# Maybe this will put a pause in the Bar / Noise complaint issue. - Type: wall - Canonical path: /sv/wall/13536-maybe-this-will-put-a-pause-in-the-bar-noise-complaint-issue - Canonical URL: https://aspanishlife.com/sv/wall/13536-maybe-this-will-put-a-pause-in-the-bar-noise-complaint-issue After reading all the Bar / Noise issues on this forum plus talking to some Spanish friends who live very close to the Consum Bars it is obvious there is an issue / problem that needs to be sorted out, let’s face it, one bar owner has said himself about all the shouting, broken glass etc etc. I have never been against the bars (except Bingo, cannot stand it) although even I Can sometime hear the noise from the Consum Bars and I live a couple of roads away, let’s face it outside nigh time noise does carry on the wind. I have to admit I was in a friend’s house in C/Del Parque and I was amazed that I could feel the vibration the base bump or whatever you call it from one of the bars located across the road from him though his lounge floor, problem I guess with the property being built on Rock. Maybe this forum is not the place to do it. However I think people including myself feel free to post on this forum especially as the Bars and Bar entertainment (noise) is openly advertised on here, plus more importantly Jeff use to post on here as well, guess you have to accept the positives as well as the minuses, that’s life on an open forum. Maybe the Council needs to review the issue of the opening hours, 1:30 till 3 am or later when located outside your house (nor mine thank god) is just NOT on, OK if you live far enough away not to hear the Bars, however if you live just a few feet away, then yes I guess it is unbearable. I guess midnight would be acceptable especially for those that have to go to work and those with kid’s who have to be up early in order to go to school. I hear people keep on about Joe Blogs etc. trying his best to keep the noise down and yes IMHO I guess he does try, however if the business is a café, then that is what it is, if a Bar need Double doors, Soundproofing and noise limiters, to play music, then so be it, yes it costs money, I know I have been there and done it. It is the law, if a bar wants to play music, then they need to be legal, install whatever is necessary and apply for the correct licence. If a Bar undertakes all of the above and Valencia refuses the licence, then it is because the premises or the location of the premises are not suitable. San Fulgencio council need to apply the correct rules, and sort out the problem once and for all and stop all the complaints, prior to Valencia getting involved and issuing fines that we the rate payers will end up paying. Also a lot of big issues over what is permissible, according to Jeff it was 90 dba, in my own house of an evening and measured with an un calibrated dBA meter it is about 48 dba, 55dba with the TV on at a good level. 90dba is VERY VERY loud. I am not sure what the total noise level / dba would be if 2 bars generated 50dba each, let alone 5 bars. If any of the residents who live on top of the Bars visit San Fulgencio council, then yes it would be nice if they could post on here the response. I am surprised that Jeff being of the council has not mentions the correct way to raise an issue with the Council. It is no use talking to them, the correct way in Spain is to complete a Solicitud, (http://tinyurl.com/bnfzzs9) this should be completed in Spanish, however as we pay for several translators within Jeff’s office it should not be a problem if completed in your own language, ask them to translate it for you. When completed, you take this document to San Fulgencio Town Hall reception area on the first floor make sure they stamp it and give you a copy back, this document ensures that your concern is raised at a council meeting. As said in Post title, Maybe this will put a pause in the Bar / Noise complaint issue.