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19 Oct 2014 06:03:16
Eds as your whizzes, what's my rights regards my neighbours playing music all night from 10pm to 6am? What can I do?
{Ed033's Note - Assuming your neighbour is doing this frequently, the first thing to do is phone up your local council and hopefully you can get to speak to the noise abatement officer (or similar person).
You would have to convince them that this is serious, that it is happening frequently and it is loud enough to stop you/people living with you from sleeping.
Remember the council has a duty of care and obligation to help you in this matter. They may give you a number to call when the neighbour plays the loud music and then come round to monitor the noise level by some means and then if the noise level is above their maximum allowed noise level, they would send a warning letter to the neighbour.
if the neighbour does not comply to the warning letter, then the council would get a court order to remove the sound equipment.
If phoning the council doesn't get you anywhere, you would have to write to you council instead. The council must help you if you convince them it is serious.
Also from now on, you should keep a record (as evidence) of when the neighbour plays the music loud, take recordings of the loud music and speak to other neighbours to see if the noise is a nuisance to them as they can be signed witnesses to the nuisance if in your opinion the council fail.
If in a worse case scenario where in your opinion the council fail to do enough, you would then use your evidence to get a court order of your own but for the time being, you should go down the council option road.
You would have to convince them that this is serious, that it is happening frequently and it is loud enough to stop you/people living with you from sleeping.
Remember the council has a duty of care and obligation to help you in this matter. They may give you a number to call when the neighbour plays the loud music and then come round to monitor the noise level by some means and then if the noise level is above their maximum allowed noise level, they would send a warning letter to the neighbour.
if the neighbour does not comply to the warning letter, then the council would get a court order to remove the sound equipment.
If phoning the council doesn't get you anywhere, you would have to write to you council instead. The council must help you if you convince them it is serious.
Also from now on, you should keep a record (as evidence) of when the neighbour plays the music loud, take recordings of the loud music and speak to other neighbours to see if the noise is a nuisance to them as they can be signed witnesses to the nuisance if in your opinion the council fail.
If in a worse case scenario where in your opinion the council fail to do enough, you would then use your evidence to get a court order of your own but for the time being, you should go down the council option road.