FI16367
Request
For the years 2024/25, 2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22 and 2020/21 respectively:
How many noise complaints were received by your council?
What were the top ten most common noise complaints received each year – broken down into categories?
For example: dogs barking, construction noise, traffic noise etc:
For the years above please can you also please reveal how many “abatement notices" were served on the person or persons making the noise?
Response
The information you have sought is available on the Council’s website at https://www.dover.gov.uk/Environment/Environmental-Protection/Statutory-Nuisance/Nuisance-Stats-from-2018-to-current-date-V4.xlsx. Information about notices served is as follows:
|
Year
|
Commercial
|
Domestic
|
|
2020-21
|
1
|
1
|
|
2021-22
|
1
|
0
|
|
2022-23
|
0
|
1
|
|
2023-24
|
2
|
0
|
|
2024-25
|
1
|
1
|