Educating the nation – Japanese knotweed
Educating the nation on the truth about Japanese knotweed
February 24, 2015
12:27 pm
Educating the nation on the truth about Japanese knotweed
So what did we achieve in the battle against Japanese knotweed in 2014? When I look back, quite a lot. On the general awareness front we launched our new website, on which we have received extremely favourable feedback.
I am Mr Knotweed Seminar, (though I'm not the only one) If a group of surveyors from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Parliament Square want a 45 minute talk on the dreaded superweed, with help on identification, potential damage and lending issues, I’m usually the man dispatched from Environet’s Knotweed HQ.
The Jeremy Vine Show (Radio 2) ran a feature on Japanese knotweed on Thursday 20th November 2014.
I'm not advocating you eat Japanese knotweed for breakfast, after all you don't know whether someone has sprayed some nasty chemicals on it.
The Home Office have recently issued guidance on the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in relation to Japanese knotweed Failure to act” i.e. property owners not controlling Japanese knotweed where it affects the quality of life of those in the community could find themselves being served with a Community Protection Notice.
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