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- If you ride your off-road motor vehicle around Torfaen the chances are that you are breaking the law.
- If any services are disrupted due to the weather conditions we will update you here
- The Household Recycling Centre provides facilities for the disposal of a range of recyclable materials and waste. These facilities are free of charge to all residents for general household and garden waste. If you are visiting the site with a van or trailer you must obtain a vehicle permit at a cost of £10
- If you leave your vehicle idling when you are stationary you are contributing to air pollution. The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (the regulations) enable local authorities in Wales to issue fixed penalty notices to drivers who allow their vehicles to run unnecessarily while stationary. These regulations came into force on 1st May 2003.
- Nuisance from smoke emanating from premises is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. If the Public Health Team is to take action against offenders we must be satisfied of a nuisance in law
- HMO stands for Houses in Multiple Occupation, which means a building, or part of a building, such as a flat, that is occupied by more than one household
- HMO stands for Houses in Multiple Occupation, which means a building, or part of a building, such as a flat, that is occupied by more than one household
- The Public Health Team staff can determine the extent of a drainage problem, the number of properties involved and the action required to resolve the problem. This usually results in either informal or formal action being taken.
- Torfaen County Borough Council is charged with a duty to enforce the provisions of the Contaminated Land Regime which came into force in Wales in July 2001 under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
- Free transport is generally restricted to pupils who attend their catchment area school and live the necessary distance from the school.
- Torfaen Council delivers a wide variety of services to residents and businesses. The following pages highlight some of the key activity that has taken place since April 2021 and what is planned for the 2022-23 financial year in meeting the ambition and mission statements of the county plan
- It is a fact of life that we all make noise. Whether we are talking to others, playing music, driving in our cars or just going about our daily business. What is a noise to one person may be pleasurable to another. Excessive noise can reduce the quality of life and, in some extreme cases, even destroy it entirely. The Council are able to investigate complaints of noise nuisance and advise on methods of reducing noise at source and take legal action to secure noise abatement.
Last Modified: 05/12/2018
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