R writes

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R writes
Ragwort on the other hand is a controlled weed (Notifiable to the local
authority)

No it is not notifiable - you do not have to notify anyone if you have it
growing on your land.

Ragwort is a native UK plant which is a primary food plant for the
cinnabar moth, listed on the UK Biodiversity Action Plan as rapidly
declining.

It is covered (along with spear thistle, creeping thistle, broad leaved
dock and curled dock) by the Weeds Act 1959. You have a responsibility to
stop any of these five weeds spreading from your land on to neighbouring
land, and DEFRA can take action if you do not do so. It is not a problem
if it is growing on land which is not used for grazing or close to grazing
land.

I refer to the following on Ragwort
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/wildlif...rt-dispose.pdf

Ragwort may need to be controlled when its presence and the likelihood of it
spreading to neighbouring land poses a risk to horses and other grazing

animals or land used for the production of forage.

Yes - exactly what I was saying.

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Kay