PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES

Environmental Health Officers may be able to help you, if you have problems or queries with:

• Defective premises
• Smoke, dust and fumes
• Bad smells
• Drainage complaints including septic tanks
• Ruinous and dilapidated buildings.

Housing defects or drainage problems may cause a public health nuisance, for example through rising damp, and the Council can serve a public health notice to make sure repair work is carried out. If the landlord of a property refuses to do the work, then he/she may be taken to court.

Related Pages:

Environmental Health
Private Tenancies Order
Unfit Housing

Contact Gareth Kinnear on 028 9182 4057, Gary Gordon on 028 9182 4051 or Sarah Greenaway on 028 9182 4053.