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Statistics show numbers of noisy North neighbours

Jul 5 2009 by Dan Warburton, Sunday Sun

Told to leave

NIGHTMARE neighbour Tara Campbell, right, fled her Tyneside home after being booted out by a judge.

The mum-of-three made life hell for her neighbours with loud love-making sessions, pounding music and verbal abuse.

Ms Campbell was given her marching orders after North Tyneside Council received nearly 300 complaints from fed-up residents in Redesdale Road, Balkwell, North Shields.

Trouble started not long after Ms Campbell moved in to the redbrick semi in July 2000.

But at a Newcastle County Court hearing Judge Peter Bullock upheld 187 of the neighbours’ complaints and told Ms Campbell she had six weeks to get out.

Mandate

UNDER the Environmental Protection Act, local authorities are mandated to take all reasonable and practical steps to investigate complaints regarding noise that may be prejudicial to health or a nuisance.

Residents who fail to comply with a noise abatement notice issued by a council are liable to a fine of up to £5000 upon summary conviction and a further fine of up to £500 for each day the offence continues after the conviction.

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