GRIEVING parents have agreed to abide by a "code of conduct" to restrict how they remember their loved ones at Kidderminster Cemetery.

They will need permission from council bosses to leave touching tributes such as windmills and statues at one of two children's areas at the cemetery, off Park Lane.

Any decorations which stray outside of the plot or create noise will not be accepted, said leisure boss at Wyre Forest District Council Andrew Dickens.

The news follows a row between Kidderminster couple Karleen Kemp and Mark Reece - who lost their daughter Molly in March - and the council, after the couple were told to remove certain graveside tributes.

Spurred by the move, council chiefs wrote to plot holders at the children's cemetery with the proposals and Mr Dickens said the positive response was a major step towards putting the code in place.

He said restricting the height of windmills to under 18 inches, making sure decorations are kept within the grave space as well as outlawing any noisy tributes were the code's key points.

Mr Dickens said: "It agrees some level of control so we do not have the problem of moving mementoes when we are cutting the grass.

"It is about getting control of the size of the mementoes so graves do not grow out of proportion."

Mr Dickens said only one of the 20 respondents to the letters wanted to discuss the issue further while a similar exercise would now take place with regard to the second children's area at the cemetery.