Noise, neighbours, pets and pests
Resolving neighbour disputes
Overview
Follow these steps if you have a dispute with your neighbour.
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).
- Try to solve the problem informally by talking to them.
- If your neighbour is a tenant, you could contact their landlord.
- You could use a mediation serviceif raising the issue informally does not work.
- If the dispute involves a statutory nuisance (something like loud music or barking dogs), you can make a complaint to your local council.
- Contact the policeif your neighbour is breaking the law by being violent or harassing you.
- As a last resort you can take legal action through the courts.