It was established in 2019 for a five-year term, which will expire on March 31 next year.

Test Valley Borough Council agreed the details of the next ballot at its cabinet meeting on Wednesday, August 23. 

The ballot will be held on November 2. In the council’s report, it said: “If the BID proposals are approved by a formal ballot, the BID company will implement the approved proposals in the BID area for a five-year term from April 1 2024. 

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“If the ballot approves the BID proposals for the BID area, the council will continue to be responsible for the collection and enforcement of the BID levy. 

“The amounts collected are then passed to the BID company so that it can undertake delivery of the projects and services as set out in their proposals.”

Cllr Nick Lodge said: “The timescale for this is quite tight. The expected request to implement the ballot will come on August 29 from the BID. A business plan will be made public before that. The ballot itself will be held on November 2 and all the processes that have to happen first are quite tightly fitted in.”

Cllr David Drew said: “In my opinion BIDs are a good thing. Primarily because they give control to businesses in the area to determine how they should spend a lot more money than they would normally have access to.”

The details for the new ballot were agreed unanimously.