I’m following proposals to build a solar farm on land surrounding Essendine with interest. One question that seems to keep popping up is whether the site is too big or too small to accommodate enough solar panels to deliver the 350 MW (megawatts) output the developer has mentioned. An important point to understand here is […]

Plans for a new South Lincolnshire Reservoir have taken a step forward this week with Anglian Water‘s submission of further details to Ofwat, the water regulator. These details don’t yet include a proposed site for the reservoir. Work to identify a suitable site is ongoing and it is currently anticipated that the first phase of […]

This week I visited Parliament as MPs debated and voted on a series of amendments to the EU withdrawal bill. After the votes, we then heard from May, Corbyn, and others, as they gave their reaction. This would have been an opportunity for May to say her favourite “nothing has changed” phrase and it actually […]

Lincolnshire County Council have applied to the District Council for outline planning permission to build up to 260 houses on Market Deeping’s Mill Field. It is neither the right time or the right place for such an application. It isn’t the right time because it is disrespectful of the County Council to preempt the decision […]

As I said I would in the immediate aftermath of the referendum, I have largely kept away from the subject of Brexit, believing it right to show respect for the result and give time for the arrangements for our departure to be made without an ongoing commentary from myself. In any case, I’ve been busy […]

Following years of myself and others seeking improvements to the footpath which passes through the recently constructed Persimmon housing development behind Market Deeping’s Tesco store, significant improvements could be on the cards. The Planning Inspectorate have now issued an interim decision relating to the future of the footpath. This follows the public inquiry held in August […]

The public inquiry into the future of footpath no. 4, which passes through the Tesco site and the adjacent Persimmon housing development, concluded this morning. This followed a site visit earlier to look at the two routes involved in the inquiry. These are the existing legal route which is now obstructed by houses and the […]

Initially, changing the law to add “death by dangerous cycling” or “death by careless cycling” sounds like a good idea to protect pedestrians and make penalties for road users fairer. Thinking about this more however, I conclude that it isn’t. The whole reason why the Government is looking at this, a sad but incredibly rare […]

The Planning Inspectorate have confirmed that the public inquiry to consider whether the County Council’s plans to divert the footpath that runs down the side of Tesco and through the new Persimmon estate are acceptable is to take place in August. The County Council’s plan would make Persimmon’s current illegal diversion the new official route. […]

In Grantham earlier, I attended today’s meeting of the District Council’s Development Management Committee. The committee were considering the application to build up to 145 homes off Linchfield Road. I’m happy overall with the result. The application has been approved with conditions that require the developer to pay towards improving local facilities and that require […]