A new plan to restore nature in Lincolnshire has been described as “moving deckchairs on the Titanic” by the county’s leader.
The Local Nature Recovery Plan aims to restore and expand the county’s natural features as part of a government initiative, writes Local Democracy Reporter Jamie Waller.
However, leading Reform councillors said the plan would be meaningless while the government continued to approve huge solar farms and didn’t replace failing flood defences.
The executive committee described it as “absolutely backwards” at a recent meeting.
Leader Coun Sean Matthews said: “Given the plan seems to be a steady withdrawal from the coast, losing huge chunks of the environment to flooding. Why are we bothering? The government’s priority should be saving Lincolnshire as it is – not moving deckchairs around the Titanic.”
Coun Natalie Oliver told the meeting that the county’s environment would be “catastrophically ruined” by the construction of huge solar farms and the lack of new flood defences.
Solar farm developers claim that the construction of large projects would not harm nature.
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