Hillingdon London Borough Council has fined a construction company £5,000 after it caught builders carrying out noisy works outside permitted hours.
Westway Construction Ltd, of Boston Road, Hanwell, was prosecuted following reports of noisy and heavy-duty building works at a site on Newport Road, Hayes.
The case was heard at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 12 September, where the company faced a charge of failing to comply with the requirements of a Control of Pollution Act notice.
The magistrates reached their decision at the hearing in the absence of any representatives from Westway Construction.
Drilling and banging on Sunday morning
The court was told the notice was issued on 1 November 2022, following complaints about noise nuisance from the site.
The notice required that work at the site could only take place between 8am and 6pm, Monday to Friday, and from 8am to 1pm on Saturdays and that no work could take place on Sundays or bank holidays.
Following further reports of noise, the council’s anti-social behaviour officers visited the site at around 9am on Sunday 19 February, and witnessed drilling and banging, with builders seen working on the upper floors. This was in clear breach of the notice served, the court heard.
Westway Construction Ltd was also ordered to pay the council’s costs of £521.44.
