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Categories of Statutory Nuisance

Categories of Statutory Nuisance (e.g. Noise, Odour, Smoke, Rubbish, Insects etc.)

The most common categories of statutory nuisance which Councils can investigate include:-
  1. any premises in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
  2. smoke emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
  3. fumes or gases emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
  4. any dust, steam, smell or other effluvia arising on industrial, trade or business premises and being prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
  5. any accumulation or deposit which is prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
  6. any animal kept in such a place or manner as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
  7. any insects emanating from relevant industrial, trade or business premises and being prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
  8. artificial light emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
  9. noise emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
  10. noise that is prejudicial to health or a nuisance and is emitted from or caused by a vehicle, machinery or equipment in a street;

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