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 by council type

Points distribution Northern Irish councils

0 points

11 Northern Irish councils

1 point

0 Northern Irish councils

Note: “in 2023” counts show how the councils listed below were marked on this question in 2023. This list of councils may be slightly different to the list of councils originally assessed on this question in 2023, due to the creation and abolition of councils between Scorecard years.

Rising and falling Northern Irish councils

00
councils scored higher in 2025
11
councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence Northern Irish councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Belfast City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mid Ulster District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria