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Japanese knotweed
Reported via mobile in the Vegetation & maintenance category anonymously at 12:40, Sun 7 September 2025
Sent to Oxfordshire County Council less than a minute later
Japanese knotweed plant still growing in the verge on top of the river bank. Please treat this before it gets worse! Easy to see today growing at base of sycamore tree and near the down ramp to the Westgate car park. I have reported this problem here once earlier in the season but no obvious treatment or action so far? There may be a few more Japanese knotweed plants nearby on the same riverbank slope, I saw them earlier in season but now hard to tell because brambles have grown higher.Thanks
Council ref: ENQ251058289
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State changed to: Investigating
Updated by Oxfordshire County Council at 12:41, Sun 7 September 2025
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Thank you for your report and apologies for the delay in a response. Could you please let us know if this is still an issue or if this has now been resolved? If this is still an issue, if possible and safe to do so, could you please provide any new images and detailed location information of the issue so we can get this raised for resolution faster. Many thanks and kind regards
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 09:26, Monday 8 June 2026
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Yes this is still there, I saw the same Japanese Knotweed plant yesterday and it’s grown bigger than when I last took the photo. It needs treating please. If not treated I think it will spread further along the riverbank harming the wildlife and potentially cause damage to the buildings here (modern block of flats over the underground parking for the Westgate shopping centre)
Posted anonymously at 21:19, Monday 8 June 2026
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