spkennyuk
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There was a pub called the Cooperage on Newcastle Quayside that had been there in some form since the 15th century which was a great live music venue. They built some flats next door and the residents complained about the noise and now it's shut and in danger of falling down. There ought to be some law that prevents people complaining about a nuisance which already exists when they buy somewhere.
Ive had similar issues in the past with conversion of a property to a house adjacent to a pub which resulted in a curfew on the music licence.
However the worst example by far in the current covid climate is a noise complaint while pubs were only able to operate outside service only.
The complaint was that the noise was recorded outside at 52 to 55 decibels. At around 10 feet away in there garden. To put that in context 52 decibels is normal conversation level and the noise from customers talking was before 10pm at night.
Absolute joke but i still have to deal with the complaint / council / licensing as a result.
Kids are screaming on the local park louder than that which is around 50 feet away and that is fine.
The biggest problem is that if somebody wants to complain it will be classed as nusiance noise if it is 10 decibels above tha ambient background noise. That way they dont have to put a decibel limit in place that businesses can work within.