Local Plan for Buckinghamshire (part 3 of 3)

Second question. At the last committee hearing, we were told that, and obviously in the report, that no data centres were allocated in the local plan or draft local plan because the need was judged nationally, not locally. Officers then accepted that that would stop speculative applications. Now, as Kevin Member would know, Beaconsfield and Jarrett's Cross has a data centre coming forward as part of the national scheme. That, in my opinion, is a test case for this county, but it will not be the last. I think there's another one coming around in High Wycombe. Larger data centres are treated, as colleagues know, as nationally critical infrastructure. The Secretary of State in Whitehall decides this council does not, unless we have, maybe through the local plan, a written role that applies across Buckinghamshire that protects our residents. So, Reg 19 asked the public to comment on a plan that allocates no such sites and offers only a criteria policy. I mean, what I really want to know is, will the Cabinet Member officers confirm that Buckinghamshire has no say on the Beaconsfield scheme or any future schemes across the county? And if so, what from the Regulation 19 responses on power, water, transport and the Greenbelt will be put forward to the Secretary of State? And what written influence would this council have on the next application that comes forward to Whitehall, wherever it lands? That's where I'm coming from. And I think that's quite, you know, given what I've seen happening across the county and across the country, this is of concern. Thank you. I think you make a number of points that are absolutely correct. I think the poll...