Dog Outbuilding in neighbour's garden - allowed by Taylor Wimpey

CWSmith

What about other residents? Surely it must as much of a nuisance to whoever is living the other side of the "doghouse", and even the neighbours on the other side of you must be hearing it.

Could you not get together and speak to the council?

Foxy-Stoat_3

As said, keep a diary and send complaint letters to the council every week with copies of the weekly diary.

They will send a letter to the occupier and if the noise still persists they can take action, issue fines etc etc.

Also, how far is the shed away from the fence and who is your local council?

Good luck.

moneyistooshorttomention

Try buying an ultrasonic dog bark stopper. A good one is "Barkstopper". If a dog/dogs are barking persistently "push the button" each time they do. You probably will only need to push it a couple of times. It will work with a lot of dogs.

geri1965_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's a generational thing ... years ago everybody kept their dogs outside in kennels. If I had one it'd be out there too....

How long ago? My parents didn't keep their dog outside 48 years ago.

PasturesNew

geri1965 wrote: »

How long ago? My parents didn't keep their dog outside 48 years ago.

Well, it's a creeping change in society .... my grandparents kept their dog outside 40 years ago.

It won't have happened overnight.

warehouse

Forget the doghouse, the main issue that can be dealt with is the issue of noise. As has already been said, start logging every incident and call the council as soon as you can. If the dogs are having a negative impact on your lives then the council WILL do something about it.

To keep working dogs outside in a small newbuild garden is plain wrong as it simply causes massive disturbance for everyone else. There are some bl**dy stupid people out there.

barbiedoll

One of my near neighbours runs a dog kennel "holiday" business, she cares for dogs whilst their owners are on holiday. She has had a loft extension built to house the dog cages and her small garden has artificial turf laid down.

My next-door neighbour had an issue with the dogs being in the garden and barking a lot. She had trouble with hoardes of flies being in the garden after the dogs had used it as a toilet. The kennel owner would also take the dogs out in her car for a walk, several times a day, and very early in the morning and the dogs would all bark before being loaded in the car.

My next-door neighbour complained to the council and they were down on the kennel owner like a ton of hot bricks. She was warned that the dogs were perceived to be a nuisiance and she had to ensure that they did not disturb her neighbours. She now loads the dogs into her car one at a time and they are rarely out the garden together, again, she lets one or two out at a time.

Definitely try the Environmental Health/noise abatement team at the council. And do get statements from other neighbours too, this will help your case.

Davesnave

TWE10 wrote: »

We have spoken to the owners and the dogs are 'gun dogs' used for hunting during the winter.....the fact that the noise it at its worst when they are not in does not help either.

Springer spaniels are among the worst for barking, though some terriers are able to keep going even longer without let up.

I know, because I have both caged nearby. They sometimes kick-off in their shed at the end of my land, when they can go for 5 hours at a stretch, always when their owners are out, although one or the other is usually at home these days.

The other fortunate thing is they're well over 200m away from our house. However, if the wind is right, they can be heard clearly in the centre of the village, more than half a mile away, so there's no doubt about the decibel level.

Being next door must be horrendous.

Mallotum_X

Is the estate all sold now, if it is TW won't do anything as they have nothing to gain and risk bad publicity.

If it's within planning, then your only real chance is the noise, and do it with the council. But you will end up falling out with your neighbours which could cause all sorts of problems down the line.

Before you got on to solicitors, council etc have you spoken to the neighbours about the noise?

With this you need too pick the battle you can win, it's unlikely the shed will be going so work on the noise, and plant something to help hide it from over the fence.

moneyistooshorttomention

Davesnave wrote: »

I know, because I have both caged nearby. They sometimes kick-off in their shed at the end of my land, when they can go for 5 hours at a stretch, always when their owners are out, although one or the other is usually at home these days.

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Your comment re "always when their owners are out" does seem to confirm rather a comment from a dog-owner I know here that keeps her in the normal way (as far as I am concerned) - ie indoors. She said that dogs usually bark because they are bored and unhappy (ie neglected) and told me to blame the owners and not the dogs for their barking.

On a different tack, I'd never thought for one minute its a generation thing to keep dogs outdoors. My parents certainly never kept their dogs outdoors. They stayed indoors and were taken outside when it was time for their walks. I tend to think its something that happens in some areas of the country and not in others. I don't think I'd even come across dogs kept outdoors until I moved here.