Play music late at night and there is always people shouting at the back in the grounds. Alot of people down my street have young children and my younger sisters have to get up for school. I feel sorry for my next door neighbour who has a 2 year old daughter.
Could i complain to the mp (who runs the club) or should i go to the council. Is there a point complaining at all????
How could i get them to turn the music down?? It all started after the smoking ban!!
I must add they have just started playing the music now FULL BLAST and it usually continues untill the early hours of the morning!!!
2007-12-10 09:45:19 · 19 answers · asked by Laila's Mummy! 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You need to contact the Environmental Services department in your local Council and ask for the Pollution department
You must keep a diary of time / dates / length of time and volume.
The Council WILL act - and send a letter of complaint. You will have a copy sent to you and if they persist Council Staff will visit and listen
They can lose their licence over such complaints so they will have to take it seriously
2007-12-10 09:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by Kieran B 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The first step is to be nice and speak to the club officials - get your neighbours to do so too. Just possibly they don't realise how the noise carries. Usually Con Clubs are run by the "older coots" who tend to take politeness and neighbourliness seriously.
If that doesn't have a satisfactory result, then the Environmental people at the Council are the next step - it helps if all of you raise the matter. It certainly is worth complaining to them, they do pay attention.
2007-12-10 17:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a matter for the noise nuisance officer of the environmental health department of your local authority. Get in touch with your local council and say that you (and neighbours) wish to make a complaint. They will then take over. You can help by keeping a record of all incidents and alerting them to any more loud parties, so that they can come over with their decibel recording equipment. If you have a Labour controlled council they will love to be in a position to prosecute the local Conservative club. Even if it is a Conservative council, it is the duty of the environmental health department to apply the law. Get moving now and rally your neighbours in support.
2007-12-11 02:42:08 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Environmental Health Department at your local Council will help, their Officers are on duty 24/7
2007-12-11 01:56:08 · answer #4 · answered by flint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Write a letter recorded delivery to the MP who runs the club. By recording the letter you can prove that it got there and if it should be ignored you have the evidence. If no response comes you can contact environmental health and use your recorded delivery letter as evidence that you have complained. Then the MP will have tough questions to answer. By law an MP has to respond to any query or correspondense. Best of luck!
2007-12-10 11:26:15 · answer #5 · answered by stuartie74 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get complaining to your local council and go see the MP in his surgery, give him some stick! He's supposed to be representing you all, not just the ones who use the club.
2007-12-10 09:53:46 · answer #6 · answered by Ahwell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who controls the council? it will matter! who's your councillor?
But your statutory rights should win here, in theory. Complain to council or police is normal route; request noise surveys of council or ask the police to come round when the noise is actually happening
If you go to the MP, pretend to be a generally sympathetic floating voter with lots of floating friends...
2007-12-10 09:50:54 · answer #7 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Complain to anyone who will listen (that rules out the old bill who are too busy pulling wheelies on their new bikes).
Good luck love, I have the same problem with a youth club for 'ethnic kids' opposite me which plays music from 6pm-6am Fri & Sat (I work irregular nights).
It's not so much that they don't listen, I think they simply can't hear me.
2007-12-10 09:52:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a limit to noise levels in residential hours - contact noise abatement or licensing within yr local council - if no response, write to your local paper asking why the council is not acting - that usually makes them sit up and listen - good luck
2007-12-10 09:49:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not at all acceptable and the police should take action and the council should also take action, if they don't they are in league with these Tory perpetrators.
2007-12-10 10:51:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