Various Acts of Parliament have covered statutory
nuisances, but the Environmental Protection Act 1990, as
amended, contains the main legislation on Statutory
Nuisance. Subject to certain exclusions nuisance can be
defined as follows:
(a) any premises in such a
state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
(b) smoke emitted from
premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a
nuisance;
(c) fumes or gases emitted
from premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a
nuisance;
(d) any dust, steam, smell
or other effluvia arising on industrial, trade or business
premises and being prejudicial to health or a
nuisance;
(e) any accumulation or
deposit which is prejudicial to health or a nuisance;
(f) any animal kept in such
a place or manner as to be prejudicial to health or a
nuisance;
(g) noise emitted from
premises so as to be prejudicial to health or a
nuisance;
(h) any other matter
declared by any enactment to be a statutory nuisance.
This web section refers to "other" nuisance because
noise issues and light pollution are the subject of
separate sections. These pages will concentrate on
Fireworks, and Odour from Sewage Treatment Works. Other
subjects may be added as issues arise.