I posted a thread on here before Covid about the excessive noise at the church directly opposite my house.
There were varied opinions but I had quite a lot of sympathy as it was a 7th Day Adventist service on a Saturday with amplified preaching, a full day of services and about 80-100 people hanging around in the street from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm every Saturday of the year. The preaching was loud enough to be heard inside my house even with the windows shut - yet alone the music.
Just to update - we had a Council meeting and it was attended by the Methodist Church (who were renting the Church to the 7DA on Saturdays) and the Council but not the 7DA.
We agreed a way forward and they put signs up about being respectful to neighbours etc but nothing really changed.
We were just getting ready to engage the Council again when Covid hit and the Church was closed.
When it re-opened last year things went from bad to worse and we were faced with all the same issues again.
I emailed the Council and found an email address for the Church Secretary and emailed the Council for advice and copied in the Church Secretary. (I also copied in the main Methodist Minister for the area - who had been at the initial meeting)
Was expecting a long road of noise diaries etc and probably no response from the Council but I got a response from both - the most surprising one was from the Church Secretary - who said that she had had no idea that there were ongoing complaints still and that nobody had told her.
It seems that we were talking to the person who opened the Church doors etc and to the people at the 7DA but nobody was actually passing this on!
Long story short - the 7DA Lease has ended and the Methodist Church is not renewing it.
They are having a coffee and cake morning for the "neighbours" - there's only 3 of us - to formally apologise for the last 11 years!
I often see my thread mentioned so wanted to update - and also to give some encouragement to anybody going through the same thing.