Apatura Westerhill (Bishopbriggs)

This proposal is for a 200MW data centre on Green Belt farmland between Bishopbriggs and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire. The developer is Apatura. They will be required to do an Environmental Impact Assessment.

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Planning Application Details 

EIA  TP/ED/25/0245 

https://planning.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=SVGZSLGJ09L00&activeTab=summary

EIA Required

Proposal of application  TP/ED/25/0428 

https://planning.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=T0B1NMGJ09L00&activeTab=summary

Application for Battery on same site  

https://planning.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?previousCaseType=Property&keyVal=SWAOP2GJ06G00&previousCaseNumber=S71SONGJ01I00&previousCaseUprn=000132060988&activeTab=summary&previousKeyVal=S71SPQGJ01I00

pre planning

Apatura we’re not satisfied with the dceiison of the council that they needed an EIA for the application, so they appealed to the Scottish Government for a screening direction. Ministers decided that they would still need to do an EIA.

Info last checked – 23 Feb 2026

EIA screening has been requested

Green Belt

Address and Location

Land Adjacent To Crosshill Road Bishopbriggs

55.920970°, -4.189606°

Local Authority

East Dunbartonshire

Developer and Size of the site

Apatura

300MW

https://consult.apatura.energy/westerhill/the-project

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