Council investigates smokers in a private house

Besoeker · 09-01-2007, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SGK

Hopefully it will, but it is clear in the report that they haven't done anything yet. The time to criticise is when they do something and it is wrong.
As far as this complaint not getting past the first phase of 'is this stupid?', well in order to answer that, you have to make a judgement. Without making any investigation at all, the judgement is based on assumptions. You assume that the complainant is wrong, the smokers within their rights. That may be completely correct, but you've dismissed out of hand the possibility that the complainants could have any grounds.

Totally agree.

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A spokesperson for Gwynedd Council said it had a "statutory responsibility" to investigate the neighbour's complaint.

Janet Gordon-Crawley:

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"I wouldn't fight it, I'd just give up. If it causes somebody else's health problems in some ways, I would give it up.

That's fair enough.
If it is found that the complaint is unfounded then the complainants should have to meet the costs of the investigation.

To me, it sounds like a bit of a spat between neighbours and the complaint may be just a petty attempt to get one over on them. Just speculation. Who knows what has gone before to create such animosity?

NickIrons · 10-01-2007, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SGK

Hopefully it will, but it is clear in the report that they haven't done anything yet. The time to criticise is when they do something and it is wrong.
As far as this complaint not getting past the first phase of 'is this stupid?', well in order to answer that, you have to make a judgement. Without making any investigation at all, the judgement is based on assumptions. You assume that the complainant is wrong, the smokers within their rights. That may be completely correct, but you've dismissed out of hand the possibility that the complainants could have any grounds.

Yes, I would agree there, as no decision has actually been made,
though from the news report it is not clear whether the two
properties in question are privatley owned/council purchased or
plain council housing. I do think that cigarette smoke is
not the real issue here, I am not a civil engineer, but I would
imagine that if smoke/cooking odours/cleaning product odours
ect. are passing so easily from one property to another, would
be more of a concern from a structural point of view than
anything else, anyone more clued up in this area?

g hall · 11-01-2007, 09:21 PM

further thoughts be grateful that you don't live next door to the cremetorium

Also how many country incomers don't like the smell of Cow/Pig/Horse (delete as appropriate) sh*t and try to ban it

nodigitsever · 11-01-2007, 11:46 PM

do as I do and go out of your way to offend the Foreigners!

I post bacon rashers through the Talibans Letterboxes

Free Briton · 14-01-2007, 01:43 PM

i bet the "unnnamed woman" was an imogrent.

why she cant get a builder to fix the hole the smoke was coming in through i can't understand. maybe she thought it was deliberate.

g hall · 14-01-2007, 03:29 PM

Free briton

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i bet the "unnnamed woman" was an imogrent.

In Wales that'll be some one from England :twisted:

nodigitsever can I have some dry cure please

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11-01-2007, 09:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
g hall Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: erewhon Posts: 5,935	further thoughts be grateful that you don't live next door to the cremetorium Also how many country incomers don't like the smell of Cow/Pig/Horse (delete as appropriate) sh*t and try to ban it

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nodigitsever Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Great Britain (NOT UK) Posts: 91	do as I do and go out of your way to offend the Foreigners! I post bacon rashers through the Talibans Letterboxes

14-01-2007, 01:43 PM	#15 (permalink)
Free Briton Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 32	i bet the "unnnamed woman" was an imogrent. why she cant get a builder to fix the hole the smoke was coming in through i can't understand. maybe she thought it was deliberate.