“I’m fuming,” Williams said.
“It shows a completely, complete lack of democratic accountability in this country.”
He said Energy Secretary Ed Milliband had “taken no account of the local views of people and he’s just ridden roughshod across the community and will basically destroy approximately 4,000 acres just in this area alone”.
Local Conservative councillor Rob Kendrick, who spoke against the project at the inquiry, described the decision as “sad news for Lincolnshire and its residents.”
“Very disappointed but not surprised,” he said.
“There are no beneficiaries in terms of the people of Lincolnshire.
“The landscape will be changed. Tourism is worth £2bn to Lincolnshire and that will be impacted.”