Air pollution in Kirklees What Kirklees is doing about air pollution and information about how we manage air quality.
Clean Air Act approval Information regarding Clean Air Act approval, which includes both noise and air pollution.
My neighbour is disturbing me What to do if your neighbour is disturbing you with noise or smoke from a
chimney or bonfire.
Smoke Advice about having a bonfire and having a bonfire in a smokeless zone.
Smokefree England Information on smokefree legislation, what it means for you and how it is enforced.
Hazardous substances
Asbestos cement Information and advice for dealing with and disposing of asbestos cement.
Radioactive substances users (external site) Environment Agency advice for premises such as hospitals and laboratories that use small amounts of radioactive materials.
Application form and guidance to apply for a Radioactive Substances Regulation (RSR) environmental permit.
Radon What radon is and how to test for it, the buying and selling of property
and links to useful sites.
Emergency planning Incidents involving radiation and other hazardous substances, such as accidents involving vehicles carrying substances or
radiation leaks are dealt with primarily by fire and other emergency services, with back up from Emergency Planning if required.
Land and pollution
Contaminated land Information about the council's policy on contaminated land.
Light pollution
Light pollution (external site) Find out about the different aspects of light pollution, the steps that can be taken to reduce it and what you can do if
faced with the problem of pollution from light.
Noise
My neighbour is disturbing me What to do if your neighbour is disturbing you with noise or smoke from a
chimney or bonfire.
Use this form to apply for permission to operate a loudspeaker in a street, highway, road, footway, square or court
between the hours of 9:00pm and 8:00am.
We must decide on the application within 21 days.
If your application is made less than 21 days before the event we may not be able to grant consent in time.
We cannot grant consent to use a loudspeaker to advertise any entertainment, trade or business, or in connection with an election.
Water pollution
Water Details on the safety of water inspected by Environmental Health Officers.