Protesters accuse solar farm developers of launching consultation to extend substation land ‘on quiet’ Protesters have accused a developer behind plans for an enormous solar farm of running its latest consultation ‘on the quiet’.

Couldn't quite get a handle on the size of this #solarfarm. Story says bigger than #Cowbit. AI says not quite as big as #RutlandWater Now I get the thumbs-down!
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‘It’s ridiculous to be ruining the best farmland in the country with substations’ National Grid bosses have been told that it is ‘ridiculous’ to be covering fertile farmland with concrete as they look to build two substations.

People in Weston have say on National Grid plans to build substations at Weston Marsh | LincsOnline | 12 December 2025:
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