Baughurst Community Orchard
The Baughurst Community Orchard will be preparing for planting on 1st February 2025 (with 2/2/25 as contingency). This activity will involve planning where the trees and hedges will be laid to ensure that planting can be successful.
On 8th February 2025 at 11:00am the planting of the hedges (53 metres in total) and 12 trees will take place. All are welcome to help with the effort and ensure the trees have a great welcome to Baughurst. Please see the web site for details.
A Neighbourhood Plan is a legal document which tells the Planning Department about what local people want; within a defined area; and is formulated by the people who live and work there.
Without it, we have little protection from development that developers can argue is ‘sustainable’. Without you, we can’t write it.
Currently, unlike many neighbouring parishes, Baughurst Parish doesn’t have one – and we think that leaves the area vulnerable to inappropriate development. We need to ensure that any development is the right sort and in the right place.
We need to have a say in what our community thinks could improve the area, for example we could think about:
- Creating a shared vision for Baughurst, influencing building designs to reflect the local character of the villages and identifying what type of housing we think we need.
- Creating and enhancing our open spaces, including nature reserves or green gaps, to encourage outdoor activities.
- Secure more funding to deliver our plans, which in turn will improve Baughurst’s infrastructure, community engagement, and overall quality of life.
Join the initiative – check out the website.
For more information, please contact BaughurstNP@gmail.com or visit www.BaughurstNP.uk.
The Neighbourhood Plan community engagement flyer is attached below.
Join us on the third Sunday of each month (except December) at Heath End Village Hall from 10:00am to 1:00pm. See the website for latest information including repair booking form and monthly showcase.
The next Baughurst Repair Cafe event will be on Sunday 16th February 2025 at Heath End Village Hall from 10:00am to 1:00pm. The booking system is open for new items from 1st February 2025 until 15th February 2025 at 2:00pm.
Join us to keep Basingstoke and Deane clean
We are looking for volunteers, groups and organisations to support our new campaign.
Launching in February half term and including an event organised by borough council at Little Pen Wood on Wednesday 19 February, this initiative encourages individuals and groups to run or take part in local litter picks or clean-up sessions in their areas across the borough.
Keeping our streets, parks, play areas and countryside clean and tidy is a key priority for us at the council, but we can all play our part to reduce litter and stamp out antisocial acts like graffiti, dog fouling and fly-tipping which blight our communities.
The local clean-up campaign draws on themes of the national Great British Spring Clean run by Keep Britain Tidy and focusses on what we can all do to promote pride in our borough. To help the launch of Keep Basingstoke and Deane Clean, we are hoping that you will join us in building a programme of organised litter picks and events to tidy up important areas in our communities from Monday 17 February until Sunday 2 March.
But it won’t stop there, groups and volunteers will be encouraged to join in existing litter picks or community tidy up activities taking place all year round. Please see web site here.
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