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Of the 2,090 informal notices served, 1,610 were complied with and 181 statuory
notices were required, and of these 127 had been complied with at the end of the year.
LOCAL LAND CHARGE ENQUIRIES
These refer 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 11,069 premises.
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 exercise of their powers.
During the year 60 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 noisy 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 adjacent to houses.
Complaints are investigated promptly but some require numerous visits at night as
well as during the day and sometimes it is difficult to obtain a solution to a noise nuisance
without what may seem to complainants as an unreasonable delay. Although it is not always
possible to reduce noise to a level which satisfies complainants there is a good degree of
co-operation from business firms.
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