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The Environmental Health Section
of the Environmental Services Department is split into two
teams to deal with the extremely varied responsibilities within its
domain.
HOUSING AND POLLUTION
The Team administers grant money to improve housing conditions,
Investigates housing complaints, Inspects housing to ensure
healthy conditions, investigates drainage
complaints, deals with air quality and contaminated
land, Investigates complaints of nuisance, collects stray
dogs and investigates dog fouling and dog barking,
investigates complaints of fly tipping and
littering, investigates animal welfare issues, and runs a
pest control service.
If you require advice or further information on the Pollution,
Public Health or Housing, you can contact me:
By Phone: 01376 551414 ext 2219
By Fax: 01376 557767
By Email -
colba@braintree.gov.uk
Mr. Colin Batchelor Environmental Health
Manager
FOOD, HEALTH & SAFETY AND
LICENSING
The Team is split between three functions,
Food Safety,
Health & Safety and
Licensing.
Food
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.
Health and Safety
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.
Licensing
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
If you require advice or further information on the Food,
Health&Safety or licensing, you can contact the team:
Food & Health & Safety - 01376 551414 ext 2221
Licensing - 01376 551414 ext 2790
By Fax: 01376 557767
By Email -
food&safety@braintree.gov.uk or
licensing@braintree.gov.uk