Neighbour running business from his home and causing problems

CATS

Hello All,

I hope you can help me with this issue.

A while back a Polish couple moved to the street where I live. The street is a residential street with only residential private houses, where mainly families with children live. It looks like the man is running a business out of his property, which I think is rented. This in itself is not a problem. However his business seems to be about delivering fresh produce. Since he started this, we have large vans parking outside our windows slamming doors, very loudly whilst they unpack the fruit/veg, after these vans leave you then have the guy loading these onto his vans, once again slamming doors, talking loudly, laughing etc. This would not be a problem if it was 6:30 - 7am. The problem is this takes place from 5 in the morning at times even earlier. Like I said, this is not a business street /high street, this is a quiet residential road and he wakes up everyone. We all work and have children that go to school and the noise is affecting our sleep.

What I need to find out is does he need a permit from the council to be able to run this sort of business and is the council likely to give him a permit to work this way on a residential road?

Also how do I find out who the landlord is so I can write to them about it. I have tried talking to him but he just ignores me and walks away, it will reach a point where I will have to contact someone about it.

Thank you

david69_2

I'd contact the council and see what they say

PlutoinCapricorn

I am really sorry to hear this. Many over conscientious people on MSE worry about doing work at home, even when it is just online; people who cause a nuisance are brazen on the other hand and don't care about the rules and regulations.

If is is a rented property, it is likely that he is breaking the terms of his agreement. If he is storing a lot of stock, the local council might be interested.

Citizens' Advice and other posters might be able to help more.

SailorSam

This maybe an interesting read.

http://www.ruralurbanplanning.co.uk/Working%20from%20Home%20-%20Quick%20Guide%20to%20Planning%20Issues.pdf

Mistral001

You need to approach the neighbours first as it is they who are wakening you up in the morning with their banging of car doors etc. If there is a language problem then ask if one of them speaks english.

BigAunty

If the property is in Scotland, landlords are obliged to register the property on the national landlord registration scheme but this doesn't run in England/Wales.

If the landlord bought it as a buy to let property, then you might be able to find their address by paying a couple of quid to download the owner details on the land registry website. However, if the landlord originally bought it as a residential owner occupied property, the address will simply lead back to the actual property, or if it is a buy to let property and the landlord has moved after taking out the mortgage, again you'll have an obsolete address.