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Brighton & Hove Independent Mediation Service offers neighbourhood mediation on issues such as anti-social behaviour, harassment, boundary and property disputes.
What you can do about noise and nuisance
Find letter templates to help you resolve noise or nuisance complaints informally, advice on legal action and contact details for mediation services.
Noise and nuisance letter templates
Before contacting our team, you may want to use some of the letter templates below to resolve the problem informally.
It could help open a conversation with your neighbour and see if you can resolve the issue without legal action.
Domestic noise letter templates
You can adapt these letters to cover a range of noise complaints. This could include loud music or alarms, to noise from washing machines.
Find domestic noise letter templates which cover:
- initial letter to a noisy neighbour
- follow up letter to a noisy neighbour
- notification letter to let a noisy neighbour know you plan to take your own legal action
- initial letter to a nuisance neighbour
Commercial noise letter templates
Find commercial noise letter templates which cover:
- letter to a local business about noise
- letter to a site manager about construction noise
- letter to a licensed premises, like a restaurant, pub or club
- notification letter to let a business know you plan to take your own legal action
If you don't know it, you can find the registered address of a company on GOV.UK.
Next steps
Use mediation services
Mediation between you and your neighbour could help ease the situation. Especially if there isn’t a simple legal solution. Find out more about mediation.
Legal action
If this doesn't work, you can take your own legal action. Find guidance on how to take your own legal action against a nuisance.
What to do if someone is feeding wild birds
We receive many complaints about people feeding birds, but there’s no law against it. This means we cannot help with this type of complaint.
You may want to speak to your neighbour about the issues you are experiencing. You can use this bird feeding template letter.
If there’s a build up of bird droppings, we may be able to help. Find out more about rubbish and drainage issues on private land.