R (Ball) v Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council

Subject Matter

ENVIRONMENT — Protection — Statutory nuisance — Local authority serving noise abatement notice on company running motor racing circuit — Whether legislation conferring implicit power on local authority to vary abatement notice so as to reduce restrictions imposed by notice — Whether variation within subsidiary power of local authority to “do any thing … calculated to facilitate, or … conducive or incidental to … discharge of … functions” — Local Government Act 1972 (c 70), s 111 — Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c 43), s 80

[2023] EWHC 1922 (Admin); [2024] PTSR 19; [2023] WLR(D) 367, KBD

ENVIRONMENT — Protection — Statutory nuisance — Local authority serving noise abatement notice on operator of motor racing circuit — Whether local authority having implied power to vary abatement notice to reduce restrictions — Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c 43), ss 79, 80, Sch 3, para 1(4) — Statutory Nuisance (Appeals) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995/2644), reg 2(5)(b)

[2024] EWCA Civ 433; [2024] PTSR 1344; [2025] 1 All ER 1025; [2024] WLR(D) 191, CA

Appellate History

Commentary

Local Government Lawyer
The statutory nuisance regime Case comment