A huge data centre has no place on our green belt
- garethbaconmp
- 19 hours ago
- 1 min read
Thank you to everyone who’s got in touch about the new proposed data centre off Sevenoaks Road in Orpington.
We’re keeping a very close eye on this — and we will fight these plans. The scale of what’s being proposed is enormous: a two-storey data centre covering around 15,000 square metres and standing approximately 20 metres high, alongside electrical infrastructure, power equipment and water storage.
And the proposed site is on our precious green belt. We should be protecting our green belt from inappropriate development, not allowing huge industrial scale buildings to be imposed upon it.
These plans would also have a major impact on nearby Chelsfield, as Councillors Mike Botting and Sumeet Jalan explain.
