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[aaronjb]

Just wondering, since we have a wide cross-section of people here..

Does anyone know if there are any regulations surrounding how commercial waste (specifically builders waste; old windows, doors, glass panes, bricks, guttering, etc etc) are stored?

I have a neighbour who is a bit (read: total) of a pikey and considers himself a builder - the visitors parking areas are now a complete mess (broken glass, wood, screws, etc) and routinely have his tipper bed truck piled high with the aforementioned crapwaste - and now we've gained a tarpaulin filled with more crap (which I reversed into last night in the dark, so now I have nice gouge in the bumper of the Elite courtesy of some piece of wood or other  ).. and that's not even getting on to the fact that despite having the biggest driveway (which he doesn't use - it's full of more builders crap!) the parking is full of his van, his wife's 4x4, his tipper truck and his long wheelbase Sprinter.


Aaaanyway.. does anyone know if there are any laws regarding the safe storage of commercial waste (i.e. should it not be at some waste management facility rather than a residential property)?

[Dishevelled Den]

Could well be a health and safety issue, or if the property is council owned a contravention of tenancy agreement.

[Nickbat]

I would imagine that he may well run foul of fly-tipping laws, especially if he is dumping on property which is communal. Most councils rightly take a dim view of this sort of behaviour and there are some pretty stiff penalties available, so a call to the relevant  environment officer might be in order. 

[aaronjb]

Ta guys - Zulu, it's not a council property but, thinking about it.. my property has a clause in the covenant that it may not be used for business purposes (or for 'immoral uses' .. oh dear) and since his house is built on half of what would originally have been my garden, I must assume he likely has the same covenant..

It's a shame he takes the proverbial so much; my other neighbour (this is a quiet cul-de-sac) is trying to sell/rent his house and the crap tends to put people off - but after saying this to the guy, the tipper disappeared .. only to return three days later with a different load of crap on the back 

[Vamps]

Sounds like you need a chat with the local council as a starting point......

[david036]

It would be worth having a chat with the enviroment agency!

[aaronjb]

Yep, I shall give the council & env. agency a bell later as I'm sick to the back teeth of him taking the pee.

Although looking at the blue tarp and the other obnoxious neighbours garden (which I can see into, and is currently full of office desks rotting in the rain  ) there's a suspiciously similar blue tarp there.

So I might be blaming entirely the wrong obnoxious neighbour for that bit (van is definitely the other ones, though, as it has his business name all over it  )

Bloody neighbours..

[Kevin Wood]

As said, if it's communal, shared or council land you might well have an avenue there. If it's his own land they will tell you he can do what he likes on it although there may well, as you say, be covenants that restrict what he can do.

My house has one stopping me from parking a pikey wagon outside, for example. Quite rightly so! [smiley=evil.gif]

The problem here is that presumably you'd need to pursue him yourself for such breaches. A carefully worded solicitor's letter might just be worth a try though.

I guess you might be able to play the environmental card so look carefully for any signs of old oil, paint and other substances that might pollute or cause a hazard.

What about the children you "might have" seen playing around all this broken glass, etc? Are there any neighbours with kids you could get on your side?

Now, this tipper truck. Wasn't in the Alton area on Friday, I suppose?

Kevin

[aaronjb]

The land is communal for the houses at the end of the road - it's not council, AFAIK, but the status of our road is something of confusion (whether it's been adopted or not, mainly .. the council do seem to come down here and clean/change bulbs etc, but all solicitors say it's unadopted) - it's definitely not his land

What about the children you "might have" seen playing around all this broken glass, etc? Are there any neighbours with kids you could get on your side?

Yep .. he has kids himself - and a dog that regularly gets out and runs around.. so you'd think he might stop and think about one of them hurting themselves - but I don't think people like him stop to think about much aside from the next beer, the next shag or the next sprog the WAG is about to pop out 

Now, this tipper truck. Wasn't in the Alton area on Friday, I suppose?

If it was a white transit tipper with "Rising Home Improvements" on it, then yes..

[2woody]

need to define "waste" - it's officially stuff for which the owner has no further use.

if that's true ( and bear in mind that the council may make that choice for him ), then he'll need a waste licence.