A FLY-TIPPED sofa has been dumped and left to rot for seven weeks - and it's been there so long grass cutters have even mowed around it.

It is not so much a case of 'no way' as 'mow way' after grass cutters trimmed around an old abandoned sofa in Warndon, Worcester, for weeks.

Nobody had bothered to collect the old sofa which has been lying on Chedworth Drive near the junction with Edgeworth Close for seven weeks, says Cllr Jill Desayrah.

The land is owned by Platform Housing Group who have been approached for a comment.

Cllr Desayrah, Labour councillor for the estate, took a load off but, on a practical note, wants a solution to problems like fly-typping on the estate and says she logged the job weeks ago.

Worcester News: EYESORE: The fly-tipped sofa in Chedworth Drive in Warndon EYESORE: The fly-tipped sofa in Chedworth Drive in Warndon (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

She has repeatedly raised concerns about the impact of fly-tipping in the area and, working with Worcester City Council, has championed the introduction of a mobile tip service serving Warnon.

Cllr Desayrah said: "This sofa was reported to Platform Housing for collection some seven weeks ago and hopefully it will be picked up soon. But while it sits here the whole area feels unloved.

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"Too often unwanted furniture is left on the streets, because for the many residents without transport, the cost of the city council’s bulky waste collection service is simply too high.

"Recently we had two trials of pop-up tips in Warndon and at Goldsmiths Road on Easter Saturday, I saw a sofa of a similar size been carried down the street to the lorry.

"Without that pop-up service it may also have taken up residence on a grass verge awaiting collection.

"Therefore I am hoping that further pop-up tips will be allowed to operate here again soon."

The councillor highlighted the issue on the day she attended a litter pick organised by Platform Housing around the Oasis Academy and Oasis Community Hub which she said showed there was a will in the community to keep Warndon tidy.

We reported how volunteers filled 11 large bin bags with rubbish. Among the items found were a carrier bag full of three large Smartwhip bottles filled with nitrous oxide on the grass near the flats in Edgeworth Close.

The drug is used, in a medical setting, to control pain and anxiety.

However, N2O, sometimes called hippy crack, whippets or whippits, is also used recreationally - although the Government is set to tighten the rules. 

Darren Harrison, Service Manager at Platform Housing Group said of the sofa: "We are aware of this issue and have arranged for the item to be removed next week."