The unanimous decision made by its new Executive means that plans to build a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) on a brownfield site near Theddlethorpe on the coast will be axed.
The plan to store nuclear waste underground was first proposed four years ago but has been met with resistance from locals.
New council Leader, councillor Sean Matthews, said: “To everyone who was worried about these plans, I’m proud to say that you can now rest easy. We’re out of the community partnership and the nuclear nightmare is over.
“We have listened. We have acted. We have done what we said we would.”
Earlier this year, Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) shifted its area of focus from the brownfield site to an area of open land between Gayton le Marsh and Great Carlton.
The decision followed last Thursday’s (05 June 2025) Overview and Scrutiny Management Board meeting which discussed a report outlining the proposals.
Matthews continued: “Residents have been very vocal about not wanting this to happen. They have been trying to get someone, anyone, to listen to them about the very natural fears they had around this plan. Well, the new council is listening.
“On day one as leader of the Reform UK group on Lincolnshire County Council I started the necessary democratic process that has led us to today’s decision. Following this process to the letter means that we can be sure the entire sorry saga won’t drag on for even longer.
“Although the idea is now dead and buried, I don’t want to take the credit for ending this nightmare. The credit must go to Travis Hesketh, Mike Crookes and the team who campaigned, on behalf of their neighbours and friends, against a nuclear waste plan that plunged their community into uncertainty.
“Now, Lincolnshire people can get back to living their lives, assured that this nuclear nonsense is over.”
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