Dust
Preventing dust nuisance
Most dust nuisances in Southampton come from construction and demolition works, many of which are one-off or short-term works.
These are the types of precautions we would recommend taking to minimise dust from becoming a nuisance:
- Keep your neighbours informed and respond to their concerns
- Store fine materials under cover
- Dampen fine materials and roadways
- Minimise demolition or crushing dust
- Wash down vehicles
- Take care when deciding transport routes
- Provide hard-surfaced roadways
- Have in place proper waste management arrangements
- Use well-maintained machinery
- Manage sub-contractors and staff on-site
Report dust nuisance
If you are suffering from a dust nuisance, try speaking to the contractor responsible. If this is not successful you can contact the council. For us to intervene, the dust problem must have:
- Usually occurred on a number of occasions
- Been significant enough to have affected how you can use your house or garden
- Affected a wide area or lots of properties
