NESO response to FoI review request
This response to APRS FoI request for information relating to modification applications for BESS connections to change to data Centre Connections was sent 22 May 2026
FoI on Modification Applications Awarded by NESO from BESS to Data Centres
This FoI shows that NESO has granted 8 requests for modifications from developers who hold a BESS connection and have
Initial response of NESO to FoI on ‘Mod Apps’
This response from NESO was to our question about the Modification Applications being awarded for data centre demand in the UK. It was initially turned down and we appealed. The text of the appeal is below:
FoI Nature Scot on communications with HFD/Data Vita
This FoI asks for communications between Nature Scot and HFD/Data Vita around the time the AI Growth zone was announced. It was sent around 8th April and the response was sent 28th April so the contents covers the communications up to a point between those two dates.
APRS Objection to Falkirk Council for the Larbert Data Centre
Copy of the APRS objection to Falkirk Council’s planning application in principle – P/26/0237/FUL. Apatura DC Project 5 Ltd (Apatura). Full planning permission for a 300 MW - AI data centre campus on land at Glenbervie Business Park, Stirling Road, Larbert. Objection written by Nikki Sinclair, APRS Policy Manager
Response to SCCS letter to FM
This letter is in repose to the letter sent by SCCS, the civil society coalition on Climate, to the First Minister on March 5th. The letter brings us no further forward, saying that there is no intention to amend EIA regulations, put in place a moratorium, nor provide more guidance on green data centres beyond their existing commitment in the AI Strategy to publish 'what factors would be prevalent in a 'green' data centre' by 2027.
Report on the EIA Scoping for Auchtertool
This report in the planned 600MW data centre at Auchtertool was written before the planning application for Planning Permission in Principle came in on the basis of the documents in the EIA scoping report
Response from ECU to our letter for transparency on AI Growth Zone
We wrote to the Energy Consents Unit of the Scottish Government, The North Lanarkshire Council and the Scottish Government to
Submission to Planning Appeal on Gyle Data Centre
This is the APRS submission to the appeal of the 212MW AI data centre at the Gyle, Edinburgh written by Nikki Sinclair. It was turned down by the Planning Committee of Edinburgh City Council in February and the developers are now appealing the decision.