Protecting local farmland from threat of solar panels

AN MP has pledged to continue to fight against solar farms that are ‘causing a lot of worry for residents!

- BY OLIVER CASTLE

NORTH Hykeham MP Dr Caroline Johnson also wants to address an academy and Sleaford Train Station

Sleaford and North Hykeham MP Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative) spoke to the Local Democracy Reporting Service about her priorities for the year which includes campaigning against plans for solar farms and battery and energy storage facilities across the county.

She said: “There's Springwell Solar Farm, Beacon Fen Energy Park (Solar and Battery Energy Storage System), Fosse Green solar farm and Leoda Solar Farm.

“They're causing significant worry for constituents and I know from having surveyed many constituents the overwhelming majority of people who responded to my survey don’t think that covering thousands of acres of agricultural land is appropriate - for food security, for rural communities - and some of them encompassing houses or villages completely.