{"id":2175290,"date":"2026-10-02T05:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T02:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2175290"},"modified":"2026-10-02T05:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T02:22:33","slug":"amazon-data-centre-near-m25-approved-despite-environmental-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2175290","title":{"rendered":"Amazon data centre near M25 approved despite environmental fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Buckinghamshire Council previously rejected plans for two other data centres in Iver<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Amazon has been given the go-ahead to build a huge data centre beside the M25, despite concerns about its environmental impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The development will replace 17 industrial and warehouse units on the Ridgeway Distribution Centre in Iver, Buckinghamshire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Ivers Parish Council said the building would have a negative impact on air quality and traffic, but Buckinghamshire Council approved the plans on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Officers concluded that the need for data centres, the employment benefits and an expected reduction in vehicle movements outweighed other considerations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The data centre’s main building would be about 20 metres (65ft) high.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 18-acre (7.3-hectare) scheme also includes a substation, water tanks, a generator yard, security fencing and parking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Local Democracy Reporting Service said the parish council neither supported nor objected to the application, but asked for improvements to walking routes, including the canal path, and wanted low-emission vehicles to be used during construction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The site is in an air quality management area, and the council’s environmental health team said the 27 back-up generators would produce emissions during routine testing and maintenance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Air-quality modelling predicted a negligible effect at the locations assessed, but officers said that did not mean the development would have no impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A legal agreement has secured \u00a3600,382 towards projects to offset any air pollution from the site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It also requires a plan to monitor emissions from the generators, which would primarily use hydrotreated vegetable oil, with diesel as a back-up fuel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Officers said Amazon had also agreed to contribute \u00a373,000 towards improvements to public rights of way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Data centres are giant warehouses full of powerful computers used to run digital services, from movie streaming to online banking<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The approval comes after Buckinghamshire Council previously rejected plans for a data centre on green belt land at the Court Lane Industrial Estate in Iver, only for the decision to be overturned by housing secretary Angela Rayner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, this year the government accepted it was wrong to grant planning permission for a data centre at the nearby Woodlands Park landfill site, after it had initially been rejected by the authority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On the latest scheme, Buckinghamshire Council said: “We don’t have anything further to add.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Amazon said it would not be “sharing a statement for inclusion”, but planning documents estimated the project could support 60 full-time jobs on site, alongside jobs created during construction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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