Living next to a noisy pub
Discussion
I just don't get why people do this!
Pubs are places for drinking and entertainment. Always have been and always will be!
As time has moved on the entertainment has got louder.
It is totally obvious to even the most feeble-minded person that living next door to a pub will involve being disturbed. If you are easily disturbed by the sounds of people having fun DON'T MOVE TO A PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO A PUB!
It's the same for people who move next door to a school/airport/motor racing circuit... Don't complain about the noise when they were there before you!!
Obviously, if someone decides to build a new pub/school/club/race circuit next to your house THEN you can have a say in it!
Pubs are places for drinking and entertainment. Always have been and always will be!
As time has moved on the entertainment has got louder.
It is totally obvious to even the most feeble-minded person that living next door to a pub will involve being disturbed. If you are easily disturbed by the sounds of people having fun DON'T MOVE TO A PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO A PUB!
It's the same for people who move next door to a school/airport/motor racing circuit... Don't complain about the noise when they were there before you!!
Obviously, if someone decides to build a new pub/school/club/race circuit next to your house THEN you can have a say in it!
If you chose to live next to a pub (and lets face it, it is a choice) then don't complain about the noise that comes from it. Otherwise, if someone's built and opened a pub within ear-shot of your house since you moved in then I can understand your wanting to vent but the solution is still just as simple, if you don't like the heat in the kitchen, get out.
10 Pence Short said:
I would direct any complaint via the Licensing Department. CC Environmental Health/protection as the are a statutory consultee on licensing matters and the relevant department for noise. Doing it this way will ensure the complaint is logged against the premises licence from the perspective of the Licensing Act.
Prevention of 'Nuisance' is one of 4 aims of the Licensing Act (prevention of crime and disorder, protection of children from harm and public safety being the others).
Ultimately, you would be entited to ask th Local Authority for a review of the premises licence, were things to continue.
Try this! If you are lucky you may be able to get them closed down or force them out of business when their customers move elsewhere! Prevention of 'Nuisance' is one of 4 aims of the Licensing Act (prevention of crime and disorder, protection of children from harm and public safety being the others).
Ultimately, you would be entited to ask th Local Authority for a review of the premises licence, were things to continue.
This is one of the many reasons so many pubs no longer exist!
To those who think I should just put up with it:-
I have lived here for nearly 14 years and yes there has always been some noise as you would expect. I did not complain about any of this until the noise level increased considerably last year and even more this year. I telephoned the pub at 00:45 last Saturday night \ Sunday morning and to be fair they did make an effort to reduce the noise then.
For those who have offered advice:-
I have spoken with the local council today and they will be visiting the pub to check on the sound level and to check on the chairs & tables on the pavement. I understand that they should not be there without a specific license which the publican has not obtained.
Thank you for your help.
I have lived here for nearly 14 years and yes there has always been some noise as you would expect. I did not complain about any of this until the noise level increased considerably last year and even more this year. I telephoned the pub at 00:45 last Saturday night \ Sunday morning and to be fair they did make an effort to reduce the noise then.
For those who have offered advice:-
I have spoken with the local council today and they will be visiting the pub to check on the sound level and to check on the chairs & tables on the pavement. I understand that they should not be there without a specific license which the publican has not obtained.
Thank you for your help.
At one time I lived next to a pub when they moved their juke box to the commomn wall and the noise infested the house . This was at a time before the change in licencing laws and the noise could carry on till almost midnight . I had a quiet word with my local bobby and he put me in contact wirth the officer dealing with licence applications . In short ,he made a visit one night and read the riot act.Juke box was moved . Then there's environmental health ( noise section), who'll want a record kept . Might be worth keeping some recording of level of noise, although the only one that counts is the official noise recording equipt used by council .
I bought a house next door to a library and I'm absolutely furious because it's too quiet!!!
I'm going to complain to the council!!!
I had to move there because before that I lived near a park that had too many blades of grass and the council continually refused to change it!!!
What is the world coming to???!!!
I'm going to complain to the council!!!
I had to move there because before that I lived near a park that had too many blades of grass and the council continually refused to change it!!!
What is the world coming to???!!!
Monty Zoomer said:
I bought a house next door to a library and I'm absolutely furious because it's too quiet!!!
I'm going to complain to the council!!!
I had to move there because before that I lived near a park that had too many blades of grass and the council continually refused to change it!!!
What is the world coming to???!!!
I'm going to complain to the council!!!
I had to move there because before that I lived near a park that had too many blades of grass and the council continually refused to change it!!!
What is the world coming to???!!!
Could it be that there's no more noise than there has ever been, instead the OP is just getting older?Monty Zoomer said:
I bought a house next door to a library and I'm absolutely furious because it's too quiet!!!
I'm going to complain to the council!!!
I had to move there because before that I lived near a park that had too many blades of grass and the council continually refused to change it!!!
What is the world coming to???!!!
