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Nuisance neighbours can be irritating and annoying.
We can only take action if your neighbour is causing a 'statutory nuisance' (a nuisance covered by the Environmental Protection Act 1990).
This where a nuisance is so intrusive, it has an unreasonable impact on your ability to enjoy your own property.
A statutory nuisance can be caused by:
As a largely rural area, some farming noise and smells is to be expected. There are codes of practice farmers follow to minimise nuisance, for example when spreading manure or using bird scarers.
For our environmental protection team to investigate your complaint, email enquiries@rutland.gov.uk with:
We cannot investigate anonymous complaints, by law.
We will log your complaint and ask you to provide evidence - dates, times, location and duration of incidents logged on a monitoring form. This information is important because it will form the basis of our investigation, justify the investigation and allow it to move to the next level.
There are other ways to try and resolve disputes and issues with your neighbours: