What We Do
The
Environmental Health Section of the Environmental Services
Department is broadly split into 5 teams to deal with the
extremely varied responsibilities within its domain.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The
Team deals with air quality, noise nuisance, contaminated land,
litter, stray dogs, dog fouling and dog barking.
HEALTH PROTECTION
The Team is split
between two functions,
Food Safety &
Health & Safety. Food Officers inspect food
businesses to ensure that they are complying with food safety
legislation, investigate complaints about food and premises, and
food poisoning. They also provide food safety training, advice to
new business operators and register food businesses. The Health
& Safety Officers inspect businesses to ensure that they are
complying with health and safety legislation, investigate accidents
at work and health & safety in the workplace.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOUSING
The Team
deals with administering grant money to improve housing conditions,
inspect domestic housing to ensure healthy conditions. Deal with
drainage complaints, animal welfare issues and pest control.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
The Team
undertake Civil Engineering design and project management. Land
Drainage statutory duties including Flooding reduction in
partnership with Essex County Council and Environment Agency , and
maintain Foul and surface water sewers for Housing.
LICENSING TEAM
This Team are
responsible for making sure that the Council meets its obligations
under the various elements of legislation to Licence, permit
register, persons, premises and or vehicles to maintain public
safety.
As part of their role the team issue the following types of
licence/ permit etc to control the following activities;
(i) Licences under the Licensing Act 2003- regulating
the sale of alcohol and the provision of certain types of
entertainment.
(ii) Licences for the provision of Hackney Carriage &
Private Hire vehicles and their drivers.
(iii) Consents to allow Street Trading.
(iv) Licence gambling activities such as Betting shops,
Gaming and Lotteries.
(v) Licences Charitable Collections.
(vi) Licence Sex Shops.
(vii) Licence Motor Salvage Operators