I'm going to complain to the council!!!
I had to move there because before that I lived near a park that had too many blades of grass and the council continually refused to change it!!!
What is the world coming to???!!!
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Monty Zoomer said:
I bought a house next door to a library and I'm absolutely furious because it's too quiet!!!
I'm going to complain to the council!!!
I had to move there because before that I lived near a park that had too many blades of grass and the council continually refused to change it!!!
What is the world coming to???!!!
I knew somebody who bought a house next to a tea rooms whch changed to an Indian restaurant. OK in your book?I'm going to complain to the council!!!
I had to move there because before that I lived near a park that had too many blades of grass and the council continually refused to change it!!!
What is the world coming to???!!!
y2keable said:
Could it be that there's no more noise than there has ever been, instead the OP is just getting older?one if our flats is opposite a busy pub off brick lane, you can imagine in the summer it's very popular
our neighbour moved in, realised she was next to a street party and together with my crazy neighbour started a mission to reduce the noise with the councils help.
now very much restrained.
if you really care, go the council route and you'll get results
our neighbour moved in, realised she was next to a street party and together with my crazy neighbour started a mission to reduce the noise with the councils help.
now very much restrained.
if you really care, go the council route and you'll get results
Well, I sympathise with the OP.
Pubs have changed a lot over the years (for the worse IMO) There was a time when you could go for a quiet drink, the local old boys would be in there playing dominoes. Nowadays, you have to shout to be heard in them.
I went into a pub a few months ago, which I hadn't been in for a while. Walked in the door to the sound of the 2 barmaids singing bloody karaoke at the top of their voices. I turned round and walked straight out again.
...and yes, I am turning into an old fart
Pubs have changed a lot over the years (for the worse IMO) There was a time when you could go for a quiet drink, the local old boys would be in there playing dominoes. Nowadays, you have to shout to be heard in them.
I went into a pub a few months ago, which I hadn't been in for a while. Walked in the door to the sound of the 2 barmaids singing bloody karaoke at the top of their voices. I turned round and walked straight out again.
...and yes, I am turning into an old fart
bad company said:
Monty Zoomer said:
I bought a house next door to a library and I'm absolutely furious because it's too quiet!!!
I'm going to complain to the council!!!
I had to move there because before that I lived near a park that had too many blades of grass and the council continually refused to change it!!!
What is the world coming to???!!!
I knew somebody who bought a house next to a tea rooms whch changed to an Indian restaurant. OK in your book?I'm going to complain to the council!!!
I had to move there because before that I lived near a park that had too many blades of grass and the council continually refused to change it!!!
What is the world coming to???!!!
Too many chiefs and not enough Indians
Just watching the Route Masters on BBC 2 and see the attitude of the cyclists who go through red lights because they think it is more convenient.
The BiB who are handing out the £30 fine seem very restrained, even with the guy who admitted that he had received "fines before".
They ought to be handing out organ donor cards as well as fines - to bring the point home.
Russ
The BiB who are handing out the £30 fine seem very restrained, even with the guy who admitted that he had received "fines before".
They ought to be handing out organ donor cards as well as fines - to bring the point home.
Russ
MrPicky said:
Just watching the Route Masters on BBC 2 and see the attitude of the cyclists who go through red lights because they think it is more convenient.
The BiB who are handing out the £30 fine seem very restrained, even with the guy who admitted that he had received "fines before".
They ought to be handing out organ donor cards as well as fines - to bring the point home.
Russ
wrong thread?The BiB who are handing out the £30 fine seem very restrained, even with the guy who admitted that he had received "fines before".
They ought to be handing out organ donor cards as well as fines - to bring the point home.
Russ
We bought a house over the road from a pub.
It was fine (some noise, sure, but reasonable) until the tenant landlord changed - a young couple took over and started treating it like a 24 hour party place... leading to my wife being told to "f
k off and call the police if you don't like it" by the drunk landlord at about 2:30am.
We didn't, wife had a word with his Mother-in-Law instead (who was around helping them set up) and things improved somewhat
We like living next to a good business far more than next to a boarded up wreck, but as well as people choosing to live near a pub having to accept that they may be disturbed by noise at times, people who choose a run a pub in a residential area have to accept that they may have to limit the times and levels of that noise... ie, everyone needs to be reasonable about it.
It was fine (some noise, sure, but reasonable) until the tenant landlord changed - a young couple took over and started treating it like a 24 hour party place... leading to my wife being told to "f
k off and call the police if you don't like it" by the drunk landlord at about 2:30am.We didn't, wife had a word with his Mother-in-Law instead (who was around helping them set up) and things improved somewhat
We like living next to a good business far more than next to a boarded up wreck, but as well as people choosing to live near a pub having to accept that they may be disturbed by noise at times, people who choose a run a pub in a residential area have to accept that they may have to limit the times and levels of that noise... ie, everyone needs to be reasonable about it.
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