to read, older records are for subscribers.

Authority	Applications	Awaiting decision	Last 30 days	Declared MW
Hillingdon	26	6	4	—
Ealing	23	2	1	—
Old Oak Park Royal	21	1	0	—
Vale of White Horse	21	2	0	1
Buckinghamshire	12	9	1	108
North Lanarkshire	12	2	0	774
Newport	11	2	1	—
Brent	8	1	0	—
Epping Forest	8	2	0	—
Northumberland (County)	7	7	3	—
Anglesey	5	2	1	—
Hertsmere	5	3	0	—
Slough	5	5	1	—
Gwynedd	4	0	0	—
North Tyneside	4	1	0	50
Broxbourne	3	0	0	—
Dacorum	3	1	0	—
Edinburgh	3	2	0	200
Scottish Borders	3	1	0	—
Warrington	3	0	0	—
West Oxfordshire	3	2	0	—
Bassetlaw	2	0	0	—
Bristol	2	2	0	—
Chesterfield	2	1	1	—
Dumfries	2	1	0	—
East Cambridgeshire	2	1	1	—
East Dunbartonshire	2	1	0	—
Fife	2	1	0	—
Hart	2	0	0	—
Havering	2	0	0	—
Milton Keynes	2	0	0	—
Redcar and Cleveland	2	1	0	—
Rhondda	2	2	0	—
Sefton	2	1	0	—
Surrey Heath	2	0	0	—
Swindon	2	0	0	—
Trafford	2	0	0	—
Ashfield	1	0	0	—
Bedford	1	1	0	—
Bradford	1	0	0	—
Bromley	1	0	0	—
Burnley	1	1	1	—
Canterbury	1	1	0	—
Cardiff	1	1	0	—
Central Bedfordshire	1	1	0	—
Chelmsford	1	1	0	—
Cherwell	1	1	0	—
Chiltern South Bucks	1	1	0	—
Doncaster	1	0	0	—
East Ayrshire	1	0	0	—
East Lothian	1	0	0	—
Falkirk	1	1	0	—
Glamorgan	1	1	0	—
Guildford	1	1	0	—
Halton	1	1	0	—
Harlow	1	0	0	—
Hounslow	1	1	0	—
Leeds	1	1	0	—
Leicester	1	0	0	—
Manchester	1	0	0	—
Newark and Sherwood	1	0	0	—
North Ayrshire	1	0	0	—
North Lincs	1	0	0	—
Reigate	1	0	0	—
Rochdale	1	1	0	—
Runnymede	1	1	0	—
Rushmoor	1	1	0	—
Selby	1	0	0	—
South Cambridgeshire	1	1	1	—
South Gloucestershire	1	0	0	—
South Oxfordshire	1	0	0	—
South West Devon	1	0	0	—
Spelthorne	1	1	0	—
Stockton-on-Tees	1	1	0	—
Stoke on Trent	1	0	0	—
Thurrock	1	1	1	—
Tower Hamlets	1	0	0	—
Watford	1	0	0	—
Waverley	1	0	0	—
West Berkshire	1	0	0	—
West Lothian	1	0	0	—
West Northamptonshire	1	0	0	—