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Lincolnshire Leoda Solar Farm plan 'paused' for review

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Plans for a solar farm have been paused so they can be reviewed and refined, developers have said.

Leoda Solar Farm would cover about 2,400 acres (9.7 sq km) of farmland between the Lincolnshire villages of Leadenham, Brant Broughton and Welbourn.

Hugh Gilmour, the project’s head of development, said environmental and technical surveys would continue.

“The project team remains fully committed to Leoda Solar Farm and intends to restart the process once this work has been completed and the proposals have been further refined,” he added.

Gilmour said the project had been withdrawn from the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) process “at this point”.

If a solar farm is classed as “nationally significant”, it means the applicant must apply for consent from the planning inspectorate, rather than a local council.

Telis Energy UK A map showing white roads on a light-grey background. A dark grey area in the centre of the map denotes the proposed location of the solar farm, with the names of nearby villages highlighted.Telis Energy UK
The development would be located between the villages of Leadenham, Brant Broughton and Welbourn, close to the A17

Developer Telis Energy UK said the solar farm would produce between 500MW and 600MW, with the project’s website indicating it could power the equivalent of up to 143,000 homes.

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