Environmental health FAQs
Please find below some frequently asked questions and answers, which we hope you will find useful. Click on the question and it will take you to the answer.
Contents
- Can I get some advice about the smoking ban?
- Can I get some advice about hazardous substances?
- How do I contact Trading Standards and what areas do they cover?
- I am starting a new business. Do I need to register it with the council?
- I want to carry out tattooing/ear-piercing/electrolysis/acupuncture. Do I need to register with the council?
- Can the council recommend a builder?
- I am elderly/disabled and need a little help so I can stay in my own home. Can the council help me?
- Can the council help me get my home insulated?
- I own my home and need help with essential repairs. Does the council offer a grant or loan so that I can get the work done?
- What is a housing immigration inspection and how can I book one?
- Can you advise me regarding houses of multiple occupation?
- I’ve lost my dog/found a dog. Can you help?
- I have a problem with pests in my home, can you help?
- My sewer is blocked, can you help?
Can I get some advice about the smoking ban?
From 1 July 2007, virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces in England became smoke free. This means that it is against the law to smoke in the indoors parts of places such as pubs, bars, nightclubs, cafes, restaurants, lunch rooms, membership clubs and shopping centres. Public transport and work vehicles used by more than one person are also now smokefree.
You can call the smokefree compliance line on tel: 0800 587 1667 to report possible breaches of the law. Calls will be answered by a call centre operator, who will then forward the information to the council.
Further information may also be obtained from the Smoke Free England website which provides resources and advice or by telephone to the national smoke free helpline on tel: 0800 169 1697.
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