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Ordsall has been named as the most raucous ward in Salford after data shows the area had the most noise complaints each year since 2019. Last year the Ordsall ward saw 136 noise complaints, 115 in 2020 and 80 in 2019.

Salford City Council believe that more people working from home could be a reason for more noise complaints being reported to them. Since 2019 the number of complaints has risen each year, with 902 reported in 2019, 1234 in 2020 and 1401 in 2021.

The information was provided following a Freedom of Information request made by the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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More people working from home has been cited as the reason for the increase in complaints as people are more likely to notice the nuisance. The Covid pandemic also led to everyone being housebound for a large portion of 2020.

A spokesperson for Salford City Council said: “Noise complaints may have increased over the last two years as more people have been working from home. The council has legal powers under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to investigate excessive or unreasonable noise from residential, commercial or industrial premises such as machinery, loud music from pubs and clubs or barking dogs.

“We advise people, if they can, to speak to the person or business causing the problem as they may be unaware of the impact.

"If that doesn’t work, then we would ask people to download our diary sheets and record the date, time and nature of the noise over a full 14 days. These diary sheets are crucial to our understanding of the situation and decisions on whether further action is required. If the matter goes to court, they would be used as