In a noise nuisance abatement case, the court held that for an Abatement Notice to be sufficient there are two steps: ‘one is you need to know what you have done wrong and, secondly, what it is you are to do to put it right.’ The case here was of keeping barking dogs, and no steps needed to be specified as to how it should be abated.
Judges:
Butler-Sloss LJ and MacPherson J
Citations:
[1994] Env LR 78
Cited by:
Cited – Kirklees Metropolitan Council v Field; Thackray; Marsh and Wilson Admn 31-Oct-1997
An abatement notice requiring works to be carried out must state clearly what works are required or considered necessary. There was an imminent danger of the collapse onto some cottages of a rockface and wall where the notice was addressed to the . .
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Nuisance
Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.184808
