Grendon

The historic village of Grendon – meaning Green Hill – is also the location of the Grendon substation, recently upgraded to provide additional capacity for electrical storage and supply. Island Green Power intends to route cable connections from its solar sites into the substation through the parish. The disruption to Grendon, Easton Maudit and surrounding areas will be momentous. Compulsory land purchase is possible.

Solar panels will be positioned on land in view from the villages. Travelling out of Grendon towards Easton Maudit by car, on foot, bicycle or horseback will take you past huge arrays of panels. The beautiful village of Easton Maudit will be surrounded on three sides, up to Bozeat and nearby Strixton. Farming, walking, natural wildlife and beautiful open-sky vistas will all be severely impacted for at least a planned 60 years.

Our villages have rich histories stretching back to Roman and Iron Age times, with strong community spirits embedded in rural village history. The overwhelming despoiling of our surroundings will distress everyone who cares for our heritage and environment.

Image below: The new 50 MW battery storage (BESS) in Grendon, operational from 2023.

Surrounding villages with solar industry devastates the countryside for everyone.

Grendon will be severely affected by the industrialisation of agricultural land between it and neighbouring Easton Maudit. Views of solar panels will replace rolling fields, seen from public rights of way, the road and homes. Grendon also borders the substation, where a further 61 acres of agricultural land are earmarked for battery storage (BESS) development.

Images below: The newly-constructed Grendon 50 MW BESS became operational in 2023: tiny in comparison to Green Hill Solar BESS plans.

Image below: The 61 acres of the new Irchester solar farm on the A509, as well as the solar fields bordering Wellingborough prison, can be seen by the bell-ringers from St Mary’s church roof.