Wasn't there a court ruling last october that Lambeth that were failing in their response to noise complaints. Let's hope Lambeth finally listens to the valid noise complaints from its own residents, especially those who live in the centre of Brixton, who have had to cope with endless street noise, nuisance and ill health directly linked to sleeplessness. I can not understand why the late night entainment of tourists from all over London been allowed at the expence of the welfare of Lambeths own residents and electorate.
Why is it that venues need to have sound proofing and to close their doors and have patrons only inside at a certain hour for licencing? - whereas the streets are awash with drunk, noisy people and amplified buskers. I feel utterly excluded from Brixton night life now.
What Lambeth have done is merely to reinstate the noise nuisance team they cut. And you were right this was because resident had complained to Ombudsman that Lambeth was not fulfilling its statutory duties.
The resident who took this action had been plagued by noise from a neighbour.
I remember a while back taking this up with Cllr Donatus ( Coldharbour Ward ) at a local meeting. He didn't think the noise nuisance team needed reinstating.
But thing about the noise team is that they would come out and measure noise. Then see if it was above level of licence agreements or in case of neighbour disputes was a justified complaint. They had there own measuring equipment.
Donatus didn't seem to think this was necessary. The Council replacement , which he supported, meant no one came out to measure the noise so see if it was above a certain level. Also Council would only real with complaints next day if several people complained.
Without a measured reading of noise by Council official nothing in practise could be done. Which suited Council as it saved them officer time and money.
Council were not fulfilling the statutory duty we all pay for through Council tax to provide way to deal with noise issues.
Lambeth Council the un cooperative Council.
Some of the venues in Brixton take the piss. Donatus thought that Brixton BID could deal with noise/ disturbance issues of late night bars. Laughable as Brixton BID main players are those who rake it in on entertainment.
I have every sympathy with Sleepless in Brixton as ex resident of Central Brixton who has to dealt with these issues on behalf of residents in the past.
Council encouraged Brixton becoming entertainment centre rather than rounded shopping plus entertainment centre. They never have put in safeguards to protect residents. Brixton is what it is not just because of the market and bars but also because its a home to a lot of people. This gets forgotten.
