POLICE have used tough new powers to shut a house in Bury where rowdy parties took place.

Problems began for people living in Warwick Close in January, 2014, when neighbours experienced loud music and shouting frequently coming from one property.

People were also upset that guests were arriving on foot and in vehicles in the middle of the night, waking them up.

Residents also claimed drugs were being used at the property and formally complained to Six Town Housing bosses, who wrote to the occupant Kelly Ramshaw, aged 39, about the issue.

Incidents of anti-social behaviour continued and Bury Police were called into write a warning to Ms Ramshaw, who has previous convictions for possessing crack cocaine and stealing meat from a Co-operative shop in Bury, both within the last 14 months.

Despite a temporary lull during the summer of 2014, problems resurfaced in September, prompting several more police warnings.

When they were ignored, police used new legal powers to ask Bury magistrates for a closure order.

The order was unopposed and was granted on April 8.

It meant that no one is allowed to set foot in the property for three months.

The powers were granted using the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act, which came into force last year, replacing various other pieces of legislation.

After the court hearing, PC Pete Eccleston, of Bury Police, said: "We had complaints from five households about this particular property over a period of about a year.

"There were parties that were very loud and held quite often and the neighbours complained of a lot of anti-social behaviour going on, as well as sightings of drugs.

"It is important to be fair in these situations and we worked with Six Town Housing to provide a lot of notice and warnings to the tenant, but they were not heeded."

He added: "The neighbours are over the moon about the order and hopefully it will bring an end to the problems that they have been experiencing."