“What I do object to - is the building of a large shed, illegally without council permission and running a cattle enterprise in that shed at all hours of the day and night,” alleged Jindera hobby farmer John Young.

The shed is only 250m from Mr Young’s property. He alleges it was built without council permission when the property was still part of the Albury City Council local government area.

Greater Hume Shire Council has received a development application (DA) for the shed in question.

Council’s general manager Steven Pinnuck said the shed is currently subject to the assessment process including the notification of adjacent neighbours.

A report relating to the DA will go to the September council meeting.

Mr Young who has resided on his small acreage at Jindera for the past five years did not have a problem with farming activities that took place on his neighbour’s property until intensive cattle activity including artificial insemination started around and inside the shed.

He alleges that previously, “feed lot activities have taken place in the shed until complaints relating to noise were made and the owner de-stocked when the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) was called in for a second inspection.”

He says he feels sorry for Greater Hume Shire Council who inherited the problem from Albury City and now has to deal with it.

Late last week, Mr Young told the Eastern Riverina Chronicle he had lodged another noise complaint with Greater Hume Shire Council after bellowing cattle had resulted in another sleepless night.

Due to a number of noise complaints Greater Hume Shire Council is currently monitoring noise levels within a 2km radius of the shed.

Director of Environment and Planning Mike Davies reported to Council in August that measurements indicated peaks of 55 decibels at 2am during a recent calf weaning at the subject site in the vicinity of Sawyer and Hawthorne Roads, Jindera.

Mr Davies said there had been a limited number of complainants but one of the claims was that others are annoyed by the noise but won’t speak out.

While any measurement between 50 and 60 decibels is considered moderate (comparison of common noise sources), recommended maximum noise levels in residential rural areas during the evening is 50 decibels and 45 decibels during the night.