Conestoga Meats has withdrawn its application to take down 14.4 hectares of forest to make way for a new pork-packing plant at Breslau.
When it filed the application, it said it needed to replace the existing plant which is less efficient because it has undergone a number of expansions.
But the request to cut down the forest met strong opposition in the community and prompted politicians at the Waterloo Regional Government level to balk.
They were scheduled to vote on the request Sept. 25.
The company has not said why it withdrew its request.
At the time, it said its owners, who are hog farmers, would plant trees on their farms to compensate for the loss of the forest.
