Offensive and objectionable Case law has established that an odour is deemed offensive or objectionable only if a reasonable ordinary person, who is neither sensitive nor insensitive, would be offended or find it objectionable. It is not enough for a neighbour or some other person within the relevant environment to consider the activity or matter to be offensive or objectionable. In determining whether an odour is offensive or objectionable, a council enforcement officer may consider the following: