A senior officer within the authority’s environmental protection team, who did not want to be named, said: “If, say, you are going to be having a party, just let your neighbours know.

“If you’re not inviting them, then maybe just put a little card through the door to say, ‘Look, we’re having a party, it might be bit noisy, but we’ll be finishing at such-and-such a time – and if gets too loud, then please just knock on.'”

She has the same advice for music-lovers and anybody who is going to be doing noisy house renovations , stressing “be a good neighbour”.

Preston City Council’s noise service occasionally intervene over one-off events like a party or an alarm sounding – which generate a large number of complaints while they are actually happening – but its primary role is to gather evidence of noise that is occurring repeatedly over a period of time, the Local Democracy Reporting Service, external said.

The officer said it was a “common misconception” that nobody can cause a noise nuisance during the day.

“If someone is living in flats and they’re, for example, playing music really loud during the daytime, then it doesn’t matter whether you’re trying to sleep or not,” she said.

“If it’s loud enough to be disturbing you and your property, then we can look at it and we will make an assessment of whether it is a nuisance.”