Grass Cutting in Public Areas
Each year, between April and October, we routinely cut more than 7 million square metres of grass across Moray’s land, parks and countryside. Grass edging is carried out on alternate visits to sites, whereas grass clippings are not routinely collected.
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The following arrangements are in place for the 2020/21 grass cutting season.
Arrangements are as per last season.
Open areas will receive a full cut fortnightly between April and October.
This will be funded from the Housing Revenue Account (funded by council house rent) so this will not have an impact on the savings approved by councillors.
Banked areas and rougher areas cut will be three times between April and October.
Arrangements are as per last season
Open areas cut fortnightly between April and October.
Maintenance to Moray Council owned sites will revert to same levels as prior to budget reduction in February 2019.
However sites identified in February 2019 as not being in Moray Council’s ownership or responsibility will not be included in the recently agreed budget reinstatement.
The following sites will therefore continue to have no maintenance carried out by Moray Council’s Grounds Maintenance Section
- Benrinnes Playing Field
- Glenlivet Hall Playing Field
- Deskford Hall
- Edinvillie Hall
- Houldsworth Institute Play Area, Dallas
- Inchberry Hall Playing Field
- Archiestown Playing Field
- Findhorn Playing Field
- Garmouth Playing Field
- Garmouth Playing Field Car Park
- Mulben Playing Field
- Newmill Playing Field
- Rafford Playing Field
- Spey Bay Village Hall
- Clochan Village Hall
- Aberlour Villa Playing Field
- Coastguard Area, Burghead
- Knock Playing Field
- Findochty Bowling Green
- Morriston Playing Field
- Portgordon Football Pitch
- Car Park Area, Kingston
- Earl Street, Portgordon
- Railway Bridge, Portgordon
- Nether Dallachy
- The Square, Tomintoul
- Dean Place Play Area, Mosstodloch
- Harbour Terrace, Portknockie
- Patrol Place, Portknockie
- Patrol Road, Portknockie
- Albert Terrace, Cullen
- Bayview Road, Cullen
- Craigview and Chancellor Road, Buckie
- Reidhaven Street Sea Front, Buckie
- Jubilee Terrace, Findochty
- New Street, Findochty
- Church Street, Findochty
- The Slip, Findochty
- Seaview Road, Findochty
- Findhorn Village Centre
- Findhorn Parish Church
- Gospel Hall, Lossiemouth
- Tynet Chapel
- High Street, Buckie
- Seatown Road, Lossiemouth
- Fife Street, Dufftown
- Green Street Area, Rothes
- Henry’s Green, Findhorn
- Part of Meikle Crook, Forres
- Redcraig, Mundole
- Woodlands Crescent, Elgin
- West Street, Fochabers
- Station Road, Garmouth
- Station Road, Portgordon
- West Road verge, Dallas
- Garmouth Golf Course Entrance
- Steinbeck Road, Buckie
- Redstone Play Area, Darnaway
- Village Green, Tomnavoulin
- Cliff Terrace, Findochty
- East and West Beach, Hopeman
- Auld Bridge, Keith
- Tennis Court Area, Craigellachie
- Keith Bandstand
- Lossie Esplanade
- Lossie James Square and The Cross
- Elgin Town Hall
- Moray Council HQ
- Forres St Laurence Church.
Arrangements are as per last season.
These locations were identified in consultation with local councillors as limited exceptions to the open spaces cutting regime identified above.
Open areas cut fortnightly between April and October.
Arrangements are as per last season.
Open areas cut fortnightly between April and October.
For cemeteries with no interments for the 10 years previous to February 2019, four cuts per year will be undertaken:
- Burghead Churchyard
- Elgin Cemetery West Section
- Lossiemouth Kinneddar Cemetery
- Lhanbryde Kirkhill Cemetery
- Lhanbryde Old Churchyard
- Archiestown MacAllan cemetery
- Marypark Inveravon Churchyard
- Rafford Old Cemetery
What other options are being considered?
Community empowerment
Across Moray local communities have expressed willingness to help with grass cutting, but the kind of help offered differs in each area (e.g. individuals or groups volunteering or communities wanting to engage local contactors) this means that we need to work out the legal and other implications for each option and this takes time to do.
Community Asset Transfer provides a range of options for transferring responsibility to the community, including management agreements, leases and a full transfer of title. Communities wanting to find out more about this option can email CAT@moray.gov.uk to discuss options.
Any community groups looking to get involved with grass cutting on land that we own can email: landsandparks@moray.gov.uk to discuss options. We’ll make every effort to get through as many of these enquiries before the start of this year’s grass cutting season, however if there is a high volume of enquiries this may not be possible. For this reason, members have been encouraged to open a dialogue with their local communities on this issue since the grass cutting changes were first discussed in late 2018.
Sponsorship
We’re working to offer a number of new and dynamic sponsorship and advertising opportunities for businesses of all sizes, with a view to these meeting the costs of improved maintenance and grass cutting, though it’s unlikely that this will be in place for the current grass cutting season.