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Warning to UK home owners over invasive plant controls
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Published by Property Wire on Friday, 02 January 2015
Buyers and sellers in the UK are being advised to check for signs of the invasive Japanese knotweed plant in gardens, or else they could face criminal prosecution.
The government has announced measures aimed at controlling the spread of non-native plants, including the invasive Japanese knotweed and those who fail to identify, destroy and remove these plants from their property could be fined up to £2,500 or be given an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO).
According to Alison Wacey, a partner at Stratford on Avon firm Lodders Solicitors, both vendors and purchasers of residential property are now deemed to have a duty of care when it comes to selling and buying houses:
