Grass Maintenance

Grass Cutting

• Update 29 April 2024 - The grass cutting team have started the 2nd round of cutting, due to the wet weather causing ground condition issues they are currently about 12 days behind schedule, all being well they should be able to catch up on most of the lost time by the end of the next cutting cycle.

We cut grass between March and November, however this is dependant on the weather and seasonal growth rates. Please see below the areas we cut and the order we cut them in

Order	Area
1	Stoke Prior
1a	Stoke Pound
2	Aston Rd/ Redditch Road
3	Stoke Heath
4	Charford
5	Millfields
5a	Deansway
5b	Rock Hill
6	Aston Fields
6a	Harwood Park
6b	Finstall
7	Lowes Hill - Birmingham Road
7a	Upland Road
7b	Worcester Road including Forelands estate
7c	Asda Recreation ground
7d	Stratford Road
8	Oakalls
9	Lickey End
9a	Burcot Village
10	Sidemoor
11	Catshill
11a	Marlbrook
12	Blackwell
13	Beoley
13a	Rowney Green
14	Barnt Green
15	Wythall (only limited sites)
16	Alvechurch
17	Hopwood
18	Cofton
18a	Lickey
19	Rubery
20	Fairfield
21	Belbroughton
21a	Clent
22	Romsley
22a	Frankley
23	Hagley

• We aim to be no longer than 4 weeks between cuts at a maximum, a 3 week cycle is the target subject to any unforseen service delays.
• Bromsgrove council may not be responsible for the maintenance of a particular area or piece of grass, if this is the case we may be able to discuss that with you and help make the owners aware.
• In the event of a serious incident in the district such as flooding, we may need to use all available resources for a short time to support, this may include our landscaping team.
• Residents being proactive in keeping the highway verges clear of obstacles will help us to maintain the grass and avoid having additional follow up on sections the mowers can`t get to safely.
• If a vehicle is parked on a verge we won't be able to cut the grass underneath until our next visit
• Our staff are happy to help but please remember to keep a safe distance if you do wish to speak to them directly whilst they are mowing. Otherwise please ring us on 01527 881188 if you have any issues
• We understand that some residents do not appreciate being woken by the sound of mowers and therefore we make every effort to avoid starting the machines before 8:30am.
• Grass cutting is done by us predominently Monday to Friday. (exc.Bank holidays)
• We may opt to delay starting an area with lots of bins out during a collection day, so if you do see the grass team and they don`t start cutting on that day, this may be why.
• The majority of the grass we cut is on behalf of Worcestershire county council, the exceptions being council recreation grounds,open spaces or council operated buildings such as the Parkside building.
• Most of the trees on the highway verges are maintained by Worcestershire County Council, we would typically be responsible for trees in places such as those listed in this link.

You may have noticed we have started to leave larger areas of grass uncut.  This is to encourage biodiversity

We cut the grass verges in towns and villages on behalf of Worcestershire County Council.

We also maintain our Public Open Spaces and Council owned Memorials.

You can report grass maintenance needs here