Hilton Parish Plan

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

41. People enjoy living in Hilton - both socially and environmentally. They value the various environmental aspects such as the Green, the Maze, the small wooded areas, open spaces and water features that collectively, make it such a pleasant place to live in.  But there is also widespread concern that these features are vulnerable. There is an overriding consensus that they must continue to be properly managed and protected.

Reeve's Ditch

Wildlife

42. People want to see positive action to sustain and encourage wildlife – for example by consciously leaving some areas of the village unmanaged or rarely managed and by providing 'corridors' for plants and animals.  At the same time, many saw a need to control the population of semi-wild ducks.

Physical features

43. Hilton's residents value highly features such as the Green, the Maze and trees, as well as ponds, streams and ditches.  They want to see them properly managed and protected, whilst not wanting such husbandry to result in what some regard as 'suburban tidiness'.

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Recycling

44. Responses to the questionnaire reflected increasing national awareness of the need for recycling.  Some 87% wanted the bottle bank reinstated.  But others strongly opposed the idea.