Invasive Species

All Japanese Knotweed issues on private land affecting neighbouring properties must be reported to the Council.

It is not illegal to have Japanese Knotweed on your land but it is an offence to allow Japanese Knotweed to spread to neighbouring land. It is the landowners responsibility to treat any Japanese Knotweed on their land.

The Council has a responsibility to treat all Japanese Knotweed  on land in its ownership, we have an annual treatment programme treating many sites

An invasive species is an introduced, non-native organism (disease, parasite, plant, or animal) that begins to spread or expand its range from the site of its original introduction and that has the potential to cause harm to the environment, the economy, or to human health.