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Questions Before Concrete
A plain-English guide to data-centre development in England and Wales, with questions residents and local groups can ask before plans are fixed.
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- Residents, councils, and local groups
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- The toolkit offers a printable checklist of fifteen questions and guidance on checking an environmental assessment.
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Visitors can choose a route based on their situation, from checking whether a project is proposed nearby to preparing questions for a council or local group. The site also lays out a project timeline from early site searches through end of life, while cautioning that the sequence varies and noting Wales’s pre-application consultation requirement for major schemes.
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