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Response times

The environmental protection team prioritises all complaints it receives to ensure that the most urgent complaints are dealt with first.

Please see below for expected maximum response times. After reporting your complaint, please gather as much evidence as possible as to the extent that the issues are affecting you by completing the diary sheets at the bottom of this page.

Alternatively, if you would like a copy to be sent to you by post, please email environmentalprotection@salford.gov.uk.

A minimum of two weeks information will be required.

Type of nuisance

Maximum response time

Are nuisance record sheets needed?

Noise nuisances from commercial or industrial premises

2 days

Yes, if the noise is intermittent

Smoke from commercial, industrial or domestic premises

2 days

Yes, if the noise is intermittent

Other nuisances from commercial, industrial premises

2 days

Yes, if the noise is intermittent

Above ground toilet drainage

2 days

No

Water disconnections

2 days

No

Waste chemicals on land

2 days

No

Noise from intruder alarms

2 days

No, unless it is intermittent

Domestic generated noise nuisance (see exceptions below)

7 days

Yes

Barking dogs, noise from other animals, PA systems, calls to worship

8 weeks

Yes

Other domestic nuisances

7 days

Yes

Surface drainage (not foul)

7 days

No

DIY noise

The team will not investigate DIY noise from domestic premises unless it has been:

  • Ongoing for four weeks or more, and

  • Undertaken between the hours of 9pm and 8am

For advice about our procedures and the legislation we use please see our frequently asked questions page

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