Noise - how we can help
Noise - how we can help / Noise from construction sitesNoise - how we can help
We investigate complaints about noise from commercial and domestic sources. We provide this service during normal office hours and on Friday and Saturday nights between 10pm and 4am
If the noise problem occurs outside of office hours (between 6pm to 8am on weekdays and 8am to 10pm on weekends) your call will be logged by our out of hours switchboard. These calls will then be investigated during normal office hours, Monday to Friday.
Report a problem
We can help or advise you about noise from:
- barking dogs
- building sites
- burglar alarms
- car alarms
- noisy deliveries
- nightclubs
- noisy neighbours
- parties
- pubs
- noisy kitchen extracts and air conditioning units
- roadworks
We have no legal powers to deal with:
- rowdy behaviour in public places
- traffic and aircraft noise
Quick response service
For some noise problems, like car alarms and burglar alarms, that affect a large number of people, we operate a quick response service Monday to Fridays 9am to 4pm:
- To report a problem contact the environmental health team
We will try to investigate your complaint within three hours.
Weekend noise service
On Friday and Saturday nights from 10:00pm to 4:00am:
Page last updated May 23, 2012 11:52 AM