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Grass between Cressex Road/Clay Lane and the back fences of The Paddocks
Sent to Buckinghamshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 9952211.
URGENT - the grass behind the houses at The Paddocks presents a significant risk of fire given the current hot weather. The council may have suspended grass cutting because grass is not growing in this heat but this area has not all been mowed since 2025 so is 3 feet high and like hay. A spark would ignite it and the back fences of The Paddocks and the houses would burn like in Stourbridge this weekend. The clippings must be collected and removed otherwise fire risk would remain very high. The area is too big and the grass too long for the residents to maintain. If you are not responsible for maintenance please pass to the responsible party immediately.
Updates
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Our Urban and Rural grass cutting schedules start in April each year, full details of the grass cutting programme will be published on our website nearer the time.
Our works programme is very weather dependant and subject to delays. We therefore ask that you remain patient should there be delays or excessive growth in-between cuts.
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Update
Buckinghamshire Highways operates two methods for safety defect identification; proactively by Highway Inspectors who identify safety defects in line with Highways Safety Inspection Policy and reactively by Highway Officers following reports from the public.
We are responsible for the maintenance of 2,200 miles of road and 1,500 miles of footpaths in Buckinghamshire, this means we have to prioritise works based on a set criteria which includes issues which may present an immediate danger, or significant inconvenience to users of the roads/footpaths, or to the structural condition of the highway and assets contained with the highway boundary.
Whilst priority defects will receive a repair within appropriate timescales as dictated by the above policy, more minor defects such as the defect you have reported may not be immediately scheduled for repair.
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