HS2 to resume felling at Jones’ Hill Wood
High speed rail project HS2 is set to resume tree works at Jones’ Hill Wood in the Chilterns after a judge lifted a court order suspending felling in the area.
by Dan Symonds
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Last modified on Tue 27 Apr 2021 10.47 EDT
A high court judge has overturned a ban on the cutting down of trees in the path of the HS2 rail link in Buckinghamshire woodland implemented over concerns a rare species of bat might nest there.
The decision came as a blow to anti-HS2 environmental protesters who 11 days ago had secured a high court order stopping the work so that the matter could be examined further. The campaigners say they are planning to take their case to the court of appeal in an attempt to overturn the latest ruling.
They sought the original injunction over concerns about the fate of rare barbastelle bats that may be roosting in the trees.
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HS2 ordered to stop felling trees at Jones Hill Wood, near Wendover, after campaigners launch legal action against Natural England
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HS2 has been ordered to stop tree-felling at ancient woodland in the Chilterns after campaigners launched a landmark legal case against Natural England. Mark Keir brought the legal action on behalf of the Jones’ Hill Wood Earth Protectors after HS2 was allowed to fell 0.7 hectares of land at Jones Hill Wood, near Wendover, as part of its construction works. Natural England issued a licence to allow HS2 to carry out the tree-felling at the wood, which is home to the rare barbastelle bat, as well as a number of other protected species, such as noctule, brown long-eared, Natterers, common and soprano pipistrelle bat roosts, and ancient ecosystems.