2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Has the council banned the use of pesticides on all council owned and managed land?

Question code
5.2
Section
Biodiversity
Topic
Pesticides
Source
National Data
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if a council has banned the use of glyphosate or all pesticides in parks and road verges where they have control. This ban must include the street cleaning/weed control team.

Clarifications

Banning pesticides includes banning glyphosate and any other pesticides that the council have been using.

Marked using data supplied by Pesticide Action Network - https://www.pan-uk.org/pesticide-free-towns-success-stories/

Question performance

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0 points

19 county councils

1 point

2 county councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

county councils

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councils scored higher in 2025
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councils scored lower in 2025

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CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Devon County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Essex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Kent County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria