Pollution Including Noise
Clean air is essential for a good quality of life. Air becomes polluted when it contains substances which can have a harmful effect on the environment and our health. Pollution can be caused by industrial sources, vehicles exhausts, windborne dust and domestic sources such as bonfires. Pollution may be visible or invisible, odorous or without odour.
Subject to certain exemptions under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 we are able to take action where smoke, dust, steam, smell or other effluvia, light or insects arising from premises is found to be prejudicial to health or a statutory nuisance.
Dark or black smoke emission from chimneys or industrial burning are specified offences under the Clean Air Act 1993 for which we can take legal proceedings.
For further information on pollution please use the links to the side.
Water Pollution
The Environment Agency is responsible for maintaining or improving the quality of fresh, marine, surface and underground water in England and Wales. It is their aim to prevent or reduce the risk of water pollution wherever possible and to ensure that it gets cleaned up if pollution occurs that might lead to effects on ecosystems or people. Further information can be obtained from the Environment Agency. To complain about the quality of a water course and to report a pollution incident you can ring them on their ‘Pollution Hotline’ 0800 807060.