Guide to noise problems

What is noise?

Noise is defined as unwanted sound - it could be:

  • too loud
  • too intrusive
  • occurring at the wrong time
  • excessive, sudden and unexpected

For example:

  • a dog barking
  • intruder alarms
  • neighbours music
  • noise from commercial and licensed premises
  • noise from the street or neighbouring houses

What we don't class as noise:

  • baby crying
  • children playing in the street
  • Traffic on the public highway