Update on 28 April 2026
Following our first meeting with the local community at Intake Wood, we have organised a second drop-in meeting on Thursday evening (30 April). The invitation to that is below which is being delivered to local households as well. In addition, we have collated a list of questions asked during the first meeting and are currently compiling written answers to those for our website. They will be available on this webpage shortly.
Intake Wood – second invitation to come and talk to us
Thank you to everyone who visited us on Friday 24 April. We really appreciated your feedback, views and ideas about Intake Wood.
Following that meeting, we have organised another session for you on Thursday 30 April, from 6pm to 7pm. You can arrive at any time during the session.
The purpose of this second meeting is to provide an opportunity for anyone who was unable to attend last Friday to come and speak with us, ask questions, and share their views. We will also use the session to share some updated plans and ideas developed in response to the feedback we received, and we are keen to involve you further in shaping these on Thursday.
We are committed to listening to the local community and to making changes that reflect your views and ideas. We understand that confidence and trust have been affected, and we want to work with you to rebuild that.
This meeting will be the second in a series of sessions with local residents. If you are unable to attend on Thursday, further opportunities to be involved in the development of the site will be available over the coming year. While we are currently delivering printed invitations door-to-door, we would like to email future updates. If you would like to receive email invitations, please email intakewood@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk and we will ensure you receive these. You can ask to stop receiving these updates on Intake Wood at any time, and your details will be removed. You will not be contacted for any other purposes, other than in relation to Intake Wood.
We want to reassure you that your safety and wellbeing always come first in everything we do. At the same time, we have a strong commitment to protecting wildlife, biodiversity, and the natural environment and balancing these responsibilities can be complex. We know that forestry work, removing trees or shrubs, can be worrying to see, particularly in the early stages, when it can look worse before it looks better.
Felling work is paused on site and only essential remedial work will continue, such as ensuring paths remain safe, tidy and comfortable to use, and addressing basic maintenance needs. In addition, some access routes will need to remain and there may need to be some closures to clear the site safely.
We would like to reiterate that we are incredibly disappointed in what has happened and we would like to apologise sincerely for the worry and inconvenience this has caused.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and for sharing your concerns with us. We appreciate how important Intake Wood is to the community, and we look forward to the opportunity to talk with you on Thursday.