This website contains information about our plans for Springwell Solar Farm, a proposed new solar farm with battery storage between Lincoln and Sleaford.
The examination of our DCO application for Springwell closed on 9 October 2025. A decision on whether or not to grant planning consent for the project is expected to be made by 9 April 2026.
For more information, please see the Springwell page of the Planning Inspectorate’s website here.
Springwell is a proposed new solar farm with battery storage in North Kesteven that would provide enough clean, secure energy to power over 180,000 homes*. That’s around half of all the homes in Lincolnshire.
Like most solar farms, Springwell would have a fixed lifespan of around 40 years and could be built and operated with limited impact on the land beneath it.
Once the panels are removed, the land could be returned to agricultural use. We also want Springwell to benefit the local area throughout its lifetime and we will work closely with the community to identify opportunities to support local initiatives.
Our DCO application for Springwell was examined by the Planning Inspectorate between 7 May and 9 October 2025. All the information published during the examination, including written submissions from interested parties, is available on the Springwell Solar Farm page of the Planning Inspectorate website here.
Following the examination, the Planning Inspectorate will make a recommendation to the Secretary of State on whether to approve or refuse the application within three months (by 9 January 2026). The Secretary of State then has a further three months to make their decision (9 April 2026).
* Based upon the average domestic electricity consumption per home (temperature corrected) per the Energy Consumption in the UK (published September 2021, Table C9 of ECUK: Consumption data tables)
