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An investment company that had rejected several proposals to build new knowledge centres in the south of England by local officials has welcomed the new Labour government’s commitment to review two of the projects.
Oxford-based Greystoke Land made headlines at the last minute last month, when reports emerged that Buckinghamshire City Council had rejected a second attempt by the company to obtain planning permission for the construction of a knowledge centre on land on Greenbelt in Iver, in Buckinghamshire.
According to the plan-making documents, uploaded to Buckinghamshire Council’s plan-making portal on Tuesday 25 June 2024, the plan-making permission for the allocation was refused as it would “constitute an out-of-place progression from greenbelt land” and damage the character and appearance of the area.
This is the second time that Greystoke’s plan to build a data center on the site has been rejected by the desire to save Green Belt Land, and Computer Weekly understands that the company, before the government replacement, is in the process of making that decision.
On the other hand, the company’s appeal was rejected by the former Secretary of State after his first offer to obtain permission for the structure was rejected by Buckinghamshire Council.
The company responded to this decision by filing a lawsuit against the Secretary of State, but Computer Weekly understands that it has been denied permission to file this lawsuit.
However, the knowledge centre allocation was rejected by the company, and the Labour government is reviewing a £1bn progression for which it has implemented a permit to make plans in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, Computer Weekly learned.
As detailed in the inaugural speech of the new Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the Labour government aims to stimulate the United Kingdom’s economic expansion by reforming the building permit formula to accelerate large-scale infrastructure projects.
“Our formula for making plans leaves too many vital projects stuck in years and years of paperwork before the shovels are launched,” he said.
Along with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Reeves said the government is committed to taking “urgent and mandatory steps to build the infrastructure we need,” which will come with plans to centralize the task of deciding whether or not large-scale infrastructure projects proceed. “Decisions on primary advances will be made at the national level, not at the local level,” he said.
Elaborating on this point, Reeves said that when Rayner has reason to interfere with the “economic plan-making system,” the benefits that progress will bring will be a “central consideration” and he will be hesitant “to take a look at an application or the potential project. “to win because the regional and national economies justify it. “
He went on to verify that Rayner had already committed to “recovering” two planning calls for the structure of knowledge centres in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire that had in the past been denied planning permission.
Hertfordshire would be the Abbots Langley mission that the government prevented Greystoke from carrying out in January 2024.
Contrary to media reports, the proposed detention centre in Buckinghamshire that Reeves referred to is not a progression of Greystoke Land, according to Computer Weekly.
In an interview with Computer Weekly, a Greystoke spokesperson said the company was pleased with the proactive stance taken by the new government to help the growth and future progress of the mid-knowledge sector in the United Kingdom.
“We are delighted to see what looks like a new and more favourable technique to infrastructure plans in the United Kingdom; it is a completely new breath of air,” said the spokesman. “Building knowledge centres will revitalise the United Kingdom’s economy and help Britain. “its leadership in virtual industries. “
In a post on the professional social network LinkedIn, Edward Galvin, chief executive of DC Byte, an analyst specialising in the mid-market knowledge, said that the Labour government’s stance to help operators in all their projects represents a wonderful opportunity to increase the overall visibility of the market.
“Data centres are one of the United Kingdom’s good luck stories,” he said. “London remains the second largest market for knowledge centres in the world after Ashburn, Virginia. We worked with the new management to showcase our business as an example of good luck. “expansion and talk about the points that will allow intermediate knowledge companies to continue to thrive.
The Labour Party pledged in its pre-election manifesto to remove the obstacles to the development of plans that have halted the advance of knowledge centres across the United Kingdom to breathe new life into the economy.
As well as having investors such as Greystoke, its projects have also benefited from the British TechUK industrial framework, and the organisation’s director of knowledge centres, Luisa Cardani, described its intentions to change regulations for the realisation of giant infrastructure projects as a welcome step. Go ahead.
“It’s recognizing the importance of the sector, especially as the advancement of knowledge hubs will be critical to capitalizing on the prospects of synthetic intelligence [AI],” he said. “With the expansion of AI, the demand for computing is increasing. “We are only ready to grow exponentially, as we all have the garage and processing strength of knowledge centers to manage our daily lives and activities. We and our members look forward to running with the new government to help achieve this project in a resilient and sustainable way. “
John Booth, a knowledge centre expert at the Chartered Institute for IT, BCS, also welcomed the announcement of the government’s commitment to review building permit regulations for knowledge centres, but said the sector’s expansion does not come at the expense of the environment.
“[Under this new government] construction includes increased energy power and sustainability needs, adding the use of recovered heat and replication of existing EU legislation related to energy reporting and environmental knowledge,” he said.
In addition, Booth said the government is also pushing to locate knowledge centres outside London and the south-east to ease the strain those advances are putting on local force networks. “Allowing the structure of knowledge centers in the green belt will not be enough; Significant investments in the electricity grid and distribution networks will also be necessary,” he said.
“While it makes sense to locate knowledge hubs close to cities given the time it takes for knowledge to move from one place to another, the government also deserves to prioritize studies further away, in spaces with more space, cooler temperatures, and abundant energy resources. “
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