Trees are set to be replanted with a "strong" series of enforcement measures taken after an area of historic woodland was torn down.

Eastleigh Borough Council has said it has secured a "strong" series of enforcement measures against the land and landowner of Scorey's Copse in Horton Heath.

This comes after tree's that are said to have stood on the site for almost 100 years were torn down using a digger and burnt last month.

Now though, a Stop Notice has come into effect as of last Sunday that replaced the Temporary Stop Notice which expired yesterday.

Daily Echo: Tree's cut down at Scoreys Copse on Botley Road, Horton Heath Police attending the incident at Scoreys Copse on Botley Road, Horton Heath. Photo by: Councillor Michelle Marsh.

The notice cannot be appealed and means that all engineering works must stop and no further work is permitted without consent first from the planning authority.

The council says all the tree waste must also be removed and the land must now be restored to its previous levels to enable the woodland's soil to recover.

A Tree Replacement Notice also comes into effect on June 4 and requests that 37 English Oak’s with a minimum of 14-16cm girth and a height of 2.5m together with 613 “whips” of hawthorn, hazel, alder buckthorn, and blackthorn must be planted on the site.

This replanting is to be carried out within the next available planting season, November to March, with all planting to have been completed by no later than March 31, 2022.

Cabinet Lead for Environment Cllr Rupert Kyrle, “I’m delighted that our enforcement, environmental and legal teams have worked together to bring about this action.

"It sends a strong message that we will simply will not tolerate this sort of flagrant and illegal destruction of our natural environment.”

A council spokesperson claimed that the case for further action "remains ongoing".