Hertsmere, Planning Notice

HERTSMERE BOROUGH COUNCIL

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015

NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 15 (1A) AND ARTICLE 15 (2)(b) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE) (ENGLAND) ORDER 2015 (AS AMENDED) OF AN APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION WHICH IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT, AND WHICH DOES NOT ACCORD WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

CONSULTATION UNDER REGULATION 25 OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2017 (AS AMENDED).

Proposed development at:

Land East Of South Mimms Services, St Albans Road, South Mimms, Hertfordshire.

Reference: 24/1152/OUTEI

Application Received: 09 September 2024

Amendments Received: 03 December 2024

I give notice that DC01 UK Limited is applying to Hertsmere Borough Council for planning permission for outline planning permission with all matters reserved (access, appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale) for phased development of a Data Centre (Use Class B8) comprising of up to 187,000 sqm GEA.

Development to include:

• Ancillary offices, internal and external plant and equipment (including flues) and substation (external plant excluded from maximum floorspace).
• Provision of car parking; servicing areas; associated services (including waste, refuse, cycle storage, lighting).
• Laying out building, routes, and open spaces within the development.
• Development to include all associated works and operations including but not limited to demolition; earthworks; provision of attenuation infrastructure; engineering operations.

  This application is for a phased development, each phase being an independent act of development, capable of coming forward in distinct and separable phases and/or plots in a severable way. Development shall be in accordance with the approved development parameters schedule and plans, accompanied by an environmental statement.

  The proposed development does not accord with the provisions of the development plan in force in the area in which the land to which the application relates is situated.

  Additional information has been received during the course of the assessment comprising an addendum to the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, an Agricultural Land Classification Report, a Supplementary Ecological Report, and an Off-Site Highways Improvement Note and Technical Notes.

  Public consultation on this additional information is required for a period of 30 days under Regulation 25 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended).

  Members of the public may inspect copies of the application, the plans, the environmental statement, and other documents submitted with the application at the Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 1WA during all reasonable hours until 15 January 2025 or on the Council’s website www.hertsmere.gov.uk.

  Members of the public may obtain copies of the environmental statement by emailing admin.planning@hertsmere.gov.uk, by writing to The Planning and Economic Development Department, Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 1WA, or by ringing 0208 207 2277.

  Anyone who wishes to make representations about this application can either:

  1. Write to the Council at:

     Planning and Economic Development Department, Hertsmere Borough Council, Civic Offices, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 1WA.

  2. Email: consult.planning@hertsmere.gov.uk

  3. Submit comments online via the Council’s website: www.hertsmere.gov.uk

  By 15 January 2025

  Sajida Bijle

  Chief Executive Officer

  11th December 2024