Any noise from a vehicle, not parked on the public highway, can be dealt with by the environmental protection unit (EPU). This includes noise caused by it or by car repairs, car radios, car alarms and parked refrigerator vehicles. Noise from alarms and noisy stereos from vehicles on the public highway can be dealt with by EPU if you can provide car registration and other information. Please contact EPU for further information or to report a noise nuisance.

Noise from traffic and badly maintained vehicles that are on the public highway are the responsibility of the police. Call 101 to contact the police.

You can help prevent noise nuisance from your vehicle alarm by:

• Installing the alarm in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions
• Servicing the alarm regularly
• Adjusting the sensitivity appropriately
• Ensuring that the sunroof and windows are closed when the alarm is activated
• Ensuring that, where possible, the alarm's cut-out device limits the time that the alarm sounds and prevents it from repeatedly re-triggering
• Ensuring the DVLA has up to date registered keeper information that may enable the person responsible for the vehicle to be contacted before formal action is considered necessary.