As an update following concerns raised from many residents, I have had the following response from the Estates Manager at LPM, the factor looking after Broadshade:

“Our ground contractors  are due on site only once a month during the winter (every fortnight  from April – Sept) and are due at Broadshade next week.  Last year signage and notices were sent out to every household asking for residents to use the appropriate bins and not leave bags in the playpark.

However what we have found out since is that many of the dog walkers/runners are not from the Broadshade area, they are in fact from other parts of Westhill.

Our contractors are there to clear the litter from those bins not dog mess on their scheduled visits, if we have to remove dog mess outwith our scheduled visits, then that charge is passed onto residents . It’s not something we want to do, however from an environmental health point of view we think it’s essential when it comes to  playpark safety.

Sadly this is a problem that we find on most estates, the dog bins at Broadshade are more than adequate,  unfortunately it’s just a shame people don’t use them.

Our contractors will remove the mess next week on their scheduled visit at to no cost of the residents.”