A man from Whitchurch was fined £135 for breaching a Noise Abatement Notice under Section 80 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 after a series of problems with noisy ducks.
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Christopher Hunt of Court Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff was fined £135 and ordered to pay costs of £120 as well as a victim surcharge of £15 following a year-long dispute with neighbours culminating in several complaints.
The case originally came to the attention of the Noise Pollution team in August 2011 and officers were assured by Mr Hunt that the ducks would be removed. However, following more complaints and a number of monitoring exercises to assess the situation, the Council was left with little option but to seek prosecution of the ducks’ owner.
Chair of Cardiff Council’s Public Protection Committee, Cllr Derrick Morgan, said: “It is important that all residents are able to enjoy their home life without the intrusion of nuisance noise. This prosecution shows that the Council will act and seek prosecution where people’s lives are being made a misery by inconsiderate neighbours.”
“We have many ongoing cases involving nuisance noise and the obvious advice is take notice of the original complaints and act accordingly. What is acceptable to one resident does not mean it is acceptable to the majority. We have a duty to prosecute but would rather work with the resident to resolve the nuisance before doing so.”
