Issue - decisions

1          That grass is left uncut under trees throughout the growing season, cut once per year at the end of the season and the cuttings left to compost naturally.

2          That Plantlife’s recommended approach to managing grassland road verges, as supported by Natural England and Highways England, whereby, for wide verges, a strip adjacent to the road, cycle path or foot path is cut regularly through the growing season and the rest of the verge is cut just once a year to allow species to grow, flower and seed, encouraging the diversity of the verge to develop naturally, be adopted.