Commercial waste stored on street

[TIGA84]

Now, this is a classic style PH topic.

Neighbour of mine has started a Waste Disposal service over the last year and bought a 3.5 ton Cage lorry, standard MO. He's parked it considerately since he got it (we live in a dead end road so has space at the end where its out of the way enough to not bother anyone really)but over the last couple of months there are now 2 of them, and this week a long wheelbase van has appeared, so 3 large Commercial vehicles, all on the street. Annoying, but still.

Now here's the problem, both Cage lorry's are full of crap and haven't been unloaded for weeks now, he's using the van to refill them and they are literally sitting rotting in the street and aren't quite as sensitively parked as before. Other neighbours have tried to have a quiet word but got a full eff off, I can park where I like (he can) but I'm now a bit concerned as to the stuff on them, rats etc. Mrs Tiga mentioned it as well to him and he's said that one of them is broken so can't be moved etc and has been there for nearly a month now. Could be true, could be bullst.

So collectively we've tried the nicely nicely approach and got very little back, now I'm wondering on the actual legality of parking 2 full 3.5T Cage lorry's on a residential street, its starting to look like a depot now.

[Flumpo]

Classic PH response, move house.

[ambuletz]

frozen sausages in his lawn?

[TIGA84]

Sigh.

I fear the usefulness of posting anything on here nowadays is virtually zero.

[Fatboy]

He should have a waste carriers licence, and that might be a route to investigate with the council....

Do the waste carriers licences specify storage/disposal etc?

[Squadrone Rosso]

Speak with your local council / environmental health people.

[Funk]

Squadrone Rosso said:

Speak with your local council / environmental health people.

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[Evanivitch]

Funk said:

Squadrone Rosso said:

Speak with your local council / environmental health people.

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[21TonyK]

Evanivitch said:

Funk said:

Squadrone Rosso said:

Speak with your local council / environmental health people.

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^^^ phone (if you can get through) or email your local environmental health, report it as a hazard and say you have seen rats. They'll be on it pretty quick and even if its not a hazard Mr van will be aware he has been noticed and hopefully store his crap somewhere more appropriate or pay for part loads to be disposed of.

[Short Grain]

coming to a layby near you soon...

[Grumps.]

21TonyK said:

Evanivitch said:

Funk said:

Squadrone Rosso said:

Speak with your local council / environmental health people.

This.

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^^^ phone (if you can get through) or email your local environmental health, report it as a hazard and say you have seen rats. They'll be on it pretty quick and even if its not a hazard Mr van will be aware he has been noticed and hopefully store his crap somewhere more appropriate or pay for part loads to be disposed of.

And he will have a very good idea who has dobbed him in.

[Nibbles_bits]

Evanivitch said:

Funk said:

Squadrone Rosso said:

Speak with your local council / environmental health people.

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[Dingu]

Grumps. said:

21TonyK said:

Evanivitch said:

Funk said:

Squadrone Rosso said:

Speak with your local council / environmental health people.

This.

This.

^^^ phone (if you can get through) or email your local environmental health, report it as a hazard and say you have seen rats. They'll be on it pretty quick and even if its not a hazard Mr van will be aware he has been noticed and hopefully store his crap somewhere more appropriate or pay for part loads to be disposed of.

And he will have a very good idea who has dobbed him in.

One of the various neighbours who have had a word? Nice one Sherlock!

[Evanivitch]

Grumps. said:

And he will have a very good idea who has dobbed him in.

One of several neighbours that have already complained?

Or perhaps OP should pose as a competitor when they report it. Fake moustache? Pun-tastic business name?

[Cardiff_Exile]

As above speak to the local authority regards the waste license (you can search for details here https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/vi... and follow up with your local councillor. They tend to take a dim view of bad practice and can be heavy with enforcement.

[Chrisgr31]

Cardiff_Exile said:

As above speak to the local authority regards the waste license (you can search for details here https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/vi... and follow up with your local councillor. They tend to take a dim view of bad practice and can be heavy with enforcement.

Only heavy with enforcement if someone has assets!

[leigh1050]

Good luck with getting any response from your local council!
My next door neighbour is a scrap collector , he's drive is full of crap, he currently has six vehicles parked on the road four of which are full of crap three of them haven't moved for about five months.
The council have done fk all.
So like I said good luck!

[Evanivitch]

leigh1050 said:

Good luck with getting any response from your local council!
My next door neighbour is a scrap collector , he's drive is full of crap, he currently has six vehicles parked on the road four of which are full of crap three of them haven't moved for about five months.
The council have done fk all.
So like I said good luck!

Having 4 legal cars on the road full of "crap" is perfectly legal. If the card are illegal, report them. But given they're not storing commercial waste there's nothing illegal about it.

[vaud]

Grumps. said:

And he will have a very good idea who has dobbed him in.

The council will either say that they have been doing a wide ranging clampdown across the area, or that they had received multiple complaints, or that a council worker had seen it and reported it.

At least that is what happened historically.

[mr mac i]

It might be worth approaching your local Fire Brigade as it sound like the open cages full of flammable substances could pose a significant fire hazard...