Being a good neighbour

Our Community Safety Team continues to work hard to keep our neighbourhoods safe and enjoyable for all.

The most common complaint has been around noise disturbance and the impact this can cause. We encourage everyone to be understanding of those around us.

Please keep music and TV at a reasonable level, and always be mindful of the time and noise levels when doing any DIY.

If your neighbours are noisy, we advise you first try speaking to them if you feel able to. We realise, of course, that some people may feel uncomfortable or perhaps slightly anxious about doing that. If that's the case, why not try writing to them? You can use our 'Dear Neighbour' letter or write your own version if the wording here doesn't quite fit.

Sometimes individuals don’t realise that they’re causing a disturbance so we advise you approach things initially in as calm and non-judgemental way as you can.

If neighbouring households are regularly making unreasonable noise, whether that’s loud music, parties, shouting or banging, contact your local council’s environmental health department. Your council's environmental health team has designated powers to deal with noise nuisance such as serving noise abatement notices. We can then act upon their reports and enforce tenancy action.