Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
japanese knotweed in empty house
A house in our street has been unoccupied for the last 6 years.
Now they've got knotweed growing front and back. Is there any kind of enforcement action we can pursue to stop it from spreading?
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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Oh boy! That's not good. You can fined up to £5,000 or a 2 year prison sentence (though I've never heard of anyone actually being jailed) if you allow knotweed into wild areas. But spread between private gardens is a civil matter. The first thing you'll need to do is to identify the owner of the property and write to them demanding that they do not allow the weed to spread onto your land. I think you can only do this if you are the one directly affected. I know there is published information on the Environment Agency''s website.
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Haringey Council website re Japanese Knotweed- "for support contact Environment Agency".
It may be worth trying them for advice.
Environment Agency
National Customer Contact Centre
PO Box 544
Rotherham
S60 1BYEmail:enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
Telephone: 0370 850 6506
From:-
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/prevent-the-spread-of-harmful-invasive-...
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Bleedin' hell, it looks like an invasion! I would drop an email to the Haringey Empty Property Team on the issue of it being left vacant for so long. I had a very good experience with them about an empty property of my street last year (which is now being repaired ready for occupation). It does take time though.
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/housing/landlords/empty-homes-haringey#r...
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Sorry, just read your second post Neil. Looks like Zena is already on the case.
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I have been plagued by knotweed from the railway embankment for years and despite numerous attempts to get the rail people to do something they completely ignore any communications.As a private householder I cannot afford to take them to court.Last year I had my garden re-turfed and any roots that had come over from the railway dug out.It cost a lot of money just to dispose of the knotweed as they have to be disposed of separate from other garden waste.Since the beginning of the electrification work there is again a'march of the knotweed' I am in despair so any ideas?Help.
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You can't trespass on railway land, but there's little stopping you from regularly spraying glyphosate weedkiller onto the knotweed the other side of (I'm guessing) the railway fence. If you could at least kill off the knotweed closest to you it would help. A pressurized, pump-up sprayer has a range of five metres or so when the nozzle is set to 'jet' rather than 'spray'.
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You may find that Netwrok Rail are are a little more responsive following this court ruling
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4191944/Network-Rail-faces-...
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