Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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DDC Press Release***********
NOISE ACTION WEEK
As part of our ongoing commitment to support communities and address quality of life issues across the area, Dover District Council's Environmental Health team is helping to promote national Noise Action Week.
Noise Action Week runs from 19-23 May and is a national initiative to raise awareness of noise issues and promote practical solutions. DDC's Environmental Health team is helping to promote the message with work around and following the week, including distributing leaflets and posters across the district, and providing information at DDC offices in Whitfield. The team is also arranging talks for local schools following the week, and is holding a series of meetings with Housing Associations and Tenants' Groups, focussing on noise issues and how these can be resolved by working together.
For advice on noise issues, whether on how to reduce your noise levels, or to complain about the noise someone else is making, please call (01304) 872428 or log onto
www.dover.gov.uk/environmental-health/noise.asp#2
Oh yes....it only took weeks (months) to get exactly nowhere with DDC with the noise and misery each weekend from neighbours partying drunkenly. The hoops one has to leap through to get anywhere at all is enough to put people off using DDC Environmental Health Team. I need to add that, without fail, the team who came out to us were charming, courteous and helpful - as with everything, it was the red-tape brigade who were the obstacle. And what about the Post Office club when it was open? Misery for many people every Saturday in the surrounding area and what was done? It took many many months for anything to happen.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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This is a problem that affects a lot of people, in fact some peoples lives are completely blighted by noisy neighbours, loud music, noisy traffic, barking dogs, and so on. It is always very difficult to know what to do about it. Hopefully now some help is at hand as the council clearly are intent at coming to grips with the problems where possible, or at the very least offer help and advice.
Fortunately in my case I am not too troubled by noise...with the exception of car alarms night and day in the summer months, as Im surrounded by carparks. But on the grand scale of things though Im far from the worst case scenario, but as I say some people are blighted by noise pollution and they have every sympathy. lets hope some help is at hand.
Guest 650- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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One of the things that gets me down at the moment is traffic noise. In our High Street (it's only a small town, smaller than Dover) we couldn't talk to a friend the other day, because of the traffic roaring through. That's despite speed bumps and a 20mph limit.
Recently we were over at Seasalter cemetery, visiting the grave of one of our World War casualties. The graveyard was beautiful, with a lovely church - but the roar of the trunk road about half a mile away removed all sense of calm and peace. It's a great shame.
Guest 654- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Paulb
Having studied/worked with/tried to help A FAMILY in the past, some posters will know who I mean,
It became very frustrating when nothing happened!!
Having had family completely change the face of a road, where the husband spends more time in prison than out, where the mother is not capable of bringingup the children(and had to many)
where the parents the few times they are together argue in the streets at 7am on a Sunday.
Kids either dont turn up for school at all, or turn up at 0950 thus affecting the schools figures through no fault of the school.
I recall sitting around a table with Cllr Wakden and Munt where a number of politicians, agencies sat around a table and all i was hearing was the human rights of this disruptive family the same family that had caused havoc across Dover and where they lived, causing people to sell up and leave houses they had lived in for years.
oh yes cllr Watkins was also present.
All these agencies told me that this family needed help(dont get me wrong i will help anyone who needs help, but this family had help from many different areas)and when I tried to explain that the family disrupted the road and surrounding roads where they live, and caused problems such as teachers having to stay behind after school bevause the mother turned up late to collect them!!
And why should the whole community be disrupted for 1 family who have over a number of years been offered help, but refused, and continued to disrupt?
So wha 'm saying here is, this is probably a good move forward, but I'v been down this road before and seen a lack of action from anyone at the end of it, having encouraged locals to do statements, report issues, etc.
This is where agencies didn't work together in the interests of the wider community(and it hasn't changed)
So there is a glimmer of hope but in reality,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#7
keith
you know my views on that family and the misery that they have brought to ordinary families in that road.
sadly, your summary is 100% accurate.
if action is actually taken, then great.
experience says otherwise.
the folk that run our country(whatever their political colours) do not have to put up with this, so they cannot really
understand what it means to ordinary people.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#8
Keith is right and so is Howard - who ever is running the country will never appreciate the misery and frustration that noisy neighbours (and just pain in the back-side neighbours) can be. They may sympathise, but can never empathise.
Several people have contacted me over recent years about their neighbours and in easy cases (which are the majority) things are resolved; the process is so long-winded that data collected, is only valid for six months so they (the victims) have to start all over again - and again and again; eventually most give up and move away - if they can.
Roger
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".