A MOTHER has complained that her son cannot play outside in their neighbourhood due to fly-tipping at an unadopted car park.

Several slabs of concrete and dozens of bags of litter have been dumped on the gravelled area off Cobden Street.

Abi Stephens, aged 27, said the rubbish at the bottom of her garden has been there for about one month but residents cannot complain to Bury Council because the land is unadopted.

She said: “It is an eyesore.

"It is a growing pile of rubbish. It is overspilling.

“First there were bags of rubbish dumped by the back fence. Then a car was left but that has been picked up. Next someone dumped lots of baby equipment. Now a massive tonne of paving slabs has been left. It keeps happening. It is dangerous. You do not know what is in the rubbish bags.

“My little lad cannot play out. It is not safe. There is rubble, glass bottles and other mess.

“It makes it incredibly hard for my son and other children not to get hurt.”

Miss Stephens has stopped her five-year-old from going near the car park, which was where he used to ride his bike.

The garages at the site are owned by residents living in the neighbourhood. However, it is understood that the car park is unadopted land.

Miss Stephens said: “This is a nice quiet street in Radcliffe. People here make an effort to keep their gardens looking nice.

“I moved here because it was a really well cared for road. I wanted a safe place for my son to play where I can watch him.”

The mum-of-one called for the tippers to ‘have compassion’ on people living in the area.

She urged them to come and clear the land and even offered to help.

“We want the person to come and shift it”, she said before adding: “I would even help them move it. I know you probably won’t shift it. I just hold that tiny bit of hope that you will. No one will judge you for coming and moving it.

“We can’t report it to the council to move it because it isn’t council-owned.”

A Bury Council spokesman said: "We would condemn any fly-tipping, wherever it occurs.

"The responsibility for clearing it, however, lies with the relevant landowner."