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PL/26/05748/EIASO - EIA scoping opinion Decided

Proposal

Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for a new Data Centre Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 20:20

Application progress

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Received

17 Jul 2026

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Consultation

31 Jul 2026

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Letter-Replied/Responded to

24 Sept 2026

Letter-Replied/Responded to on 24 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Documents 18

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF SCOPING OPINION Decision Notice · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 17

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Air quality management area: South Bucks District Council AQMA No 2

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; National infrastructure project about 800 m away: Expansion of Heathrow Airport (Third Runway), at pre-application; Inside the Iver built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Buckinghamshire
Application type: EIA scoping opinion
Received: 17 Jul 2026
Validated: 17 Jul 2026
Ward: Iver
Parish: Iver Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Aug 2026
Decision: Letter-Replied/Responded to
Decision date: 24 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Public comments

1comment received

1 objecting

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 31 Jul 2026
Comments by: 21 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 21 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Buckinghamshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#284 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Buckinghamshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #280 out of 296. 55% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

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Buckinghamshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

84%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #217 of 296

86%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #241 of 296

34%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #280 of 296

55%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #248 of 296

76%

Minor dwellings approved

491 decided (1-9 homes)

82%

Major dwellings approved

71 decided (10+ homes)

82%

Change of use approved

131 decided

4,446

Total decisions

690 refused in the year to March 2026