Manor Farm Data Centre Site, Poyle Road, Slough

Name: Manor Farm Data Centre Site, Poyle Road, Slough
Address: GB

Announced

United Kingdom · 1 project · Last reported 2026-08-05

Summary

Tritax Big Box's half-year report, published on 5 August 2026, identifies its Manor Farm data-centre scheme on the 74-acre site at Heathrow in the Slough Availability Zone: 107 MW of power to be delivered in 2027 (a further 40 MW in 2029), a 107 MW Phase 1 pre-let in solicitors' hands, site preparation expected to begin in the second half of 2026 and practical completion expected in Q2 2028. This dated company disclosure supports announced status as of 5 August 2026. Planning permission exists: the Secretary of State allowed appeal APP/J0350/W/25/3366043 and granted permission for application P/10076/013 on 10 June 2026, and Tritax reported on 27 July that the six-week challenge period ended without challenge. Both dates fall outside the 85-day window, so the consent is recorded as context and permitted status is not asserted. No site preparation, construction or occupier is established; the 2027 power, H2 2026 site preparation and Q2 2028 completion dates are forecasts. evidence

Tritax Big Box REIT plc (RNS regulatory announcement, as published by Investegate) · published 2026-08-05

Location

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Projects (1)

Tritax Manor Farm Data Centre, Slough - 107 MW Phase 1 (appeal APP/J0350/W/25/3366043)

Announced last observed as of 2026-08-05 · Project announcement

Decision letter of 10 June 2026 (186-page combined PDF with the Inspector's Report). On behalf of the Secretary of State the appeal by Manor Farm Propco Limited against Slough Borough Council's non-determination is allowed and planning permission granted, subject to the conditions in Annex B, for demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment to comprise a data centre (Use Class B8) and battery energy storage system with ancillary substation, offices, plant, emergency backup generators and fuel storage, landscaping, drainage, parking and access from Poyle Road, under application P/10076/013 dated 13 December 2024. Condition 1 requires commencement within three years. The Inspector's Report describes an 8.16 ha site west of Poyle Road with a northern Area A for the data centre (about 36,368 sq m GIA, 23 m parapet) and a southern Area B for a 100 MW battery storage system. Any High Court challenge had to be made within six weeks of the letter. evidence

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Planning Casework Unit) and the Planning Inspectorate · published 2026-06-10

GOV.UK content API record for the decision publication, first published and last updated 10 June 2026 11:30 BST, with the single attachment '260610_Combined_DL_IR_RtoC_-_Manor_Farm_Slough_-_3366043.pdf' and the development description (data centre and BESS). It shows no later amendment of the decision. evidence

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (GOV.UK) · published 2026-06-10

Case page: appellant Manor Farm Propco Limited; site Manor Farm and land north of Wraysbury Reservoir, Poyle Road, Slough SL3 0AA; local planning authority Slough Borough Council; inquiry procedure; status 'Complete: Decision issued'; outcome 'Allowed'; decision date 10 June 2026. evidence

Planning Inspectorate · publication date not stated

RNS of 27 July 2026: the six-week judicial review period for the Manor Farm data centre development 'has concluded successfully', so the company can now progress a 107 MW facility on its 74-acre site in the Slough Availability Zone; a pre-let agreement is in solicitors' hands and the facility targets a 9.3% yield on cost. evidence

Tritax Big Box REIT plc (RNS regulatory announcement, as published by Investegate) · published 2026-07-27

RNS of 10 June 2026 confirming that the Secretary of State approved the company's proposed data centre at Manor Farm, Heathrow, and linking the GOV.UK publication 'Recovered appeal: land at Manor Farm and land north of Wraysbury Reservoir, Poyle Road, Slough (ref 3366043)'. This links the Tritax scheme to the appeal and its planning application. evidence

Tritax Big Box REIT plc (RNS regulatory announcement, as published by Investegate) · published 2026-06-10

Council page for the inquiry into application P/10076/013 by Manor Farm Propco Limited (appeal APP/J0350/W/25/3366043). It records receipt on 10 June 2026 of the final decision letter, describes the development (data centre, BESS, substation, backup generators and access from Poyle Road) and links the core documents, including the application form and air-quality assessment used here. evidence

Slough Borough Council · publication date not stated

Applicant's air-quality assessment (fourth issue, 13 December 2024). It models the data centre's emergency diesel generators as a single flue 1 m above the roof (31 m) at British National Grid (502919.75, 176291.37), standing for 47 roof flues. evidence

Slough Borough Council (applicant's assessment as published in the Manor Farm inquiry core documents) · publication date not stated

Postcode SL3 0AA centroid: easting 503132, northing 176232 (51.47566, -0.516391), Slough. evidence

postcodes.io (Ideal Postcodes), from ONS Postcode Directory data · publication date not stated

Companies

Owner: Tritax Big Box REIT plc (current) evidence

Source and location review

Status source

Tritax Big Box REIT plc: Half-year Report for the six months to 30 June 2026 (RNS, 5 August 2026) evidence row
Tritax Big Box REIT plc (RNS regulatory announcement, as published by Investegate) · published 2026-08-05 · Company disclosure

Locator

Project locator · Compiled location reference · planning_application_form_site_point evidence

Source checks

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Status age at review: 83 days before the data update on 2026-10-27

Location details

Coordinates: 51.47570, -0.51891
Geometry licence: all-rights-reserved
Use scope: Project locator
Scope class: planning_application_form_site_point
Authority: Compiled location reference
Source entity: Campus
Method: planning_application_form_easting_502958_northing_176233_epsg27700_to_wgs84_pyproj_3_7_1
Derivation: coordinate_transform
Precision scope: Applicant-declared site point (easting 502958, northing 176233) on the planning application form for P/10076/013, published by Slough Borough Council as inquiry core document CD 1.1, converted to WGS84 with pyproj 3.7.1 (EPSG:27700 to EPSG:4326). It falls inside Area A, the northern parcel of the 8.16 ha appeal site that holds the consented data-centre building. It is not a building footprint, the red-line boundary or a surveyed position.
Horizontal uncertainty: Not reported
The application form publishes no positional accuracy, and the data-centre building's position relative to the point is shown only on plans without coordinates; the 8.16 ha application site extends a few hundred metres around it.
Geometry evidence: 0d4e22a7

A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.

