Discover Environmental Health and Licensing

The work of our Environmental Health and Licensing team touches all aspects of daily life.

We are often behind the scenes, keeping you safe at home, in town, at work and during your leisure time. Here are just some of the areas we look after:

Housing health and safety

We carry out risk assessments to ensure homes are safe, in good repair and have adequate amenities.

Noise nuisance

We carry out investigations to assess whether noise is causing a nuisance.

Bonfires

Garden bonfires can be anti-social, polluting and damaging to health.

Taxi and private hire licences

We make sure the vehicles getting you from A to B are insured, safe and that drivers are checked.

Air quality

We monitor air quality across the District.

Health and safety at work

We offer advisory audits to help businesses meet workplace health and safety requirements.

Eating out

We carry out inspections of local food businesses as part of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme and offer food safety training.

Premises and alcohol licences

Many of our high street shops, bars and restaurants sell and serve alcohol, our role as licensing authority is to ensure alcohol is sold safely.

Gambling, gaming and lotteries

We issue gambling premises licences for places such as betting shops and bingo clubs as well as licences for small society lotteries.

Events, busking, and street trading

We look after licences for temporary events, entertainers, charity collections and street trading.

Animal welfare licences

We look after lots of licences to make sure animals are properly cared for. These include licences for:

• Pet shops
• Animal boarding
• Dog breeding
• Zoos
• Animal training and exhibitions
• Horses and stables

Tattooing, piercing and electrolysis licences

All businesses undertaking treatments which pierce the skin must be licenced to ensure that all procedures, equipment, and facilities are safe.