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Chris. Apart from my side-track about "Breach of The Peace", your post seems to confirm what I thought, what constitutes excessive noise can be a very subjective thing. It seems to be a bit of a "grey area" - and your post seems to confirm it is a civil matter. However, I do have a true story about this. My neighbour (who is a very nice chap) has a next door neighbour with mental health issues who likes to play very loud rock music at 3.00 am in the morning. As i say, because my neighbour is a placid person, he just bangs on the wall a bit and tells us all in the morning about next door's behaviour. not sure what the outcome would be if he did get the police, because the guy next door has well-documented mental health/alcohol issues