Dear Mr X,
Thank you very much for your complaint about the modified exhaust of a fiesta mk2. This is a common problem to many people living on housing estates. Unfortunately the modification is not something that the Council can enforce, this is a police matter. With regard to pollution this should be identified during the MOT and once again is something that we can not deal with in the Council. With regard to the noise, we do not deal with decibels as a noise limit. We deal with statutory nuisance, and how something "materially effects you in your own home", it also has to have severity, frequency and duration involved. The noise must pass from one property to another e.g. like the bass of loud music. Now with regard to your exhaust problem this is a very grey area of the law and can not be determined using statutory nuisance so no formal action can be taken by the Council. However if you provide us with the car registration, location of the vehicle and the address of the resident I am more than happy to report it to the Police and write them an informal letter explaining that they are disturbing their neighbours (you will remain anonymous) with their modified exhausts and that we have reported them to the DVLA and Police. This is all the action we can take. We will not be able to follow it up under statutory nuisance.
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Kind Regards,
Bracknell Forest Borough Council