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Of the 2007 informal notices served 1255 were complied with and 83 statutory notices
were required, and of these 52 had been complied with at the end of the year.
LOCAL LAND CHARGE ENQUIRIES
These referred to enquiries from the Town Clerk concerning outstanding Notices, the
progress of Housing Schemes and Smoke Control Areas in relation to all types of
property in the Borough, in pursuance of the provisions of the Land Charges Act 1925.
The necessary searches were made and information supplied in respect of 8,802
properties.
NOISE
The Noise Abatement Act 1960 makes noise or vibration which would amount to a
nuisance at Common Law a statutory nuisance which can be dealt with according to
the procedure in Part 3 of the Public Health Act 1936. The Act does not apply to noise
or vibration caused by aircraft or by statutory undertakers in the exercise of their
powers.
During the year 99 complaints were received; the majority relating to noise from
business or industrial activity and the remainder from domestic or social causes. There
are no specially noisey industrial processes and the most intractable cases arise from
business uses or light industrial activity in smaller factories or workshops which are
intermingled with or adjoining houses.
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