Keep Westerhill's Green Belt green
Apatura plans a 300MW data centre and a 500MW battery store on Green Belt farmland at Westerhill, between Bishopbriggs and Lenzie. It hasn't applied yet, and a full environmental assessment will be needed.
- Ref
- None yet
- Decides
- East Dunbartonshire Council
- Size
- 300MW
- Next
- Planning application expected
To East Dunbartonshire Council: Keep Westerhill's Green Belt free of giant data centres. Refuse any application, and decide nothing before Scotland's national guidance is in place.
Why local people are worried
Get ready to object
There's no planning application yet, so there's nothing formal to object to. This is the time to get organised, tell the developer and councillors what you think, and be ready when the application goes in.
- Good planning grounds include: impact on the Green Belt or countryside, energy use and carbon, water supply, noise, traffic, wildlife and heritage. Developers' promises are not guarantees: ask for them to be made binding.
Sign the 38 Degrees petition, join the local Facebook group, and once an application is validated, comment to East Dunbartonshire Council and write to local MSPs.
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Every fact on this page is sourced. See the full record on Data Centre Watch. Last checked 3 October 2026.