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Increasing numbers of tenants, particularly students, are causing noise nuisance to their neighbours via loud music; slamming doors & shouting during the night on weekdays; holding houseparties with professional djs; playing musical instruments, stereo systems & playstations at high volumes and often making a lot of noise outside properties during the night. There appears to be virtually no funding for Environmental Health officers to deal with noise nuisance, and the police do not apparently have powers to act. Landlords are often reluctant to enforce the terms of tenancy agreements in case they lose their tenants and consequent rental income. Also, landlords do not usually have to suffer the nuisance themselves, and often do not take neighbours' complaints seriously. We believe that the government should take action to widen the scope of existing Environmental Health legislation to cover noise other than that caused by stereo equipment; should provide more funds for addressing the problem and, most importantly, should hold landlords legally-responsible for the nuisance caused by their tenants.

Current signatories

M J Moore, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Shaun Torpey
• Mark A Moore
• Sally Willcox
• Julia Webb
• Alison Phillips
• Bruce Reiske
• Bob & Sue Chambers
• Jennifer A Yuile
• dennis.j.a.picton.
• Gary hughes
• Jerry Gillen
• Darren Goode
• Maureen Preston
• Dawn Jones
• Lorraine Barter
• Mark Blades
• James Cox
• Marina Lewycka
• simon fidler
• Julie Burton
• John Burnard
• David Chapman
• Tony Cruickshank
• David Farrell
• Professor Russell Bowman
• Rosie Peddle
• Fiona McKinley
• Jack Moore
• Brian Cotton
• George Evans, Margaret Evans
• Julia Brooking
• Frederick Hodge
• Dennis
• James 'Bert' Bremner
• Mark Jones
• Carla Jones
• M J Banks
• Anna Holdom
• victor shears
• Anna Lawton
• Emily Hawkins
• Colin Hawkins
• Michael Farmer
• Brian & Cynthia Gooda
• Glenys Banks
• Phillip Simons
• Fiona youngwood
• ted colman
• Glenn Coates
• Angela Allen
• Alan McDermott
• Jonathan Speck
• Dan Oram
• Angus Munro
• Clare Kemsley
• C Davies
• roger mortimer
• Rebecca Wootton
• Bill Walton
• ALAN RICHARDS
• Karen Lane
• PAUL STRAKER
• Rachel Coon
• Chris Lewis
• John Metcalf
• Heidi Banks
• Stephenie Mudd
• David Young
• S Frost
• John Cousins
• Ben Drake
• Kristine Underdown
• A Greaney
• Lee Hallam
• Karen Boyle
• Ann Power
• Cecil Hetherington
• Colette Bernhardt
• Stewart Morris
• Kevan Smith
• robert trinci
• Mel Dickson
• CARL BRYNING
• Dr. Jeremy Bartlett
• Joanne Davies
• Donna Picton
• Catherine Tofts
• Rosy Maguire
• S Mitchell
• Elizabeth Lawson
• Tarty Knickers
• David Hills
• Claus Michelsen
• ian richardson
• James Parry
• Andy Bolstridge
• Jim Froud
• Darren
• Richard Hewitt
• Ann Williamson
• Marie Goudie
• Lesley North
• Arthur Neumann
• Simon Davis
• Kerry Ellen Darlow
• Andrew David Leitch
• R. Student's Adults? Is the stereotype founded?
• Bill Turnbull
• Brian Ward
• Theresa Clarke
• J O'Brien
• Derek Hill
• M.R.J. Fletcher
• Tony Bagnall
• Matt Hockley
• lord allen or borallan
• S Barber
• Philip Symonds
• david bird
• R Mack
• Anthony Sutton
• Vance Mcghee
• Christopher Winton
• Emma Pratt
• PETER HOWARD
• Bryan Lynch