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THE chopping down of scores of trees in a Hampshire wood has angered local people. Men with chainsaws have spent several days cutting down mature trees at Woodside Caravan Park just off the A32 at West Tisted, near Ropley. Neighbours say the authorities have been alerted but nothing has been done to stop the destruction of around 20 acres. But this afternoon the Forestry Commission said it had launched an investigation into the felling. One protester said the new owner of the site was asked to stop but has carried on cutting down the trees. One neighbour, who asked not to be named, said the felling started on Saturday: The trees were felled over a public footpath which was not closed. When I confronted them for access and said you need a licence they threatened me by waving a chainsaw, saying this was their licence. The chainsaw was switched off at the time.
The Lapstone, Horton Heath, photo credit: Carl Maskelyne Russ Kitching, the owner of the Lapstone in Horton Heath and also the owner of Chandler’s Ford drinks distribution company, Thirstee Business has made calls for clearer directions on staff isolation. He said: “It’s an absolute nightmare. We’ve just got over furlough and we’re trying to recover from that and preparing to repay bounce back loans and now we get a massive spike in pinging. “One minute we’re planning to expand and to open up and the next we’ve got staffing issues. Its probably the biggest challenge I’ve ever faced operationally.
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1/1 AN APPEAL has been lodged against a council notice after an almost 100-year-old area of woodland was pulled down by a landowner. Residents and leaders were left outraged when the owner of an area of woodland at Scoreys Copse, Horton Heath began pulling down trees without approval. On the weekend beginning April 10, the area was cleared and trees were then collected and piled up before attempts were made to set them alight. Action was later taken by Eastleigh Borough Council which included a stop notice and a Tree Replacement Notice which instructed the landowner that the trees that were taken down, some of which had Tree Protection Orders (TPO) on them, were to be replaced.