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Common causes of artificial light nuisance, lights that are exempt and how councils can assess light.
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
What counts as a statutory nuisance and how councils can deal with complaints by issuing an abatement notice.
This guide explains how impacts on noise should be incorporated into a cost benefit analysis.
How councils deal with complaints about noise at night, intruder alarms, construction noise and loudspeakers in the street.
There is evidence that air pollutants such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide can exacerbate respiratory conditions.
Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
A summary of the main methods you should use to monitor for particulate matter in ambient air.
This document contains the following information: Artificial light in the environment
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