FOI request (FOIR-414743139)

Noise nuisances

Requested Mon 11 April 2022
Responded Tue 19 April 2022

1. In the 2021 calendar year could you please state how many complaints about noise issues were recorded by your environmental health/noise complaints department?

2. In relation to the complaints in 2021 calendar year how many of these related to complaints about:

a. Barking dogs

b. Chickens and cockerels

c. Sexual noise

d. Loud music or television

3. If you had any complaints that related to sexual noise please state:

a. a summary of the nature of the complaint

b. what you, as the local authority, did as a result of the complaint.

Response

1. 968

2a. 99

2b. 18

2c. Not applicable (This does not get logged separately)

2d. 311 Music (TV does not get logged separately)

Please note that 'sexual noise' and 'TV' noise would be logged under 'other noise' complaints alongside other unspecified/general noise complaints of which there were 285 total.

3. Not applicable