Courts and Disputes
What Can I Do if My Neighbours Are Smoking Cannabis?
Summary
If you suspect your neighbour is smoking cannabis whether in their garden or home, you’re probably right. The drug has an unmistakable smell. While you might not usually be bothered by what your neighbours get up to behind closed doors, the truth is cannabis odours can be pungent, and dangerous if you have young children that play in the garden. The smell of weed may also put off potential buyers from putting down an offer on your house. However, there are steps you can take if your neighbours are smoking weed. In this guide, we’ll help homeowners, landlords and renters in the UK understand what they can do if their neighbours (or tenants!) are smoking cannabis. * Whether you can call the police if your neighbours are smoking cannabis * If the council do anything about neighbours smoking cannabis * Whether you should report cannabis smoking to your neighbour’s landlord * What landlords can do to stop cannabis being smoked in their property Yes, if a neighbour is smoking drugs in their garden or elsewhere at home, this is against the law. Whether the distinctive smell is evidence of your neighbour lighting up an occasional joint after work or a sign of an illegal growing and.
Key information
- •Whether you can call the police if your neighbours are smoking cannabis
- •If the council do anything about neighbours smoking cannabis
- •Whether you should report cannabis smoking to your neighbour’s landlord
- •What landlords can do to stop cannabis being smoked in their property
- •Unreasonably and substantially interferes with the use or enjoyment of a home or other premises
- •Is injurious to health or is likely to injure health.
- •If you suspect your neighbour is smoking cannabis whether in their garden or home, you’re probably right. The drug has an unmistakable smell.
- •While you might not usually be bothered by what your neighbours get up to behind closed doors, the truth is cannabis odours can be pungent, and dangerous if you have young children that play in the garden.
- •The smell of weed may also put off potential buyers from putting down an offer on your house.
- •However, there are steps you can take if your neighbours are smoking weed. In this guide, we’ll help homeowners, landlords and renters in the UK understand what they can do if their neighbours (or tenants!) are smoking cannabis.
- •* Whether you can call the police if your neighbours are smoking cannabis * If the council do anything about neighbours smoking cannabis * Whether you should report cannabis smoking to your neighbour’s landlord * What landlords can do to stop cannabis being smoked in their property
- •Yes, if a neighbour is smoking drugs in their garden or elsewhere at home, this is against the law.
Practical guidance
- •Source: [What Can I Do if My Neighbours Are Smoking Cannabis?](https://lawhive.co.uk/knowledge-hub/neighbour-disputes/my-neighbours-are-smoking-cannabis)
Related topics
Sources
- Lawhive — [What Can I Do if My Neighbours Are Smoking Cannabis?](https://lawhive.co.uk/knowledge-hub/neighbour-disputes/my-neighbours-are-smoking-cannabis) — `raw/lawhive/neighbour-disputes-what-can-i-do-if-my-neighbours-are-smoking-cannabis.md`
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