Residents in an East Renfrewshire housing development are kicking up a stink about overflowing bins for dog dirt.

Complaints have been made concerning bins in the Maidenhill estate, in Newton Mearns, being left for weeks before they are emptied.

This has led to some dog owners dumping plastic bags containing their pooches’ poo on the ground because there is no room left inside the bins.

A 50-year-old resident, who asked not to be named, told how he complained to East Renfrewshire Council but was told the bins are not the local authority’s responsibility, as it hasn’t yet adopted that particular area.

The bins are situated on a walkway leading through the upmarket development, towards Maidenhill Primary School.

“It’s a lovely walk, really nice, apart from the black poo bags,” said the resident. “The council have let me know by email that it’s nothing to do with them.

“I called the dog fouling phone line and they told me exactly the same thing.

“The bins are on a path used by children to go to the primary school, which makes things worse from a health point of view.”

The resident, who regularly walks his dog in the area, said the pathway was built by developers and he believes they also installed the bins.

“It is great that we have the path and the bins but they need to be emptied,” he added.

“It’s disappointing that dog walkers continue to throw excrement on the ground and it’s disappointing that whoever fitted the bins won’t take the responsibility to empty them.

“I have asked the council to pass on my concerns to their public health colleagues.

“There are 800 or so new, super-expensive houses built here but with few amenities for the huge council tax bills that people pay.

“However, you would think residents would want to take more care over the area where they have paid a lot of money to live.

“The poo bags don’t do much for the look of the estate or the property values either.”

Maidenhill is situated off Ayr Road and some of the new properties are priced at £800,000 and more.

The primary school in Maidenhill Grove, near where the bins are placed, opened in August 2019.

A council spokesperson said: “These bins were installed by the housing developer and are not the responsibility of the council.”