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Environment Home / Noise

Control of Noise

These regulations allow any person to make a complaint to the District Court  “where any noise is so loud, so continuous, so repeated, of such duration or pitch or occurring at such times as to give reasonable cause or annoyance to a person in any premises in the neighbourhood, or to a person lawfully using any public place”.

If you are being aggrieved by a noise nuisance (e.g. loud music in a neighbouring house at unsociable hours etc.), then you can have the matter referred for hearing by a judge in the District Court.

If pursuing a noise complaint in this manner contact the District Court Offices in Clonmel (see below*) and inform the district court clerk that you want to pursue a noise complaint under the EPA Noise Regulations 1994.

The District Court Offices in  South Tipperary are located at  Clonmel: District Court Office, Courthouse, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Tel +353 52 6129220 Fax +353 52 6121258 Email: ClonmelDC@Courts.ie

On being contacted by a complainant the District Court Offices will

1. Take the complaint details.
2. Arrange for the necessary paper work to be taken care of (there is a small fee charged of approx €7).
3. Inform both the complainant and the person or body making the noise, of the date, time and location of the court hearing.

On the appointed court date, the judge will hear both sides of the case, and decide on appropriate measures to be taken (impose court order etc.).

There is no requirement to be represented in Court by a solicitor.

Where the court finds in favour of the complainant it can order the person or body making the noise to reduce it to a specific level, to limit it e.g. to specified times, or to stop it altogether.

Pursuing a Noise Complaint
If you wish to make a complaint about noise or other nuisance to South Tipperary County Council  please click this link to access the web form

http://www.southtippcoco.ie/newenvironmenthome/en/environmentalcomplaints/form/enviroform/index.asp

Other Agencies
The EPA website has comprehensive information on Noise issues and how to deal with various noise related problems. See Section on Noise Nuisance in particular if intending to take a noise complaint to the District Court: EPA website.

The Department of the Environment has issued a self-explanatory leaflet entitled ‘A Guide to the Noise Regulations’ which outlines the steps to be taken where a person is experiencing nuisance caused by noise. Copies of this can be obtained from the Environment Section, South Tipperary County Council.

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