Campaigners Call for Safeguarded HS2 Land to Be Reused for Pylon Scheme

Campaigners call for safeguarded HS2 land to be reused for pylon scheme

A new HS2 line will not be built in Derbyshire but that leaves the question of what happens to the land and homes previously safeguarded for the route

Calls for former HS2 land to be used for 37-mile pylon route

Campaigners are calling for previously safeguarded Derbyshire land, seized for HS2, to be used for a planned 37-mile powerline scheme instead of causing further countryside disruption. This comes after the Government recently lifted safeguarding from protected land on the former Phase 2b of the HS2 route – which had been due to stretch through Derbyshire […]