Amount (£) paid in compensation in relation to Japanese Knotweed growth during each of these calendar years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
No compensation has been paid in any of these years.
Number of complaints brought against the council in relation to Japanese Knotweed growth during each of the above-mentioned calendar years.
Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. This is because Devon County Council’s complaints database is not able to capture complaint classifications such as Japanese Knotweed. To determine accurately how many such complaints had been received would mean carrying out a manual search through complaints for Highways over the last 5 years. This would involve searching through over 1600 complaints. Allowing 5 minutes to check per complaint would mean that this would take approximately 133 hours to complete.
In the interests of providing advice and assistance, here are the numbers of reports of Japanese Knotweed that have been received in the relevant years.
2017 30
2018 38
2019 35
2020 40
2021 41
2022 12