… 18 Encourage more woodland and greener infrastructure within Arun The council has recently developed a 10-year tree planting strategy, which aims to plant roughly 30,000 whips and 500 standard saplings on council owned land in the next 10 years. These trees will not only provide offsetting opportunities but will also help protect, improve and maintain biodiversity within the district…
… budget. 20 Creation and protection of wildflower meadows and areas of long grass Wildflower meadows and areas of long grass provide essential sources of food and habitat for insects, birds and small mammals. The council will continue to actively enhance and expand wildflower meadows (aim of 10% per year) on council owned land. There is currently approximately 6500 sq./m of meadows sown…