Langdale area wildfire
You can find the latest information about the wildfire in the Langdale area near Scarborough and Whitby on our Langdale area wildfire page.
North Yorkshire Council has a duty to investigate noise complaints made by residents and businesses. Find out more about how to make a noise complaint.
We will investigate complaints of noise nuisance related to:
We can't investigate:
You can contact North Yorkshire Police about disturbances in the street due to anti-social behaviour.
You should complain about aircraft noise direct to the relevant airport or complain about aircraft noise to the Civil Aviation Authority.
We can't investigate traffic noise as it is exempt from statutory nuisance and there aren't noise limits on roads. Find out more about traffic noise on the Gov.uk website.
There is a code of practice for ice-cream vans which provides guidance on minimising the noise from ice cream van chimes, the main points of which are:
Do not sound chimes:
More information is available on the Gov.uk website here.
Contact us to report a noise problem.