By TCafferky(LCC) at 15:44 on 21/02/11.

In most cases anonymous complaints can be investigated, however if you choose to remain anonymous it will limit the powers that the noise team can take to help you. Assessments for noise nuisance have to be made by the team from inside the complainants premises. What's more, any anonymous complaints received by the noise team will usually get a lower priority, particularly during periods of high demand on the out of hours noise service. Finally, all the complainants details are treated as confidental and no information is passed to the perpertrator. However, if formal action is taken and a prosecution becomes necessary then enforcement officers will often request a witness statement from the complainant as supporting evidence. This evidence is often viewed as essential in any court proceeding. Apologies for the delayed response.

By mark at 18:25 on 23/11/10.

While obviously the council need to be able to officially confirm a noise nuisance exists in order to take any legal action - I agree that sometimes it does feel that people need to expose themselves more than they should have to - i.e. if a nightclubs noise can be heard on the street then why should a resident have to give their name and address in order to get that sorted out? Whether the potential for threats is really there or not, the fact is some people do worry about that and it can be barrier to them reporting things. As an aside to Jsmith though, there are some decent contacts in the Get help here section to your left, including one for a night time noise team. They do say that your details won't be given to anyone else.