Evidence

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Evidence for Manor Farm Data Centre Site, Poyle Road, Slough
Title	Publisher	Roles	Published	Retrieved	Licence	Attribution	Content hash (SHA-256)
GOV.UK content record: Recovered appeal: land at Manor Farm and land north of Wraysbury Reservoir, Poyle Road, Slough (ref: 3366043 - 10 June 2026) Archived copy	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (GOV.UK) Government record	Site and project identity	2026-06-10	2026-10-22	Open Government Licence v3.0	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	`07d12015f4491b302524f73875f8b4a1066ef9cf8a07a961ab1b550ad384fc80` Retained source material; see source provenance
MHCLG decision letter and Inspector's Report: recovered appeal APP/J0350/W/25/3366043, land at Manor Farm and land north of Wraysbury Reservoir, Poyle Road, Slough (10 June 2026) Archived copy	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Planning Casework Unit) and the Planning Inspectorate Government record	Site and project identity	2026-06-10	2026-10-22	Open Government Licence v3.0	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Planning Inspectorate	`27412b65642d32e99f378d2248cd1f9f2799378547270b95eea2ff8a3931ffd6` Retained source material; see source provenance
Planning Inspectorate Appeals Casework Portal: case APP/J0350/W/25/3366043 (Manor Farm and land north of Wraysbury Reservoir, Poyle Road, Slough) Archived copy	Planning Inspectorate Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-22	Open Government Licence v3.0	Planning Inspectorate	`ec03f1f22d3420f35474437d99e69feeaea525ae882a72ec79d9e79b3e6cea4a` Retained source material; see source provenance
postcodes.io lookup of SL3 0AA (ONS Postcode Directory centroid) Archived copy	postcodes.io (Ideal Postcodes), from ONS Postcode Directory data Other	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-22	Open Government Licence v3.0 (ONS data); postcodes.io service terms	Contains OS data and ONS data, Crown copyright and database right	`271a8d423338bb05a1cefcdc62d98f371b2399393ff98d2293970054d207c3cf` Retained source material; see source provenance
Slough Borough Council inquiry core document CD 1.1: application form for planning permission P/10076/013 (Planning Portal PP-13468765), Manor Farm and land north of Wraysbury Reservoir Archived copy	Slough Borough Council (applicant's form as published in the Manor Farm inquiry core documents) Regulatory filing	Geometry	not stated	2026-10-22	all-rights-reserved	Applicant planning submission, published by Slough Borough Council	`8fe755713e995e56df98525a222917c5cd763f8019fc5f6eca10c25e7878ec04` Retained source material; see source provenance
Slough Borough Council inquiry core document CD 1.29: Air Quality Assessment, Manor Farm, Slough (13 December 2024) Archived copy	Slough Borough Council (applicant's assessment as published in the Manor Farm inquiry core documents) Regulatory filing	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-22	all-rights-reserved	Applicant planning submission (air-quality consultant for Manor Farm Propco Limited), published by Slough Borough Council	`c99906b667bbb0be92f3a76cdbee4c9d1db5e62e718aef0f5b1e5f4ee2ccaa48` Retained source material; see source provenance
Slough Borough Council: Public Inquiry: Manor Farm (P/10076/013; APP/J0350/W/25/3366043) Archived copy	Slough Borough Council Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-22	Open Government Licence v3.0	Slough Borough Council	`331c49ad1fa4d29fd22c1bb614690285519440a4787151b26f298940df1561e6` Retained source material; see source provenance
Tritax Big Box REIT plc: Decision from Secretary of State on Manor Farm Data Centre (RNS, 10 June 2026) Archived copy	Tritax Big Box REIT plc (RNS regulatory announcement, as published by Investegate) Company disclosure	Site and project identity	2026-06-10	2026-10-22	all-rights-reserved	Tritax Big Box REIT plc via RNS / Investegate	`e3db507949e3c2f09eb8d37c48e005c6cc4a165a01e4f1e8f648b7be2e92af22` Retained source material; see source provenance
Tritax Big Box REIT plc: Half-year Report for the six months to 30 June 2026 (RNS, 5 August 2026) Archived copy	Tritax Big Box REIT plc (RNS regulatory announcement, as published by Investegate) Company disclosure	Project announcement, Owner claim	2026-08-05	2026-10-22	all-rights-reserved	Tritax Big Box REIT plc via RNS / Investegate	`f82f06708c7ec701f28e8cf26a603971e243ead2d9cb3a7339e1ebe13cddf5ea` Retained source material; see source provenance
Tritax Big Box REIT plc: Planning consent secured for 107MW Manor Farm data centre (RNS, 27 July 2026) Archived copy	Tritax Big Box REIT plc (RNS regulatory announcement, as published by Investegate) Company disclosure	Site and project identity	2026-07-27	2026-10-22	all-rights-reserved	Tritax Big Box REIT plc via RNS / Investegate	`e1ecc250b679da1850487d5befc90fa495344ea116a7462cf383c4c2c0d5ea16` Retained source material; see source provenance

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Kyars, K. (2026). Manor Farm Data Centre Site, Poyle Road, Slough [site vcc-site-85b88a033c68a83f53cc]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-85b88a033c68a83f53cc/

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