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How councils assess and deal with nuisance odours from industrial, trade and business premises.
Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain
Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
Follow these steps if you have a dispute with your neighbour. This guide…
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Paper prepared by Kings College London (KCL) on the loss of smell and taste with COVID-19.
How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
Find out about the symptoms of COVID-19, what to do if you or your child has them and when to get medical help.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
In this review, we combine 98 indigenous natural enemy datasets spanning a variety of sampling methods, habitats, and geographic areas.
How councils deal with complaints about smoke from premises that's a statutory nuisance, smoke that's exempt and how smoke can be assessed.
Investigates uncertainties in methods currently used to assess odour exposure and predict annoyance
To help both holders and potential holders of environmental permits understand how to comply with their permits.
Impact of odorous emissions on humans by classifying odour into bands of unpleasantness.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
The local council must keep public areas like parks, playgrounds and pavements clear of dog mess - report a dog fouling problem to the local council
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge S Brilliant, Mr P Roberts and Mrs L West
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition seeks proposals for novel technologies for screening, collecting and exploiting ChemBio materials.
Provides a body of information on the assessment and control of odorous emissions, operations and activities.
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