japanese knotweed Archives - Leading Property Lawyers A fresh approach to conveyancing Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:49:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.leadingpropertylawyers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LPL-Favicon.svg japanese knotweed Archives - Leading Property Lawyers 32 32 New Japanese knotweed guidance published https://www.leadingpropertylawyers.co.uk/new-japanese-knotweed-guidance-published/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:23:29 +0000 https://www.lpropertylawyers.co.uk/?p=2713 The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published new advice for professional valuers and surveyors aimed at helping them understand and evaluate difficulties caused by Japanese knotweed. The guidance note, entitled ‘Japanese knotweed and Residential Property’ sets out how to recognise the presence of the invasive plant, explains the challenges in detecting and identifying...

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]]> Less than one fifth of people can identify UK’s most invasive plant https://www.leadingpropertylawyers.co.uk/less-than-one-fifth-of-people-can-identify-uks-most-invasive-plant/ Sun, 10 Oct 2021 16:23:58 +0000 https://www.lpropertylawyers.co.uk/?p=2226 A study commissioned by invasive plant specialists Environet and conducted by market research company YouGov has found that only 19% of people who say they are aware of Japanese knotweed can correctly identify it. The Environment Agency describes the plant as ‘indisputably the UK’s most aggressive, destructive and invasive plant’. YouGov asked respondents to pick...

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