Location details
- Centre grid ref
- SU81507006
- Location comment
- The 4.5-hectare open space green area adjacent to the new road includes numerous features to protect and improve the diversity of local wildlife. There are two ponds with a total area of about 1,500 sq m, one of which is an “eco pond” designed to attract crested newts, dragonflies and damselflies and grass snakes. The site has footpaths with natural topsoil surfacing as well as hibernation quarters for small mammals, bat boxes and “beetle hotels” made of wood from the site. There are ACO Wildlife Climate tunnels to allow newts, reptiles and small mammals to cross under the road safely and barriers to stop them trying where it isn’t safe. The site is seeded with grass, wildflowers and wetland marsh plants with a number of newly planted trees on site (about four times the number removed to make way for the new road). More open space is due to follow as part of the new housing and this will link to existing green spaces to the east and west.
- Submission date
- Entered on 18th February 2022 at 12:41 and last updated on 24th August 2022 at 10:20
- Area (m2)
- 29438
- Site type
- Highway Major
- Creation date
- 2022-02-18 - 2022-02-18
- Project description
- The Ashridge Farm section of the North Wokingham Distributor Road (NWDR) is a new road approximately 0.5km long, connecting Bell Foundry Lane with the housing development at Kentwood Farm West. This section has been delivered by Wokingham Borough Council and will tie in with other new sections of road in this area to complete the NWDR.
- Biodiversity objectives
- The following habitat creation forms part of the landscaping proposals for the scheme:
- Native hedgerow planting (682m).
- Amenity grassland (1,900m2.)
- Scrub (700m2)
- Wildflower grassland (23,100m2).
- Tree planting (58 individual trees (39 extra heavy standard or heavy standard and 19 feathered trees).
- Drainage ditches / attenuation basins to be sown with a wetland meadow mix (5,000m2). - Address
- Bell Foundry Lane
Wokingham
RG40 - Target species
- Bats; Newt; Reptile; Otter; Badger
The download link below produces a unique QR code for the site area added. You can connect your site to the online entry by adding this QR code to information boards. This allows members of the public to view site information and record wildlife they see at the site.
Download site QR code hereHabitats and features
| Name | Type | Area (m2) | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escape Ladder 3 | Feature :: Gully ladders | view | |
| Guide Wall 1 | Feature :: preventative/ directive fencing | view | |
| Guide Wall 2 | Feature :: preventative/ directive fencing | view | |
| Guide Wall 3 | Feature :: preventative/ directive fencing | view | |
| Escape Ladder 1 | Feature :: Gully ladders | view | |
| Escape Ladder 2 | Feature :: Gully ladders | view | |
| Tunnel | Feature :: Under 1m2 | view | |
| B6 | Feature | view | |
| Tunnel 2 | Feature :: Under 1m2 | view | |
| ECO Pond (Large) | Habitat :: SuDS: retention pond | 2041 | view |
| Ditch 1 | Habitat :: Ditches | 951 | view |
| Balancing Pond | Habitat :: Ponds (Non- Priority Habitat) | 722 | view |
| Ditch 2 | Habitat :: Ditches | 697 | view |
| Culvert | Habitat :: Culvert | 67 | view |
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