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