#noise-complaints

#noise-complaints

Developers building near music venues will be required to soundproof their buildings under planned changes to licensing rules, aimed at reducing noise complaints.

Residents near Naroon restaurant reported continued noise disruptions from staff shouting, kitchen sounds, and outdoor dining, prompting a council review of the restaurant's license.

Lenny Watson, co-founder of Sister Midnight, expressed concern that the current designs pose a serious risk to the future operation of The Brookdale Club.

A Hampshire man has lost his appeal against a conviction for allowing his cockerel to disturb his neighbours, despite his defense arguing the bird merely 'croaks'.

Street musicians have long provided the soundtrack for Leicester Square, but a recent ban has silenced their performances amid noise complaints from local businesses.

"Helicopter commuter and private charter services are steadily transforming the whirlybird from a plaything of the ultrawealthy to an on-demand rideshare for anyone with access to a company card or willing to blow a few hundred dollars on an Instagrammable experience."

John James warned that growing pressure on Soho's pubs and clubs to host more quiet nights threatens to kill an international city, leaving London lagging behind rivals Paris, New York and Milan.

In 2024, New Yorkers called in a total of 753,222 noise complaints, with Bronx Community District 12 accounting for nearly 10% of them.

With more noise complaints than ever, beloved local venues are frequently finding themselves at the mercy of councils' licence hearings... a great pub in Clerkenwell, the Sekforde, called on Londoners to help keep it open after noise complaints.