Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Exempt individual private sellers from plant passporting for online sales
Closed
198 signatures
What the petition asks
We call on the Government to exempt individual private plant sellers from needing to issue plant passports for sales made online. Sellers usually make none or very little profit which cover personal expenses intended for the customer such as; delivering by post.
We believe that having the same rules for both the large plant moving companies, who have large turnovers, and the individual private sellers is unfair. Small online sales won't cover application or inspection costs. The new regulations allow for sales face-to-face or by delivering yourself, but still require plant passports when delivery through a postal service. Plants have a positive effect on health and wellbeing and individual private plant sellers are currently limited with the regulations in place.
Timeline
| 22 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Sep 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
198
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
22 Mar 2021
Closed
22 Sep 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.