Comments ( 134 ) Unfortunately the Council is required legally to investigate and act on complaints of this nature and not to do so puts them at risk of being accused of maladministration which can invoke financial penalties. However, once again it appears that the complainants have decided to take the cowardly way of complaining to the Council rather than knocking on a door to try to resole their concern in a calm and amicable manner. As a parent you do get used to noise, you don't have a choice really! But as a previous non-parent I would not even sit next to a table with kids at a restuarant! Noisy kids who do not belong to you are annoying. Ask anyone. dogs barking most of the day, while the owners are out is more annoying. you hardley hear children playing out nowadays, with health and safety. let them play during the day. was the person who complained never a child. In the first instance, you have to take up and issue like this with the persons in question. There's no need to resort to reporting to the Council straight off the bat. However, living next door to a single mother and her odious brat, I do sympathise. What might be acceptable levels of noise to one person are not neccessarily acceptable to another. Particularly the sounds of screaming kids... There's a big difference between children playing and children running wild, the latter having a significant impact on any neighbour.