Noise levels within a property

[sausageface]

Hello! I'm not sure this is quite the right place to ask so apologies if it's wrong!

Can anyone at all help offer what the legal stance is on how much noise you're allowed to make within your own home during social hours? Google is being fairly vague (is this because there's no set guideline?) and before I start to complain officially I want to ensure I have our facts straight.

The complaint is actually against the level of noise we make within our flat- made aware by the aggression coming from our neighbour towards us! The tv and speaker is not on their wall, it's on the opposite side (where we have no complaints from). The most recent aggression from them called for me to download a decibel meter on my phone to check I wasn't being unreasonable, and it read at 63.1, with google telling me that average talking volume is 60, leading me to consider this perfectly acceptable for 7pm when I've just returned from work. There was no raised voice or struggle to hear the conversation between myself and my partner.

Any help/guidance on this would be really beneficial. I intend to call the local council on Monday to get their stance but it's causing me so much anxiety that any opinion would be greatly welcomed!

It comes under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and the bit you need is Sec 79, Statutory Nuisance. Something can be a Statutory Nuisance if it would be unreasonable to the average person. Normal living noises cannot be a Statutory Nuisance unless the behaviour is unreasonable. So if you can hear your neighbour going up and down the stairs, not a nuisance unless they are deliberately doing it unreasonably loudly. Stat Nuisance determined on how often, how loud, how long it goes on for etc.

Thanks so much for your reply. I'll do some reading up on section 79 and go from there!

I think social house may be up to 11pm but not sure

Ignore last comment. I think this applies to fireworks!