Each year, the Environmental Health Service:

• responds to over 6,000 complaints; from unfit food to unfit housing; 
• inspects hundreds of food shops and workplaces;
• licenses over 1,000 activities: from acupuncture to zoos, alcohol to taxis;
• inspects bedsits for safety;
• responds to pest control problems and collects stray dogs;
  .... as well as much more.

Here you can link to:

• A list of the legislation we enforce;
• Our Service Standards, where we try to be clear about what we are going to do;
• Information on our performance, and Arun’s Corporate Performance Plan;
• Our Enforcement Policy. This governs our regulatory activities which are generally targeted at the highest risk areas first; 
• The Fees and Charges we charge for some services;
• The annual cost (around £1.2m per year) of providing the Environmental Health Service. Our employee costs are lower than similar Authorities. 

• Contact details for our Commercial, Private Sector Housing, Pollution, Licensing and Pest Control teams;

We work extensively with other statutory and voluntary agencies to improve local quality of life and are involved in Health Improvement and Community Safety initiatives.

The service reports to the following members of the Council’s Cabinet:
Cllr P Wotherspoon, Cabinet Member for the Environment
Cllr R. Brown, Cabinet Member for Housing and Community Care

Please send us your comments on Arun’s Environmental Health Service
We are always keen to improve services and take the opportunity to reflect on positive and negative comments we receive. See some previous customer comments

If you would like to make any comment on Arun District Council’s Environmental Health Service, please contact:

Roger Wood, Chief Environmental Health Officer, Arun District Council : Tel: 01903 737671

E-mail: environmental.health@arun.gov.uk

Career opportunities
If you are interested in a career in Environmental Health please go to www.ehcareers.org.  We would be pleased to discuss opportunities with you.

Useful Links:
www.cieh.org Chartered Institue of Environmental Health
www.lacors.gov.uk Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services
www.direct.gov.uk Useful site with information on all aspects of government