RENOVATION work at Lower Howsell Playing Fields may leave one football pitch out of action by the time the next season begins.

Malvern Town Council, which owns the land, has been undertaking sub-soling, ploughing, levelling and re-seeding at the playing fields.

Due to the unusually poor dry and cold weather in April seeds have not taken.

Simon Elmes, who manager the under-eights juniors team, said: “While it’s not great that it’s out of action it needed doing otherwise it could have been out for longer.”

The playing fields house two full size pitches, one of which is affected, and one mini-pitch.