Reporting an Odour
If you make a complaint to us, Police or Housing Association about a smell, to assist with the investigation, you may be asked to keep a record of what you smell, for how long and when the odour affects you. We or the Housing Association will try to find the cause and examine what, if anything, can be done.
Due to society changes, it is recognised that the use of recreational and illicit substances is extensive.
The City of Lincoln Council and our partner agencies will not be able to address every complaint made to them. We will only be able to consider an investigation if there is evidence to support that the impact of the odour is having a significant and detrimental impact on the community, or individual, or there is a wider anti-social behaviour as a result of the use of substances.
Any report will need to meet the standard required to show it is something which is so offensive and so prolonged that it significantly interferes with the enjoyment of an affected property or is having a significant and detrimental effect on a person or household.