Japanese Knotweed Archives

Maintenance work at former coal tip site in Cwmbach

Team @ AberdareOnline31 July 202531 July 202502 mins

The photograph above shows the erosion of the coal tip caused by the adjoining watercourse. Residents in Cwmbach may notice activity next week at a local former colliery site, as routine maintenance work is undertaken by the Council. Funded by Welsh Government, the work will take place at the site known as ‘Tunnel Tip Aberdare’…

Explaining Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County (Knotweed)

Team @ AberdareOnline16 November 202316 November 202308 mins

Elizabeth England, of Five Paper Chambers, runs through the key points of the latest Court of Appeal Japanese Knotweed case. The Court of Appeal has this week has considered the case of Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council CA-2022-001778. In 2015 Mr Churchill purchased a house in Merthyr Tydfil, and according to his claim,…