In a bold and united stand for rural communities, Richard Tice MP (Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness and Deputy Leader of Reform UK) joined Dame Andrea Jenkyns DBE (Mayor of the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority) and Cllr Sean Matthews (Leader of Lincolnshire County Council) at a high-profile press conference today to launch Lincolnshire Opposes Renewable Eyesores, a new grassroots-led pressure group opposing the industrialisation of Lincolnshire’s countryside.
The new campaign is a direct response to the increasing number of proposed pylons, solar farms, and large-scale wind installations being forced onto the county’s open landscapes, often with no real local say and little benefit to the people who live there.
Richard Tice MP made Reform UK’s stance unmistakably clear: “This is a fight to stop the desecration of our landscapes. We will not sit back as fields are ripped up, villages surrounded, and pylons and solar farms blight the beautiful Lincolnshire countryside in the name of reckless Net Zero targets. Reform UK believe in low cost secure energy not useless virtue signalling that means expensive electricity.”
Dame Andrea Jenkyns DBE, elected earlier this year as the first Mayor of the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority, said: “I stand shoulder-to-shoulder with local people. I’m working closely with communities to support them in pushing back against these unsightly and unnecessary schemes. It’s vital we preserve our landscapes and protect our agricultural land for future generations, not cover it in glass and steel.
“I also want to make it clear that I stand firmly behind Lindsey Oil Refinery and the jobs it supports. At a time when our energy security is under threat, we should be backing British industry, not dismantling it.”
Cllr Sean Matthews added: “The people of Lincolnshire have had enough. We want solutions, not slogans. These massive infrastructure projects are being dropped on us without local consent, and we’re fighting back. As part of this, I will also be calling for a ban on dangerous Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), which pose fire risks, environmental hazards, and have no place near our homes or schools. We will not compromise on safety, sovereignty, or our scenery.”
This is the first of many Reform UK-backed pressure groups forming across the country. Lincolnshire Opposes Renewable Eyesores will soon be joined by similar campaigns in Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire, and other counties where rural communities are being overlooked and overrun.
Reform UK’s national policy commits to stopping the desecration of rural Britain by placing an immediate moratorium on new industrial-scale solar farms and pylon installations in the countryside. The party will back British-made energy solutions, including clean gas, modular nuclear, and domestic refining, while ensuring energy security is never sacrificed in favour of foreign-owned, subsidy-driven green schemes. The planning system will be overhauled to return genuine power to local communities, and Reform will scrap the costly and unworkable Net Zero targets that are damaging jobs, inflating bills, and eroding the British way of life.
The campaign will mobilise residents, farmers, business owners, councillors and MPs across the political spectrum who want to see common sense put back into Britain’s energy and planning policies.
Richard Tice closed the press conference with a national rallying cry: “We are sending a message to Westminster: the silent majority will be silent no longer. Lincolnshire is rising. Britain is waking up. And Reform UK will be their voice.”
