River Trent<\/a>, which would be covered with panels or battery storage containers.<\/p>\n![\"One](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/One-Earth.jpg\" "\\"Residents")
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The village of North Clifton, around ten miles from Lincoln, would have solar farms to the north, east and south, with some of the local farms being completely surrounded.<\/p>\n
\u00d8rsted and PS Renewables, the companies behind it, say the panels would provide 740MW of renewable energy \u2013 enough to power more than 200,000 homes.<\/p>\n
Residents are preparing to put their case across as the government\u2019s planning inspectors hold public hearings from July 8 to 10.<\/p>\n
David White, who is leading an action group against the plans, said: \u201cA lot of people will be really badly affected with panels around their homes on all sides.<\/p>\n
\u201cResidents are struggling to come to terms with how life will change. People buy homes here to enjoy the views \u2013 to take their children, grandchildren or dogs on walks.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of views, we will have industrial fencing and CCTV.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe surveyed every single person in the affected villages, and 99 per cent said they were against it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not against renewable energy \u2013 but not on this scale.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the group had visited existing solar farms and had been \u201cshocked\u201d at the noise made by machinery called inverters, which are needed to convert the electricity produced.<\/p>\n
Chris Firth, who has solar panels on his North Clifton home, said: \u201cI hate the plans. It will decimate the village.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to live near Heathrow Airport, and moved to the countryside for the views. Now we\u2019re already thinking of leaving if this goes ahead, and we aren\u2019t the only ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
![\"20250611](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250611_113402-1-scaled.jpg\" "\\"Residents")
Chris Firth, a North Clifton resident who is opposed to the One Earth solar farm.<\/p>\n
The large solar farm would cross the borders of West Lindsey, Bassetlaw and Newark & Sherwood districts.<\/p>\n
Michael Foster said \u201cnot a single person in the village is for it\u201d \u2013 but some said they are still on the fence.<\/p>\n
John Mathieu said: \u201cI\u2019m still learning about the plan \u2013 I don\u2019t mind if it\u2019s a few fields on the outskirts, but if it takes over the landscape then that\u2019s too much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graeme Barr said: \u201cI\u2019m new to the area \u2013 when I came to buy the house I saw a sign protesting the solar farm. Most people are against it, but it\u2019s not the worst use of farmland.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith most solar farms I see, the panels are well hidden behind hedges. I get if anyone who\u2019s lived here for a long time will miss the views though.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the One Earth solar farm said: \u201cThroughout the project\u2019s development, we have sought to balance the need to maximise production of renewable energy, while also ensuring that the project is developed in a manner that is sensitive both to the local environment and community.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the past two years, we have consulted with local communities as well as technical bodies and local authorities. This had led to significant changes to the project design, removing panels near villages and homes to minimise impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n
The companies also say battery farm technology \u2013 which solar farm campaigners often claim is a fire hazard \u2013 \u201chas developed rapidly\u201d and is much safer now.<\/p>\n
It admitted that inverters \u201cdo make a small amount of noise\u201d and would place them at least 100 metres away from homes.<\/p>\n
Anyone who wants to speak at the three-day public hearings can register through the project\u2019s page on the government website.<\/p>\n
The Planning Inspectorate will make a recommendation to Ed Miliband, the secretary of state for energy, with a decision expected early 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Village life will be spoilt by a major solar farm if it goes ahead, residents claim. The One…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-181963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114677919527683933","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}