Arun

Environmental Health Services

	Food Safety Food complaints, Inspections, Food Poisoning, Business Advice		Pollution Noise, Smoke, Light and Dust complaints, Contaminated Land, Air Pollution
	Health and Safety Health & Safety at Work		Dog Warden Services Fouling, Strays, Barking, Dogs on Beaches, Nuisance Dogs
	Licensing Animal, Alcohol & Entertainments, Caravan & Camp Sites, Charity & Gaming, Taxi & Boats, Other		Private Housing Illegal Eviction, Energy Efficiency, Empty Homes, Elderly & Disabled, Gas Safety, Travellers, Public Health, Immigration, Multiple Occupancy Houses, Landlords, Tenancy Deposit Schemes
	Pest Control Rats, Mice, Wasps, Fleas, Brown Tail Moth, Bed Bugs, Cockroaches, Cluster Flies		Public Health Drainage, Waste Accumulations, Nuisances, Infectious Diseases, Port Health   Health and Wellbeing

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.

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 leave your contact details on 01903 737755 and we will get back to you, or complete our online feedback form

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

Telephone: 01903 737755 

Career opportunities
If you are interested in a career in Environmental Health please go to www.ehcareers.org. 

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