Neighbours Building Rubble

[LoveBlackpool]

Just wondered if I was being unreasonable. Our neighbours are having building work (major structural work-removing chimneys etc) and so have moved out while it is going on. Clearly to save money they are not getting skips and they have now got about 15/ 20 tonnes of uncovered rubble on their driveway. Having lived with building work, I know it is very disruptive with vans / dust/ general mess. However, because this is all just dumped on their driveway ( I'm not actually sure you are allowed to do this) every time the wind blows our garden/ cars/ ourselves are getting covered in dust/ debris. My daughter was in tears the other day due to getting covered on her way to school. Is this usual practice? I've only ever seen people use skips before and never seen this amount!

They may be planning to use it as substructure under an extension?

They aren't getting an extension just internal work. I think they just don't want to pay for skips and because they have moved out don't care about the inconvenience to everyone else.

We were lucky enough to have Barrett building on the field opposite our house and the crap they'd leave lying uncovered was unreal and they didn't give a crap. House and cars were regularly covered in dust and debris. The site agent was a patronising twat when I approached him about it. Council couldn't, or wouldn't help either.

Try asking them to cover it with a tarpaulin?

We have similar with our neighbors. From everything I have read they can 'store' the waste for 12 months on their property/land before they need a waste exemption certificate. The waste does need to be stored correctly though and if the dust particles are being blown you could argue it isn't.

Thanks, I did ask re tarpaulin but they have ignored that.

OP you can get advice from, or submit a complaint to, your council's environmental protection team. Tell them the dust is interfering with your enjoyment of your home. They will probably visit and advise the contractor totakepreventive measures to remedy the problem. This could be in the form of screening or damping down.

If theproblem persists then the EP team might take enforcement action under the Control of Pollution Act 1974.