Abstract
Statutory nuisances are, as their name implies, creatures of statute, which are an now consolidated and re-enacted in Part III of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (‘EPA 1990’), or incorporated by reference into this Act. They are listed in section 79 of the 1990 Act. The list contains a range of potentia1ly offending activities with separate statutory origins.1 Each statutory nuisance was passed to deal with different problems relating to public health and the quality of life. As a result, to discuss statutory nuisances in generic terms is not always possible since differences in application result from their distinct histories.