Boundary Control Pest Plants

 

This applies to the pest plants listed below and requires the specified plant to be destroyed within a specified distance of an occupier’s boundary where the neighbour is controlling the same plant.  This rule can only be triggered by neighbour complaint, where the neighbour has cleared or effectively cleared, that plant from that boundary.

 

Education Sheets for specific plants can be downloaded by clicking on the pest plants name in the list below.

 

Boundary Control Pest Plants:

Broom (PDF, 358KB)

Giant Buttercup (PDF, 137KB)

Gorse (PDF, 284KB)

Ragwort (PDF, 208KB)

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