This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Give police powers to address noise complaints while lockdown rules are in place
Local councils are unable to visit instances of noise complaints while lockdown measures are in place. The police will not deal with them citing that they have no powers to do so. However, that means during lockdown, people forced to stay in their homes cannot escape unreasonably loud neighbours.
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Give the police temporary powers to deal with noise complaints or state publicly that councils should continue in this activity.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Local councils are obliged to investigate complaints about noise that could be a statutory nuisance, and powers to serve abatement notices. Information on how councils deal with complaints about noise nuisances is avaialble here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/noise-nuisances-how-councils-deal-with-complaints
The way in which individual councils do this, including requiring residents to keep a log, is a matter for individual local authorities, and not the Government or House of Commons.
The obligations of councils to investigate complaints has not been suspended during the lockdown, so local authorities are still obliged to do this.
Because noise complaints are not a criminal offence, they are not a matter for the police. If you want the police to be able to take action about noise complaints you could start a petition calling for antisocial behaviour such as excessive noise to be made an offence for the duration of the lockdown.
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