We’ve objected to Burton Gorse Plantation Solar Farm
Another 188 acres of solar panels beside two existing solar farms near Burton Pedwardine. Enough is enough — and it shouldn’t be decided behind closed doors.
Reform UK Sleaford & North Hykeham has formally objected to planning application 24/1470/FUL for the Burton Gorse Plantation Solar Farm by Starlight Energy UK Limited. It would cover around 187.8 acres of farmland north of Whitecross Lane, east of Mareham Lane and west of Burton Pedwardine.
Solar farm after solar farm
The site sits right beside two existing solar farms, and just down the road from the Mareham Lane scheme that was allowed on appeal in February 2026. Bit by bit, the countryside south of Sleaford is being covered in panels. The cumulative impact on this landscape has to be weighed, not waved through.
Farmland lost for 40 years
The panels, a substation compound and a 15-metre communications mast would stay for 40 years. That is two generations of farming lost on a single site, with nothing to show for it on local bills.
Decide it in public
The council expects officers to decide this application under delegated powers. A scheme of this size, on top of everything else in the area, should go before councillors at a public Planning Committee where residents can be heard.
