In April 2011 a judgement was given on a case regarding alleged odour nuisance between 2004 and 2009 from the Biffa waste site at Ware in Hertfordshire. An action group of 152 households brought forward the case with 30 households being selected as lead claimants to bring forward the action. In this case, the judge ruled in favour of Biffa. (By Dr Michael Bull – Odour Consultant)
THE first person to be evicted by Halton Housing Trust based on evidence gathered from noise monitoring equipment has been sentenced at court for breaching noise abatement notices.
Owen Ayres, 24 years, of 73 Hartley Road in Luton was found guilty of flytipping in Frederick Street Passage in High Town by Luton Magistrates Court on 24 January (Photos on Flickr).
A property developer who was prosecuted and fined £2,000 for two offences of illegally burning large piles of waste in Tibshelf has seen both convictions upheld on appeal.
This podcast provides an overview of two recent noise cases involving the defence of ‘best practicable means’. It is drawn from Encentre’s Noise Update 2012 CPD course for environmental health practitioners which provides information on the latest developments in statutory nuisance and licensing.
Two Coventry men have been fined after pleading guilty to separate fly-tipping incidents. Coventry City Council’s Environmental Crime Team successfully brought both prosecutions as part of the zero tolerance on the issue.
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