Complaints rise as lockdown lull fades ... UoB students defy warning ... community liaison

May 30, 2020

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Andrew Waller

SUMMARY

Noise complaints are rising again after a two-month hiatus. An emergency-services worker says he and his key-worker partner are suffering the effects of repeated disturbance from student houses in Hampton Road and Aberdeen Road.

■ Residents say students who left the city when lockdown began have in some cases returned to their rented houses and are socialising in breach of restrictions. This appears to defy a public warning to UoB students in March, threatening fines of up to £800 for failure to follow social-distancing rules.  Read more ...

■ I have urged the University of Bristol to rethink its decision to disband the Community Liaison Group. In a letter to Vice Chancellor Prof. Hugh Brady, I stated: “This decision and the way it has been conveyed appear to signal a retreat by the university from direct engagement with its nearest neighbours at a time when rapid expansion of student numbers calls for more communication, not less.” Read more ...

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Incidents

* Roslyn, 9 July: Recent incidents

* Melville, 9 July: 'Loud vomiting noises'

* Manor Park, 8 July: Summary complaint

* Ashgrove, 8 July: 'Woken by shouting'

* Warwick, 8 July: '3am request for quiet'

* Brighton, 6 July: 'Woken at 1am'

* Aberdeen, 4 July: 'Yet another party'

* Hampton, 6 July: 'Noise from 3 locations'

* Manor Park, 6 July: 'Five nights of noise'

* Hampton, 6 July: Garden party, cannabis

* Hampton Park, 6 July: Yelling on street

* Hampton, 6 July: Loud gathering

* Ashgrove, 5 July: Loud music at 1am

* Roslyn, 4 July: 'Party central'

* Roslyn, 3 July: Noise in street

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

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