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The Council's |Environmental Health & Licensing Division staff rely on their training and experience in deciding whether a Statutory Nuisance exists. Many factors need to be taken into account, and the special circumstances of each case must be carefully considered.
Listed below are some issues which are important to this decision:
We are unable to take formal legal action purely on the basis of complaints and in most circumstances it will be necessary for one of our officers to witness the nuisance before being able to deal with it. It may be necessary to take measurements and to carry out monitoring. Completed |nuisance record sheets also form and essential part of our investigation.
Once a nuisance has been witnessed, an Abatement Notice will be served, preventing further occurrences. Failure to comply with an abatement notice is a criminal offence.
Where an officer is unable to witness a nuisance |an individual has the right to take their own action.