Environmental Protection: Shepherds Bush flytipper fined
An off-licence and grocery store in Shepherds Bush is £740 out of pocket after being found guilty of flytipping.
An off-licence and grocery store in Shepherds Bush is £740 out of pocket after being found guilty of flytipping.
A Westminster noise enforcement officer had a lucky escape when he went to the door of a party early on a Sunday morning – to be chased by a knife-wielding naked man who had drunk two litres of the powerful Greek spirit ouzo.
Failing to clean out the drawer under a bed which they dumped has cost a Branston couple almost £2,000.
NoiseNuisance.org have just launched their first mobile phone application! The App, a collaborative effort by Encentre and Three Spires Acoustics, provides a useful logging tool for noise complainants and comes with a number of additional resources.
City of York Council has successfully prosecuted a company and owner of a public house in York for failing to comply with a noise abatement notice.
Statistics from the Ministry of Justice have recently been obtained relating to statutory nuisance prosecutions. Some of the figures stand out, particularly in relation to the use of s.82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. (Section 82 provides for persons aggrieved by a nuisance to apply for a noise abatement order directly to a magistrate’s court). (By NoiseNuisance.org)