Lion Lodges, Ingestre

It has been brought to the attention of the Parish Council, that has been a rumour circulating recently that the Lion Lodges, Ingestre, which have been acquired by HS2, will be demolished.

The purpose of this post is to clarify and confirm that this is not the case and HS2 have no intention of demolishing the Lodges.

In response to the rumour, HS2 have provided the following response:

“These buildings are identified within our Environmental Statement as being of heritage value, and our impact assessment at the time of the ES set out that that we did not intend to impact the buildings.

 Having checked with our property management and construction teams, this remains the case and we have no intention of demolishing these structures. Wherever it is financially viable, we will seek to bring properties up to required standards for us to be able to rent them out”.

The Parish Council wish to express their thanks to HS2 for providing the clarification in a timely manner and we hope that this will alleviate any concerns that residents may have had.