environmental.health
@thanet.gov.uk 

Phone:

01843 577580

Fax:

01843 290906

Noisy Parties

We all like a party from time to time, and enjoy listening to music. Where this is only very occasional and the music is controlled, most people will be tolerant.

If you intend to hold a party, please consider the following advice:

• Inform your neighbours and let them know when you plan to finish.
• Arrange the music so that it only entertains your guests - not the whole neighbourhood!
• Come indoors, close all windows and doors, and turn the volume down after 11pm .
• After 11pm check that it is no longer audible outside your home.
• Ask your guests to leave quietly (put a notice on the door).

An advice leaflet is available providing information on the Do's and Donts of noise.

It is quite a different matter if the parties become too frequent and the music is played too loud, or late into the night.

If you are regularly disturbed by parties from the same address, then please contact a member of Environmental Health by filling in our request for service form and returning it to us, or by telephone on 01843 577580.

You will need to provide details and information about the party, including:

• when and where it was
• how it disturbed you
• how long it went on.

Those responsible will then be contacted and advised that they are causing a noise disturbance to neighbours, and what may happen if they continue to have noisy parties.

Environmental Health may serve an abatement notice and take legal action if the noisy parties continue.