We’ve objected to the Navenby battery site
Up to 400 MW of battery storage on 54.5 acres of farmland off Green Man Road. We’ve told the council to refuse it — and to decide it in public.
Reform UK Sleaford & North Hykeham has formally objected to planning application 25/0491/FUL for a battery energy storage system (BESS) on farmland south of Green Man Road, Navenby. The applicant is REWE 1 Limited, a company of Windel Energy and Recurrent Energy — the same developers behind the Fosse Green solar scheme.
One piece of a much bigger picture
The site sits close to the proposed National Grid substation at Heath Lane, which we have already objected to. Batteries, substation and solar are being brought forward one application at a time. We’ve asked the council to judge the combined impact on the Cliff villages, not each slice on its own.
Farmland turned into an industrial compound
Around 54.5 acres of farmland would be given over to rows of battery containers, fencing and equipment for up to 40 years. That is a generation of farming lost on the heath above Navenby.
Safety must come first
Large lithium-ion battery sites carry a real risk of fire. Residents deserve to know that the fire service has fully tested the plans, and that the site is safe for the villages around it, before anything is approved.
