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Environmental Health

Our Environmental Health Section protects public health and environmental quality for district residents by enforcing statutory provisions and promoting greater awareness and responsibility for public and environmental health issues. Further information regarding environmental regulations can be found at NetRegs.

Officers are able to investigate complaints across a range of areas including noise, unfit food, housing and health and safety

Services available include:

Food and food hygiene

Enforcing legislation in a wide variety of premises
Providing advice to the public and trade
Dealing with complaints
Level 2 Food Hygiene Training Courses

Pollution control

Dealing with pollution complaints including noise
Licensing of certain industrial premises
Dealing with contaminated land
Providing advice on noise and other issues
Monitoring air quality

Health and safety

Inspection of certain workplaces
Advice on safety issues
Investigation of accidents in certain workplaces

Private sector housing

Ensuring houses are fit to live in and in good repair
Inspection of 'houses in multiple occupation'
Administering grants for private sector housing
Energy Efficiency
Housing Renewal Policy
Empty Properties
Licensing of Housing in Multiple Occupation

General public health

Drainage
Dealing with complaints regarding odour and other nuisances
Pests and pest control
Infectious diseases

Licensing

Public entertainment licences
Taxis
Street Collections

Health promotion

Promoting health and well being within the community.

We will give advice and enforce the new legislation to make enclosed public places and workplaces smokefree. Visit www.bridgnorth-dc.gov.uk/smokefree

We run the Shropshire Healthy Eating Award Scheme

Contact us at:

Environmental Health Tel: 01746 713150
Bridgnorth District Council
Westgate
Bridgnorth
WV16 5AA

email: health@bridgnorth-dc.gov.uk