We’ve objected to Brant Energy Storage
Up to 1 GW of batteries in as many as 1,600 containers on 85 acres between Coleby and Navenby. We’ve told the council it’s the wrong scheme in the wrong place.
Reform UK Sleaford & North Hykeham has formally objected to planning application 25/0533/FUL, the Brant Energy Storage scheme by Navenby Energy Limited (NatPower UK). It would cover around 85.3 acres across four fields south of Hill Rise, west of Coleby and north of Navenby.
Industrial scale in open countryside
The developer’s own figures put it at up to 1 gigawatt, with around 1,300 to 1,600 battery containers, a substation and water tanks. That is an industrial site, on farmland, in the open countryside of the Lincolnshire Cliff, for up to 40 years.
The fire risk is built into the plans
The application includes water storage tanks for firefighting. That tells you the risk is real. A battery fire on this scale, close to Coleby and Navenby, is not something residents should be asked to live alongside without the fullest scrutiny.
The Cliff is being overloaded
Brant sits alongside the proposed Navenby battery site and the National Grid substation at Heath Lane, both of which we’ve also objected to. Together they would turn the heath above the Cliff villages into an energy hub. The council must weigh the cumulative impact, not judge each scheme in isolation.
