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Dear Marrk Keir

Access to Information Request - Acknowledgement - EIR2023/00249

Thank you for your request for information, which we received on 30 March
2023. We are dealing with your request under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004.

You asked for:
In a press release dated the 30th of March 2023, Buckinghamshire Council
state "In recent weeks Buckinghamshire Council has become aware of HS2
cutting back trees in Sheephouse Wood.........HS2 have stated that the
works are required for safety/technical reasons.....and they have been
given permission by Natural England."

The woodland lies outwith the Act limits and no damage here is covered in
the Environmental Statement. This means that any destructive work carried
out here by HS2 would be quite illegal

Please tell me under what authority you gave permission and what reasoning
you used.

Please disclose all emails and correspondence on this subject between NE
and their agents and HS2 Ltd and their agents.

Your request is being considered and we will send out our response within
the legal deadline of 20 working days which is 2 May 2023. If, for any
reason we are unable to meet the deadline we will keep you fully informed
of the reasons for this.

Yours sincerely

Farah Afshan
Adviser, Access to Information
Legal, Governance and External Affairs
Natural England

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Dear Marrk Keir

Please find attached Natural England's response to your request for
information.

Yours sincerely

Farah Afshan
Adviser, Access to Information
Legal, Governance and External Affairs
Natural England

[Natural England request email]

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Dear Marrk Keir

Please find attached Natural England's response to your request for
information.

Yours sincerely

Farah Afshan
Adviser, Access to Information
Legal, Governance and External Affairs
Natural England

[Natural England request email]

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Dear Marrk Keir

Internal Review Request - Acknowledgement - IR2023/00332

Under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 you have a right to
have our decision reconsidered if you express dissatisfaction about what
information was provided. This is done by way of an internal review.

As a result of your email, I will ask a colleague to conduct an internal
review of EIR2023/00249.

This review will be undertaken as quickly as possible and within the legal
deadline of 40 working days which is 29 June 2023.

If you have any queries about this email please contact me.

Yours sincerely

Farah Afshan
Adviser, Access to Information
Legal, Governance and External Affairs
Natural England

[Natural England request email]

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Dear Marrk Keir

Thank you for your email dated 02 May 2023, asking for an internal review
of Natural England's handling of your request for information
EIR2023/00249 .

I have now completed that task under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 (the EIR's) and as such please find attached our
response.

Yours sincerely

Kate Donovan
Lead Adviser, Access to Information
Legal, Governance and External Affairs
Natural England

[Natural England request email]

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