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If your work is done on a one-off basis (ie. one site on a Sunday, B/H etc) then I guess you won't be there long enough for noise abatement officers to come and catch you! If you are making a racket every Sunday however then you might leave yourself open to prosecution.
Common sense is the key thing here I think.
However the norm for a built up area ie a housing estate is normally no work between the hrs of 6pm and 8am.
So get back and get the job. There will be plenty of people getting the lawn cut this afterNoon
The site I'm on, I visit 3 days per week, 1 week grass cutting, the 2nd week hedge/shrub/bush cutting, 3rd grass cutting etc etc. I always take into consideration what time I am using my tools and if I start early there is an area I can work on until about 8am when I move into the communal areas around the flats and houses.
I do realise it makes an awful racket (107 db!) and sometimes I'm working just a couple of feet from peoples windows. If it was a small job I would of got it done but I was going to be working for 7hours+ today which I think may have pushed people over the edge!
Either way i'll be back there tomorrow with double the workload!
Legally someone can ask the council's nuisance people to stop noise at any time of day or night. You should have just got on with it and not let them put you out in that way.
I phoned up my local council today and I was right to pack up my tools. Ground maintenance/Gardening comes under the same noise regulations as construction and building sites.
I think that if I was working on behalf of a private client in their garden then it would be a different matter but because I was working on behalf of the local housing group (on public ground) it is deemed that I had to abide by the laws set out by the council.
They did say that it would start off with a warning and then if it carried on then a fine would be issued and then court action etc etc.
So I just thought id let you all know what we are classed under in terms of noise regulations (sort of), enjoy your Tuesday night!