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Scrap Metal Dealers
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Green burials
A green burial site has been set-up at Kirkley Cemetery in Lowestoft so that those who desire can lay their loved ones to rest in an ecologically friendly way and in an area that will develop into a pleasant and natural meadow/woodland.
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Environmental permitting
What is a permit?
The operation of certain industrial processes have the capacity to pollute the air around us and are consequently regulated by Local Authorities under a strict permitting regime in accordance with the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999. The requirements covers a broad range of new and existing industrial processes. Businesses which operate these premises must have a permit. The Council decides whether or not to give a permit to an operator. The permit states the ways in which pollution is to be minimised.
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Nuisance caused by noise, smoke and rubbish
Noise is a fact of everyday life; however, we are all entitled to expect that the activities of others do not interfere unreasonably with our private lives. This includes freedom from the intrusion of other people's noise.
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Lost and stray dogs
Reporting a stray dog
At any time of the day or night, members of the public finding a stray dog may contact us for advice on what to do. You will be asked for your name and address details, a contact telephone number and a description and location of the dog. We will check these details against any reports we have received about lost dogs.
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Odours and smells
Our Environmental Protection team has powers of enforcement, under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, to deal with smells that cause a statutory nuisance. A statutory nuisance includes 'any smell arising on an industrial, trade or business premises and being prejudicial to health or a nuisance'.
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Smoke, dust and fumes
We have powers to deal with smoke, dust or fumes that amount to a statutory nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Section 79. Statutory nuisance is not easily defined, in general terms it is 'something that interferes unreasonably with your enjoyment of your property, a regular disturbance that continues sufficiently to be deemed unreasonable'.
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Rubbish on private land
We can deal with accumulations of rubbish on private land if the waste material is providing shelter for rats or mice, or consists of offensive, decomposing matter. In such cases we may serve a notice on the owner or occupier of the land requiring them to remove it within a certain period of time. If they do not comply, we can arrange for its removal and recover the costs incurred from the person on whom we served the notice.
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Leisure Centre Redevelopment Programme
The Leisure Redevelopment Programme, which began in 2014, is part of our commitment to invest in new state-of-the-art leisure facilities that will encourage more people to become active and fit.
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Port Health
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