CLEARING THE GROUND – NUISANCE, DAMAGE AND JAPANESE KNOTWEED

Abstract

Mr Williams and Mr Waistell each own a bungalow in Llwydarth Road, Maesteg. Their properties lie back from the street, abutting the railway line between Garth and Ewenny Road stations. The land beside the track belongs to Network Rail, a nationalised company that owns most of the UK’s rail infrastructure. For at least 50 years Japanese knotweed has visibly grown on the railway’s land.