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Noisy neighbours
Noise from neighbouring houses and car alarms can
be annoying and upsetting. Dacorum Borough Council may be able
to help and has a leaflet called ‘Helping You to Deal with
Noise’ containing lots of information on how to deal with
this issue.
As well as guidelines on how we can help, and how
to contact us with a complaint, the leaflet also contains practical
tips on things like approaching a neighbour to resolve the problem
informally and Mediation
Dacorum who should be contacted as early as possible.
The Borough Council aims to help by:
- Advising on noise problems
- Helping people to resolve noise nuisance
- Advising everyone involved on the best way forward
- Taking legal action where a statutory nuisance
is found
- Prosecuting for continuing offences
- Advice from Tenant Services Officers for tenants
or if its tenants are causing nuisance.
When you contact us, we will discuss your problem
with you and give you advice on what action you can take. There
are special arrangements for dealing with intruder and car alarms
and exceptionally rowdy parties, where we work closely with the
police.
To report initial noise complaints, call 01442 867866
Monday to Friday 8am - 6.30pm. To get a copy of our leaflet, call
01442 228455.
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