This proposal is for a 400MW data centre on Green Belt farmland at Newhouse between Chapelhall and Holytown in North Lanarkshire. It is currently in the pre-application stage and the developer is ILI.
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Change.org Opposition to Data Centres in the UK Newhouse/Hareshaw proposed Data Centres and Battery Energy Storage Systems HERE.
Planning Application Details
25/00989/PAN
PAN agreed Nov 2025 https://eplanning.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=T2GYF2BA0P100
PAN agreed – can apply from 5 December 2025
This site is on Green Belt
EIA Screening Requested
26/00595/EIASCR Data Centre Campus Including Grid Connection
Received 11 May, Validated 3 June and now under consideration (as of 21 July)
Download the screening request
Address and Location
Land At North Lanrigg Carlisle Road Cleland North Lanarkshire ML1 5LT
55.830971°, -3.921376°
Local Authority
North Lanarkshire
Developer and Size of the site
ILI Group
Aurelius Data Centre Project – ILI Energy
