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Noise from Pubs and other Licensed Premises

 

Many pubs, restaurants and other premises are licensed for regulated entertainment which can include music and dancing. There will likely be conditions on the individual licence regarding the times the entertainment can be conducted along with restrictions on audibility. Complaints in relation to licensed premises should be addressed to the Licensing Enforcement Officer in the first instance. The matter may be dealt with in one or more of the following ways;

  • Establishing whether there is enough evidence to ‘review’ the licence. This could have the effect of either suspending or revoking the licence or amending some or all of the conditions attached to the licence. There would be a hearing and evidence from neighbours can add strength to the case.
  • The noise may be classed as a statutory nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, if appropriate. This can result in service of a notice requiring abatement of the noise. Failure to comply can result in prosecution and/or seizure of noise equipment.
  • There is a Night Noise Offence which results in the service of a £500 fixed penalty notice. The offence has to occur between the hours of 11pm and 7am. Following service of a warning notice on the offending premises, the enforcement officer will take noise readings and if the noise of the event within the complaints dwelling is greater than 10dB above the background noise level, a fixed penalty notice may be served.

 

 

For further details on individual licences along with a public register of each licensed premise in the Borough (which shows timings and licence conditions), please see the separate section called The Licensing Act 2003.

 

If you wish to contact the Licensing Enforcement Officer please use the contact details below.

 

Making your own complaint 

Local residents and interested parties can apply to review licences themselves without the involvement of Environmental Health.  Further information is provided on our Licensing pages or you could also speak to our Licensing Officer.

 

Guidance for Licensed premises on preventing noise nuisance

 A guidance booklet for licensed premises on how to above causing noise nuisance is available here.

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