| Updated: 15:41, 17 March 2021
Four parishes are to receive a financial windfall thanks to a six-figure community benefits package from the developers of a huge solar farm.
Councillor Paul Wood, who represents the Viking Ward on South Kesteven District Council, played a leading role in negotiating with the applicant and their agents to secure £187,450 for Foston (which will receive £117,156); Long Bennington (£32,804); Westborough and Dry Doddington (£32,804); and Allington (£4,686).
The money will be paid by Bypass Solar Farm Ltd once electricity starts to flow from the site on land south of the A1 at Foston Bypass.
An aerial image looking south east, indicating where the solar farm will be developed. (44469501)
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