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Do private rented properties cause noise nuisance and ASB? #DispellingNoiseMyths Noise complaints to Councils during 2013 - 2014 fell by a quarter. Noisedirect examines the results of the latest CIEH Annual Noise Survey of local Councils Windfall Films LGO orders Cornwall Council to review its planning process following a complaint of noise and nuisance from equestrian site. Read More On the 19th International Noise Awareness Day - #INAD; Noisedirect examines the results of the latest CIEH Annual Noise Survey of local Councils On the 19th International Noise Awareness Day - #INAD;@Noisedirect is #WagingPeace Read the latest edition of quarterly Journal; The Bottom Rung As the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill 2013-14, reaches the Committee stage today: Read Jane's Story Cornwall Country Council seize noisy equipment. Read more Local Govt Ombudsman orders Birmingham City Council to apologise and pay £1,500 for distress to owner occupier who, endured years of loud music, late night parties and aggressive and threatening behaviour from her neighbour. Read Report Great new Quarterly Noise Journal; The Bottom Rung Local Govt Ombudsman orders Barrow Borough Council to pay £4,500 and Cumbria County Council to pay £3,000 to homeowner forced to endure nuisance from smell, noise and dust caused by cutting and burning of waste on land behind his home by a business; Read more Mid-week power tool use at 20.00 hours. Is it reasonable; or is it a nuisance preventing children as young as 3 and 5 from sleep? Mid-week noisy salsa music from London pub audible 50m away keeps hardworking residents awake South East Council will only investigate noise from Bank Holiday builders and scaffold if 5 households complain, warning that none emergency calls to them may incur a charge. Noise Justice? Is compressor noise from cliff top, Cornish Hotel just and equitable for those living nearby? 7 days a week from 8am and 10pm on a Friday; where's the Noise Justice in this? Noise Justice South West Council issues Planning Enforcement Notice Since 2004 Councils in England and Wales have been under a duty under HHSRS to assess potential risks to the physical and mental health of occupants from exposure to noise inside a dwelling or within its curtilage. Lisa Russell Mentorn Media are conducting research for a TV series about neighbour problems and would like to hear from people experiencing noise issues. To find out more please contact Anj on apassi@mentorn.tv or Tel: 020 7258 6815. April 24 2013 is the 18th Annual International Noise Awareness Day- this chapter on noise and health in a newly published report raises awareness of the issue of noise as a psychological hazard to health. HHSRS and Noise: an effective toolkit for reducing Hazards to Mental Health and improving Wellbeing? On the 18th Annual International Noise Awareness Day read - Val Weedon MBE Noisedirect Noise Tzar’s story of the awareness campaign for the Right To Peace And Quiet LGO fines Derbyshire Dales Council for failing to investigate noise nuisance Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council criticised for handling of planning application leading to noise and loss of amenity Noisedirect Client Successful in Overturning Decision in the High Court for a Costs Order in Section 82 Proceedings Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 Noisedirect Client Successfully Settles a Damages Claim for Noise Nuisance, Noxious Odours, Dust Pollution and Vermin for hearing listed in the High Court of Justice Manchester Parish Council served with Planning Contravention Notice for beach park subject of noise nuisance complaints Noisedirect response to Anti-Social Behaviour changes announced by Home Secretary. Read more LGO orders Essex County Council to pay £18,000 compensation for loss of value to home from noise nuisance. Read more Sir Bob Russell records appreciation of Noisedirect in early day motion on 17th International Noise Awareness Day and congratulates Noisedirect for Blue Mu Award Read more Blue Mu 2012 winners announced Read more Late contender for Blue Mu Award; Hambleton District Council for allowing residents to suffer noise from Bagby Airfield. Read more Noise nuisance leads to £7,000 award by Local Government Ombudsman in finding against Dudley Council. Read more Noise Bulletin reports on noise nuisance maladministration finding against Durham Council. Read more During 2010/11, only 2% of noise complaints to Councils resulted in the service of an Abatement notice. Read more CIEH Annual Noise Survey of Noise Enforcement by Councils 2010/11 results published Noisedirect announces first Annual Blue Mu Award for those contributing little or nothing to prevent Noise Nuisance or improve the aural environment in the 21st Century, more Noise Bulletin Reports Council Cuts - Salford Council to ignore nuisance complaints 2010 Noisedirect Survey of Council action on Hazards from Noise finds only 5% of Councils served notices for psychological hazards from noise. See full survey results New laws on surveillance will hamper noise nuisance investigations Council noise services facing cuts Bob Russell MP records appreciation for Noisedirect and calls for a little quiet Bob Russell MP endorses Noise Tzar's call for better solutions for everyday noise in Early Day Motion Noise Tzar calls on UK residents to adopt 'Quiet Diet' for 16th Annual International Noise Awareness Day on 27 April 2011 Noise Tzar responds to Healthy Lives, Healthy People Government’s White Paper Consultations Court Order for laminate flooring Val Weedon MBE Head Hunted as Noise Tzar £50,000 damages for noisy laminate Noisy Scrapyard closes; owner pays £20,000 Londoner granted Court Order for amplified music Press & Media enquiries Enter the Environmental Health Website here
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Noisedirect is an independent and impartial service and advice line for noise related issues. At Noisedirect, our experienced Environmental Health Practitioners will listen carefully to your noise problem and provide low cost, fixed fee practical advice. Whether you need advice on noise nuisance, protecting amenity, workplace noise, preventing noise problems from arising, or are the recipient of complaints of unreasonable noise; our unbiased advisers can help. At Noisedirect we don't just provide advice, but can also carry out acoustic monitoring and undertake subjective nuisance assessments for private, public, statutory nuisance, Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) and for noise issues related to planning and licensing applications. At Noisedirect we can use our modern and advanced monitoring equipment to help businesses control and mitigate the adverse effects of noise and defend claims against them of private or statutory nuisance. At Noisedirect we use technologically advanced Environmental Analyzers; Symphonie and DUO Smart Noise Monitors for all our acoustic monitoring with sophisticated dBTrig and dBTrait software for acoustic analysis. Noisedirect does not represent or promote the interests of any Government Department, Council, organisation or other agency. We are not a quango and are not publicly funded. We are public health professionals, basing our advice and noise investigations on carefully considered professional opinions of noise issues, in accordance with the statutory defined role of Environmental Health Practitioners; for the assessment of conditions that can give rise to nuisance or impact adversely on public health. At Noisedirect, our advisers can provide help and support to enable you to identify suitable solutions for your particular noise problem, by dispelling popular noise myths and explaining the statutory powers and processes for investigating noise nuisance, and hazards to health from noise. We can help you decide which acoustic monitoring and nuisance assessment method, will help you capture effective evidence of noise nuisance and amenity impacts. At Noisedirect we have over a decade's experience in advising private individuals on how to take their own action to stop noise nuisance using the procedure under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Whether you are affected by noise pollution from barking dogs to electrical hums; Noisedirect can help to empower you to take direct positive action to solve your particular noise problem and help you attain Noise Justice.
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