Gower man fined for cutting down acres of woodland ordered to pay more after selling property
During a long-running case against Jeff Lane, 74 from Cartersford, Gower, he was found guilty of illegally felling more than 8 hectares of native woodland within the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
On 14 June 2024, the Crown Court made a confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act against Mr Lane, and he was ordered to pay £11,280.77, based on the Court’s assessment of his available assets at that time.
In December 2024, NRW say they became aware that Mr Lane was about to come into additional assets from the sale of property.
Acting on this information, NRW made an application to the Crown Court to increase the amount that Mr Lane must pay under the original confiscation order.
Mr Lane did not oppose NRW’s application and, on 31 March 2025, Swansea Crown Court ordered him to pay an increased amount of £78,614.60. This figure represents the full extent of the Mr Lane financial gain from his offending.
Callum Stone, Forest Regulation and Tree Health Team Leader for NRW, said: “Woodland loss is a significant threat to habitats and biodiversity, especially in the face of the climate and nature emergency. These cases send a clear message that illegal felling will not be tolerated.
“Felling licences play a crucial role in managing our forests sustainably, and we will take enforcement action where necessary to protect them.
“We’re also committed to using the confiscation regime to ensure that convicted defendants do not keep any financial benefit from the environmental crimes they have committed.”
(Lead image: NRW)
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Beavers are incredibly skilled tree fellers, and they rely on their keen hearing to detect whether a tree is starting to fall. When chewing through a tree, they often pause to listen for the characteristic cracking sounds that signal the tree is weakening.
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Success with tricky tree #2. Spent ages setting up two guide straps and one to pull it as it was leaning back. Not enough straps, so had to improvise a bit. Also wedged it in a belt and braces approach. Better to be careful than to pay ESO to fix the power line or repair the barn roof later 😁
Was worth it, got it down almost exactly on the target line I stomped into the snow. Then ran out of daylight processing it, but that can wait.
⭕️വയനാട് തലപ്പുഴ മരംമുറി: വനം ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥർക്കെതിരായ നടപടി പിൻവലിച്ചു
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_The Evening Post_, 14 May 1924:
NELSON NEWS
…
Through a branch of a tree falling on him while engaged in felling bush yesterday at Stanley Brook, a young man named Donald Thorn sustained injuries to his head. He was attended to by Dr. H. O. Washburn, and, after examination, sent to the Public Hospital. He is suffering from severe concussion, and his condition is grave.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240514.2.20
DEATH FROM INJURIES
(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.
NELSON, This Day.
Ronald Nelson Thorn (19), who met with an accident at Stanley Brook while bush-felling, succumbed to his injuries in the hospital last night. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240514.2.81
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"The human-centric chatter, of course, misses the point – why a mature urban #tree is cut back so severely that it may never regenerate or #spring into joyful blossom as it once did."
The crowds flocking to #Banksy’s latest work are missing the point: the damaged tree at its heart | Gio Iozzi | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/20/crowds-flocking-banksy-tree-mural-missing-the-point-damaged-tree
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It's been chopped up! I'm guessing it was causing path-related problems and someone came along with tools and when to town on it.
I wish I could carry some slabs away. I'd like to attempt making furniture out of all this primo wood.
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