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Plans for an anaerobic digestion plant at the former Manby Airfield near Louth have been given the go-ahead, set to produce enough energy to heat about 54,000 homes.

Anaerobic digestion breaks down organic materials without oxygen to produce biogas for electricity and heating. The facility plans to use straw-based cattle manure, chicken litter, and straw from local farms.

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Amended plans for Sleaford’s Market Place will be recommended for approval next week, despite continued concerns from residents and businesses.

North Kesteven District Council was forced back to the drawing board on its £1 million proposal to transform the area and “reshape the town’s heart” at last month’s planning committee. Now, the plans are back up for approval on Tuesday.

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Lincolnshire County Council’s executive committee has decided that it will not support solar farms on the highest-grade farmland in our region.

The committee reviewed its Energy Infrastructure Position on Tuesday, with Colin Davie, the Portfolio Holder for Energy and Environment, emphasising that Lincolnshire’s policy does not endorse solar farms on grade one, two, or 3A land. The policy may consider grade 3B land, but only to facilitate access to poorer quality or brownfield land.

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