| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Odour pollution from restaurant in residential area | |
| Posted by: | Steve Taylor | |
| Date/Time: | 05/07/15 21:04:00 |
| Environment Protection Act 1990 Councils must look into complaints about smells from industrial, trade and business premises that could be a ‘statutory nuisance’ (covered by the Environmental Protection Act 1990). For the smell to count as a statutory nuisance it must do one of the following: unreasonably and substantially interfere with the use or enjoyment of a home or other premises injure health or be likely to injure health If they agree that a statutory nuisance is happening, has happened or will happen in the future, councils must serve an abatement notice. This requires whoever’s responsible to stop or restrict the smell. The notice will usually be served on the person responsible but can also be served on the owner or occupier of the premises. Statutory nuisance laws don’t apply to smells from residential properties. What can cause nuisance smells Nuisance smells can be caused by problems with: agricultural practices like spreading slurry or sludge onto land sewage handling facilities (including sewage treatment works, sewage pumping stations, sludge treatment centres, and storm water storage tanks) food processors and commercial kitchens (for example, if the extraction system is poor) animals, livestock and poultry slaughter houses, abattoirs and animal by-product rendering plants like pet food factories paints and solvents from garages or workshops (for example, if vents are poorly positioned) unplanned spills (for example, from vehicle accidents) Smells can escape from buildings by: emissions from a stack or extractor leaks from the building structure (for example, around poorly sealed doors) |