My call for review of council noise enforcement: Scrutiny chair asks officers to respond

Councillor Anthony Negus has asked council officers to respond to issues I raised about Bristol's noise-enforcement policies. (This artic...

Council loses first planning appeal under new HMO policy

A company seeking to build a 6-bed student HMO in Hampton Lane, at the rear of 85 Whiteladies Road, has won its appeal against Bristol Ci...

Operation Beech noise patrols attend 128 incidents in Term 1

Operation Beech, the police patrol paid for by University of Bristol, responded to 128 incidents, mostly noise related, in the first term...

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Recent Incidents

* Ashgrove, 6 Mar: 'Woken multiple times'

* Hampton, 6 Mar: Street rugby, 1:20am

* Clarendon, 3 Mar: Third complaint

* Abbotsford, 26 Feb: Second complaint

* Brighton, 27 Feb: 'Disturbed for 2nd night'

* Brighton, 26 Feb: 'Woken at 3-30am'

* High Kingsdown, 22-27 Feb: Street noise

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Articles

Council's weak response on legal 'duty to inspect' for noise

My call for review of council noise enforcement: Scrutiny chair asks officers to respond

Council loses first planning appeal under new HMO policy

Operation Beech noise patrols attend 128 incidents in Term 1

Councillors back call for deeper look at noise and waste enforcement issues

Council to debate HMO licensing, enforcement and planning consent. Submit your questions!

Sign petition to 'sound-proof' HMOs!

Hampton Lane HMO goes to appeal; another in Alma Road seeks approval

Cotham Vale HMO battle goes to Round 2

Cotham Hill resident sought help from Beech police on eight occasions

Charts by based on University of Bristol complaints figures for 2018-19.

Recent bulletins

Sign, Speak, Oppose (Nov 2020

More Beech ... (Nov 2020)

Beech Alert (Sep 2020)

HMO Alert (Sep 2020)

Bulletin 10 (Aug 2020)

Bulletin 9 (Jun 2020)

Bulletin 8 (Feb 2020)

The noise pages

My call for review of council noise enforcement: Scrutiny chair asks officers to respond

Council loses first planning appeal under new HMO policy

Operation Beech noise patrols attend 128 incidents in Term 1

Recent Incidents

* Ashgrove, 6 Mar: 'Woken multiple times'

* Hampton, 6 Mar: Street rugby, 1:20am

* Clarendon, 3 Mar: Third complaint

* Abbotsford, 26 Feb: Second complaint

* Brighton, 27 Feb: 'Disturbed for 2nd night'

* Brighton, 26 Feb: 'Woken at 3-30am'

* High Kingsdown, 22-27 Feb: Street noise

Articles

Council's weak response on legal 'duty to inspect' for noise

My call for review of council noise enforcement: Scrutiny chair asks officers to respond

Council loses first planning appeal under new HMO policy

Operation Beech noise patrols attend 128 incidents in Term 1

Councillors back call for deeper look at noise and waste enforcement issues

Council to debate HMO licensing, enforcement and planning consent. Submit your questions!

Sign petition to 'sound-proof' HMOs!

Hampton Lane HMO goes to appeal; another in Alma Road seeks approval

Cotham Vale HMO battle goes to Round 2

Cotham Hill resident sought help from Beech police on eight occasions

Sign, Speak, Oppose (Nov 2020

More Beech ... (Nov 2020)

Beech Alert (Sep 2020)

HMO Alert (Sep 2020)

Bulletin 10 (Aug 2020)

Bulletin 9 (Jun 2020)

Bulletin 8 (Feb 2020)