St Leonards Farm, Essex

ODC are delighted to have supported both the application and appeal for Units 2 and 6 of the St Leonards Farm Industrial Estate in Essex.

Expertise Provided:

Odour Consultant

Project Period:

2020 – 2021

Project Type:

Light Industrial

Expert Witness service provided

Odour Consultants were commissioned to undertake the odour assessment to support the application for a certificate of lawfulness of existing use or development (CLEUD) for a light industrial facility. Following the refusal of consent, our team provided expert witness services in support of the appeal.

Project Outline

Odour Consultants (ODC) supported the retrospective consent order for an electrostatic paint spraying business within a light industrial estate. Despite the business introducing state of the art technology, including odour abatement and control, when moving into the property, replacing an old unabated paint spraying unit, new local residents raised odour nuisance complaints. Following these complaints, the local authority refused consent for a variety of reasons, and the client appealed. ODC acted as the odour expert witness at appeal, providing robust evidence and arguments. This included demonstrating there were no odour effects at the time and location of the complaints made. 

Our Role

ODC produced the odour assessment for the application and evidence for the appeal. The assessment involved onsite odour field surveys, comprising a series of sniff tests, a qualitative odour risk assessment, based on the source-receptor-pathway methodology taking account of local meteorological conditions, a review of complaints and analysis taking account of meteorology, a review of planning applications, and consideration of other local odour sources.

Our Services

  • Odour Consultants (ODC) acted as the odour consultants for the CLEUD and appeal.

Our Value

  • Provided client-focused support to ensure all concerns were addressed and explained in a clear and concise manner.
  • Responded to all objections in a technically robust and clear way, demonstrating our expertise and installing confidence.