Number of Nuisance Smell Complaints
Case reference EIR2024/00542
Published 27 March 2024
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the number of nuisance smell complaints received by the council for the following periods:
1st Jan 2024-29th February 2024
1st Jan 2023-31st December 2023
1st Jan 2022- 31st December 2022
1st Jan 2021- 31st December 2021
To be clear, I am referring to complaints made about nuisance smells that could be a 'statutory nuisance' (covered by the Environmental Protection Act 1990) as defined in this guidance from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nuisance-smells-how-councils-deal-with-complaints
If possible, please could you break down the number of odour complaints, by type.
Response
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the number of nuisance smell complaints received by the council for the following periods:
1st Jan 2024-29th February 2024
1st Jan 2023-31st December 2023
1st Jan 2022- 31st December 2022
1st Jan 2021- 31st December 2021
To be clear, I am referring to complaints made about nuisance smells that could be a 'statutory nuisance' (covered by the Environmental Protection Act 1990) as defined in this guidance from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nuisance-smells-how-councils-deal-with-complaints
If possible, please could you break down the number of odour complaints, by type.
Please see the attached spreadsheet.
The Service Area have confirmed these are complaints made about nuisance smells that could be a 'statutory nuisance' (covered by the Environmental Protection Act 1990) as defined in this guidance from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
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