Thankyou

As I previously put, I understand that a meeting is being held in the near future with concerned residents, where I believe that Upminster Ward councillors will be present. At that point, you can ask them direct.

Cllr John Tyler
Cranham Ward

This massive venture has been furtively progressed for over three years.
The Council have now posted a glossy propaganda article on their website, which is full of misinformation and presents a completely unbalanced view on dubious short term benefits, without any mention of the permanent damage the local area and Borough will suffer.

As such, we would expect our Elected Ward Councillors to know enough about the plans for the largest datacentre in Europe to be built on Greenbelt IN THEIR WARD, to have an opinion on it and to share this with the Residents who elected them to safeguard residents and protect the local environment.

Ward Councillors, you may be unable to object (or support) but surely you are allowed to have an opinion and share it with the people who voted you in?

I understand that a meeting is being held in the near future with concerned residents, where I believe that Upminster Ward councillors will be present. As has been said on previous occasions on other forums, ward councillors cannot currently formally object to (or support) the data centre proposal, as nothing has currently been officially submitted by the company behind it.

Cllr John Tyler
Cranham Ward

If you look into the documentation with the application, it states that the type of storage proposed is due to the changing nature of electricity production in this country. In the old days, electricity production could be altered to meet need by increasing the amount generated by gas or coal fired power stations etc. With renewable energy, such as wind or solar, this is far less controllable, as wind or sun cannot simply be turned up or down, and so electricity storage facilities will be required to draw down from the grid when there is a surplus and load it back up when there are shortages. Having (personally) accepted this in principle, that doesn’t mean that the location proposed is acceptable in this case.

Kind regards

Cllr John Tyler