Housing and Environmental Acts - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Housing and Environmental Acts
FOI Number
202443
Date Received
10/01/2024
Type of Request
EIR
Request or Question
Please provide details of any notices that remain active on properties within your Council area served under Environmental Protection Act, Housing (Scotland) Act, Planning Enforcement, Civic Government (Scotland) Act, Building Standards, Closing/Demolition orders.
Information requested:
Notice reference
Notice status (for example served, completed, outstanding, closed)
Served date
Completed date or most up to date status date
Address(es) notices served against
UPRN for each property notices served against
Details of any repairs/works required
Details of any monies outstanding owed to the council
I do not wish to be provided with any personal details on the owners of any properties.
Response
1 EPA 1990 Section 80 notice remains extant:
-Orrock Place, Hawick, TD9. Ref 16/02575/NOICOE. Notice served 21st December 2017 in relation to noise nuisance from voices and electrically amplified music after 11pm. The timescale given to comply with the notice was to ensure inaudibility of voices/amplified music after 11pm by the 31st of March 2018. The notice remains in place while investigations are ongoing.
Notice below has been complied with.
- Havelock Street, Hawick, TD9 in relation to accumulation of refuse. 21/00162/ACCUM. Notice served 7th May 2021 and to abate by 12th May.
-Paxton Terrace, Eyemouth, TD14. 2 separate notices relating to a leaking over flow pipe and damaged waste water pipe. 21/00925/DRAINS and 21/00925/DRAINS . Notices served 11th June 2021 and 8th July 2021.
-(x4) Arthur Street, Hawick, TD9. Notice served 4/3/22 RE accumulation of putrescible refuse. Works in default on 17/3/22.
-Bridge Place, Galashiels, TD1. Notice (22/01014/ACCUM) served on 21/07/22 in relation to refuse/food waste accumulation.
-Tweedholm Avenue East, Walkerburn, EH43 Notice served (22/00834/DRAINS) on 25/10/22 in relation to foul water.
-High Street, Hawick, TD9, Notice served (5/5/23). In relation to pigeons in building. Works carried out to remove pigeons, proof building, and provide method statement.
In respect of all notices under the aforementioned legislation:
-no monies owed to the council or invoicing pending in respective of works.
All notices published by Scottish Borders Council under the relevant sections of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 stated above are available to view free at :- www.thegazette.co.uk
Details of notices served under the Building standards legislation are available on the on-line Public access Building Standards portal, see link below:
View a building warrant application | Scottish Borders Council (scotborders.gov.uk)
