When Simon Skelton moved into his home 11 years ago it was in the hope of enjoying the Lincolnshire countryside.

But the 56-year-old says he now faces being “totally surrounded” by panels up to 15-ft high stretching across more than 10,000 acres of local land as part of Government plans to boost Britain’s solar energy.

“It will be highly intrusive. We live in the country for that reason – to be in the countryside, not in fields full of cheap, Chinese plastic, glass infrastructure that will ruin our family life and make us unable to sell,” he told The i Paper. New Feature

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He fears five huge new solar farms, with panels the height of a double-decker bus, being built near his home could reduce its value by up to 25 per cent.

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