Smalldean Bridleway Diversion
Chiltern Society raises concerns that change to diversion will put cyclists at risk. When HS2 Act was passed it included a diversion of the Smalldean…
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HS2 biodiversity claims
Charity report questions HS2 biodiversity claims in the Chilterns. Last summer the Wildlife Trusts released a report revealing that HS2 Ltd got its nature figures…
Shardeloes sinkhole update
Compiled on behalf of the Chiltern Society by the HS2 Working Group During the early hours of Saturday, May 13th a sinkhole opened up in…
HS2 tunnelling creates potentially dangerous 6m+ sink hole
HS2 contractor, Align has confirmed to residents that a sinkhole has appeared at Shardeloes Park between Old Amersham and Little Missenden. It is approximately six…
HS2 seek an injunction against ‘Persons Unknown’ entering their land
HS2 have been seeking to remove protestors from a camp at Cash’s Pit in Staffordshire. As part of the action, they are seeking an injunction…
HS2 Tunnelling Risks – Update on correspondence with the Environment Agency (EA)
Over the past year nine months the Chiltern Society has been corresponding with the Environment Agency (EA) with regard to the impacts of HS2 tunnelling…
Response to Environment Agency’s Letter – 24th December 2021
Link to our response to Environment Agency’ letter dated 24th December 2021 HS2 Tunnelling Risks – Response, questions and concerns
HS2 Tunnelling Risks – Response, questions and concerns
Further to our letter to the Environment Agency on 15 June, we have now received a reply with references to various documents produced by HS2…
Misbourne Environmental Protection Ltd
A group of local environmentalists have formed a company, Misbourne Environmental Protection Ltd with a view to challenge the Environmental Agency’s decision to approve the…
HS2 Petition in Parliament
A petition has been presented to Parliament ‘Stop work on HS2 immediately and hold a new vote to repeal the legislation’. This will be debated…
HS2 News
Government appears to be getting the jitters about HS2, especially in the North.
HS2 Tunnelling Risks – Follow up
The Chiltern Society has been corresponding with the Environment Agency (EA) with regard to the impact of the Chiltern Tunnel on the River Misbourne and…
Our response to HS2’s news of its intention to start tunnelling in the Chilterns
Chiltern Society Statement in response to HS2 announcement of its intention to commence tunnel boring operations beneath the Chilterns AONB The Chiltern Society and its…
HS2 apply for Licence to bore the Chiltern Tunnel through the Aquifer
This was established when at the Society’s request, Lord Berkeley asked written questions with regard to this – see link. The answer is concerning. Of the…
Changes in water abstraction licences
Affinity Water has made an application to increase its water abstraction at Watford. This is to ensure that water supply can be maintained if HS2…
“Area of Neighbourly Behaviour” report – HS2
Last Friday the Chiltern Society issued a report on the experience of HS2 construction in the AONB, in the eight months following Notice to Proceed.…
Leader of the Council calls out HS2 Limited’s attempts to keep local residents informed
proposals to Parliament. Faced with the delivery phase of this unwanted project, the least we should expect is considerate, well communicated implementation. However, despite the…
Petition to hold a Public Vote on HS2
A Petition has been set up calling for the Government to told a Public Vote as to whether to continue with HS2. See link here.
Family on Bottom House Farm Lane ‘exhausted’ after months of HS2 hell
HS2 do it again. Life is hell, if you live where they are building the access road to the Chalfont St Giles Vent Shaft! See…
Denham Country Park Water Voles and HS2
HS2 Ltd continue to endanger wildlife. This time water voles in Denham Country Park. Denham Country Park Water Voles Update 10.11.20 Water Vole-wildlife crimes –…
Barbastelle bats at Jones Hill Wood
HS2 are starting work on taking down trees in Jones Hill Wood. Barbastelle bats have been identified as roosting there. These are a very rare…
Amersham Vent Shaft Consultation
HS2 have launched a consultation seeking views on their proposed design for the Amersham Vent Shaft, to be constructed beside the A404 at the junction…
Is the HS2 twin-bore Chiltern Tunnel Design Safe?
The Society has written to Andrew Stephenson MP, Minister for HS2 asking for confirmation that the Chiltern Tunnel design will meet the Operational Safety Requirements.…
HS2 archaeologists uncover Iron Age murder mystery and Stonehenge-style monument at Wellwick Farm
Archaeologists working on the HS2 project in Buckinghamshire have made an eerie discovery, unearthing a skeleton believed to be a murder victim from the Iron…
HS2 Works Notification: Affinity Water pipeline, June to December 2020
HS2 announce a pipeline is to be built from the Chalfont St Giles Affinity Water pumping station to Amersham pumping station. This is to be…
Rights of Way group vs. HS2
The Rights of Way group have been conducting a long running dispute with HS2 Ltd, and National Grid, regarding the closure of paths GMI/12/1 and…
HS2 “Before and After” Photo Library
Our volunteers have been working hard and added a whole new HS2 Photo Diary to our website. These photos document the impact of this controversial…
HS2 ‘pollutes the Misbourne’
We have heard a lot from HS2 on Community Engagement. However this seems to be in theory rather than practice. HS2 has been carrying out…
HS2 ignores concerns raised over Chiltern Tunnel Safety
The Chiltern Society has engaged with HS2 Limited over a considerable period of time with regard to Operational Safety Design of the 16km Chiltern Tunnel.…
Our work against HS2 in light of Covid-19
The Chiltern Society is still campaigning against HS2 and its effects on the Chilterns. We have written to the Government to express our views that…
HS2. Evading their responsibilities?
John Gladwin is unimpressed by HS2’s current performance in the Chilterns. Read John’s article – Chiltern Issue 239 – Spring 2021 here.
Chris Packham launches legal challenge against HS2
The Chiltern Society has been fighting hard against HS2 for over a decade. Last year when an independent review of the project was announced, we…
An open letter to The Prime Minister, Ministers and all MPs
The Chiltern Society is very disappointed at the Government’s decision to proceed with HS2 in full, and particularly with the section across the Chilterns Area…
We’re still fighting hard against HS2!
We’ve sprung into 2020 with determination to make sure our concerns about HS2 are listened to and taken seriously. This week we’ve written to Grant…
HS2 Review: Letter to Douglas Oakervee
This week we have written to Douglas Oakervee who is responsible for leading the review that will asses whether the HS2 project should go ahead…
Government to launch review to reconsider HS2
It has been announced that the government is launching a review of high-speed rail link HS2 – with the aim of reaching a final “go…
The Safety of the Chiltern Tunnels
When HS2 is finally completed it is envisaged that there will be 18 trains per hour passing through the Chiltern tunnels at up to 200mph…
The instability of the Misbourne aquifer
During the last ice age, as a mountain of ice scrunched its way through the Chilterns, creating the valleys and escarpments we have today. The…
The impact on local traffic
When the construction of HS2 is fully underway in the Chilterns there will be major construction camps throughout the area and tens of thousands of…
HS2 Watch
Local residents’ groups, along with Chiltern Society support, have worked together to establish the website HS2 Watch, an independent group monitoring the progress of the…
