Lincolnshire campaign group launches to oppose major infrastructure projects in the county

A new campaign group has formed in Lincolnshire after concerns too many major infrastructure Projects are being planned for the county.

The Lincolnshire Against Needless Destruction group or LAND are also the team behind No Pylons Lincolnshire - who against plans for pylons between Grimsby and Norfolk.

However they're also worried about plans for solar farms and substations too.

We've been speaking to founder Cat Makinson.

She told us: "It really detracts from food security."

"We've been fed the line that it's all about energy security but Ed Miliband wrote me a letter in which he confirms we will be a net exporter."

If we keep losing land and farmers at the rate at which we are we won't be producing for ourselves -we'll be relying on importing from abroad

"It makes absolutely no sense to buy the cheapest, quickest option if they're making 25 million selling energy abroad."

"If we keep losing land and farmers at the rate at which we are we won't be producing for ourselves -we'll be relying on importing from abroad."

"Nobody's going to want to visit the countryside if it's just covered in solar panels."

"Green energy - we're all for it - in the right places."

"In the UK as a whole there'll be over a million acres of land lost to green energy."

"We're a small island - surrounded by the sea - it makes no sense to use the land the way that we are."

The Government has previously said it's vital to move towards more green energy to help reduce bills and fight climate change.

They've also indicated that high quality agricultural land shouldn't be used for projects like solar farms.

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