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Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
Follow these steps if you have a dispute with your neighbour. This guide…
Before making a formal complaint or getting others involved, try to…
If your neighbour is a tenant, you can complain to their landlord. This…
If you cannot resolve the dispute by speaking to your neighbour, you can…
You can ask your local council for help if the neighbour dispute involves…
You must try to settle a dispute about a high hedge informally before the…
You should call the police if your neighbour: is violent, threatening or…
If all else fails, you can take legal action against a neighbour. Taking…
Information about how we manage unacceptable customer behaviour consistently and fairly.
Includes how to report antisocial behaviour, like nuisance noise, vandalism or abandoned vehicles, reporting antisocial behaviour anonymously, getting support.
Antisocial behaviour is behaviour that causes harassment, alarm or…
Report antisocial behaviour to the police if you feel threatened or you…
Go to your council website to report: a noise nuisance – including loud…
If there’s antisocial behaviour in your building, how you report it…
You’re likely to be asked to give more details when reporting antisocial…
You can get support to deal with antisocial behaviour from: ASB Help…
Find out about how we manage unacceptable behaviour consistently and fairly.
Find out about terrorist threat levels, national measures against terrorism and how to report suspect activity
Find out what unacceptable or unreasonable actions are and how we approach them.
Bullying at school and the law - what your school and the police must do about bullying and how you should report it
Information on our respectful behaviour policy.
Section (70C.01-70C.04) last published: September 2017.
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