Noise complaints involving dogs (FOI)Noise complaints involving dogs (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
13 May 2025.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request 704822580
In the last 5 years, how many complaints of excessive dog noise have been received by the environment department? Please group the result by the action taken/resolution.
Response
59 complaints regarding barking dogs have been received by the Scheduled Public Authority (SPA) since December 2023.
2 cases are under active investigation and 57 have been resolved. Cases have all been managed without the need to exercise our formal powers or the Statutory Nuisance has not been established.
Information prior to December 2023 would require a manual search of our records to obtain this information.
It has been estimated that to provide the information requested would exceed the 12.5 hours allowed for Freedom of Information responses in accordance with Regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014. Article 16 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore been applied.
Article applied
Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive
(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.
gov.je