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Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher—common law liability for pollutionPrivate nuisancePrivate nuisance is an unlawful interference with a...
Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE)—environmental and health and safety enquiriesCommercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSEs) are industry...
Sewers and drains—sewerage undertakers’ core duties and powersA sewerage undertaker is the company appointed by the Secretary of State or Ofwat to be...
BREEAM key requirementsWhat is BREEAM?The Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) is a method for evaluating...
Using the fixed penalty procedure, who is the correct person on whom to serve a notice under section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990? Is it sufficient to serve ‘the occupier’? If named individuals must be served, how is this done where it is not clear which of the multiple occupiers of a
To what extent is waste collection a material consideration in determining a planning application and is there a planning mechanism by which a Council could ensure ongoing waste management by a private collection company? We refer you to Practice Note: Determining planning applications—material
Waste projects—waste PFI/PPP infrastructure projectsTargets to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill and technology innovation have led to the development of new waste infrastructure in the UK.In general, there are two main contracting structures for these projects:•waste Private Finance
Waste—collection and disposal by local authoritiesDuty to collect wasteSubject to certain exceptions, waste collection authorities (WCAs) in England and Wales have a duty to arrange for the collection of household waste and, if requested, of commercial waste and industrial waste. In relation to
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