The council is looking at creating a Biodiversity Improvement Zone that would be made up of wildflower meadows, with its chosen spot being the Cliddesden district. A pilot of this idea was launched in partnership with the parish council during 2020, which saw green areas at Beggarwood and Hatch Warren managed in a way to make them more habitable for flora and wildlife.
More than five hectares within Cliddesden was left uncut last summer, which has led to 150 types of wildflower and grass variants being discovered there since. The council will analyse these in the hopes that the project can be turned into a larger zone for biodiversity in the district. Poster printing is sometimes used to promote local areas of interest like this.
According to the Basingstoke Gazette, Councillor Mark Ruffell told a recent meeting that there had been some hold ups due to the pandemic, but added that Plans for the zone remained in development:
“Further work on the BIZ project will provide a greater understanding of habitats within the borough and potential opportunities for expansion.”
These zones are places managed to cultivate as wide a variety of flowers and plants as possible.
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