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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132 district councils

1 point

32 district councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

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Adur District Council
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Breckland District Council
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Broadland District Council
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1/1
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Cambridge City Council
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1/1
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Chelmsford City Council
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1/1
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Chichester District Council
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1/1
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Dartford Borough Council
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1/1
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East Devon District Council
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1/1
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East Hampshire District Council
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Eastleigh Borough Council
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1/1
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Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Folkestone and Hythe District Council
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1/1
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High Peak Borough Council
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1/1
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Lancaster City Council
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1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Lewes District Council
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1/1
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Maidstone Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Rochford District Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Rossendale Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Runnymede Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Sevenoaks District Council
Score 2025
1/1
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1/1▲ 1
South Cambridgeshire District Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
South Hams District Council
Score 2025
1/1
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South Norfolk District Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
St Albans City and District Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Stroud District Council
Score 2025
1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Surrey Heath Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Tewkesbury Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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▲ 1

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1/1▲ 1
Thanet District Council
Score 2025
1/1
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Torridge District Council
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1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
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1/1▲ 1
Wealden District Council
Score 2025
1/1
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1/1▲ 1
West Suffolk Council
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1/1
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Worthing Borough Council
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Amber Valley Borough Council
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Arun District Council
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Ashfield District Council
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Ashford Borough Council
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Babergh District Council
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Basildon Borough Council
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Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
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Bassetlaw District Council
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Blaby District Council
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Bolsover District Council
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Borough of Broxbourne
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Boston Borough Council
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Braintree District Council
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Brentwood Borough Council
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Bromsgrove District Council
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Broxtowe Borough Council
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Burnley Borough Council
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Cannock Chase District Council
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Canterbury City Council
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Castle Point Borough Council
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Charnwood Borough Council
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Cheltenham Borough Council
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Cherwell District Council
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Chesterfield Borough Council
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Chorley Council
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City of Lincoln Council
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Colchester Borough Council
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0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Cotswold District Council
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Crawley Borough Council
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Dacorum Council
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Derbyshire Dales District Council
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Dover District Council
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Eastbourne Borough Council
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East Cambridgeshire District Council
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East Hertfordshire District Council
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East Lindsey District Council
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East Staffordshire Borough Council
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East Suffolk Council
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Elmbridge Borough Council
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Epping Forest District Council
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Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
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Erewash Borough Council
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Exeter City Council
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Fareham Borough Council
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Fenland District Council
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Forest of Dean District Council
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Fylde Borough Council
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Gedling Borough Council
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Gloucester City Council
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Gosport Borough Council
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Gravesham Borough Council
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Great Yarmouth Borough Council
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Guildford Borough Council
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Harborough District Council
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Harlow Council
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Hart District Council
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Hastings Borough Council
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Havant Borough Council
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Hertsmere Borough Council
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Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
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Horsham District Council
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Huntingdonshire District Council
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Hyndburn Borough Council
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Ipswich Borough Council
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King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
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Lichfield District Council
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Maldon District Council
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Malvern Hills District Council
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Mansfield District Council
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Melton Borough Council
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Mid Devon District Council
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Mid Suffolk District Council
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Mid Sussex District Council
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Mole Valley District Council
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Newark and Sherwood District Council
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Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council
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New Forest District Council
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North Devon Council
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North East Derbyshire District Council
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North Hertfordshire District Council
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North Kesteven District Council
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North Norfolk District Council
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North Warwickshire Borough Council
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North West Leicestershire District Council
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Norwich City Council
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Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
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Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
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Oxford City Council
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Pendle Borough Council
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Preston City Council
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Redditch Borough Council
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
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Ribble Valley Borough Council
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Rother District Council
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Rugby Borough Council
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Rushcliffe Borough Council
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Rushmoor Borough Council
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South Derbyshire District Council
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South Holland District Council
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South Kesteven District Council
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South Oxfordshire District Council
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South Ribble Borough Council
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South Staffordshire Council
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Spelthorne Borough Council
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Stafford Borough Council
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Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
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Stevenage Borough Council
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Stratford-on-Avon District Council
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Swale Borough Council
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Tamworth Borough Council
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Tandridge District Council
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Teignbridge District Council
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Tendring District Council
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Test Valley Borough Council
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Three Rivers District Council
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Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
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Uttlesford District Council
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Vale of White Horse District Council
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Warwick District Council
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Watford Borough Council
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Waverley Borough Council
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Welwyn Hatfield Council
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West Devon Borough Council
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West Lancashire Borough Council
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West Lindsey District Council
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West Oxfordshire District Council
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Winchester City Council
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Woking Borough Council
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Worcester City Council
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Wychavon District Council
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Wyre Council
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Wyre Forest District Council
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