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Environmental Health Partnership Fareham & Gosport

Health and Public Protection Policy Development and Review Panel 10th July 2018

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EH Partnership Management

• Agreement sets out Scope
• Head of EH – day to management
• Partnership Panel – One Director & One elected member each

Council & Head of EH (Accountants as necessary)

• Councillors Burgess, Cartwright & Richard Jolley & Michael

Lawther

• Panel to meet twice a year
• Officer Panel to meet quarterly

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Financial Information

• Kept simple
• Costs split 50/50
• Income retained by Council that generate it.
• Cost of Service approx. 1.6m, savings over last 5

years approx. 50%.

• Procurement mainly through Fareham
• Own Licensing Panels/sub-board
• Own Legal Services
• Agreement to be refreshed

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Scope

• Environmental Protection
• Food Safety
• Animal Welfare
• Corporate H&S F&G
• Dog Control
• Pest Control
• 24/7 OOH Service EH
• 10pm OOH dogs service
• Air Quality
• Contaminated Land
• Health & Safety
• Licensing
• Private Sector Housing
• Disabled Facilities Grants
• Community Safety and

Safeguarding/Prevent – Fareham

• Safety Advisory Group

Fareham

• Car Parking
• Open Markets

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Service Areas

• Environmental Protection
• Food Safety
• Animal Welfare
• Corporate H&S F&G
• Dog Control
• Pest Control
• 24/7 OOH Service EH
• 10pm OOH dogs service
• Air Quality
• Contaminated Land

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Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection Act 1990 – Noise, dust, smoke, smell, accumulations, light, filthy and verminous* 1000 Service requests last year Purpose – Help neighbours live peacefully together Neighbour liaison style approach Out of Hours Service 24/7 365 days a year

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Environmental Protection

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Air Quality

• Statutory duty to monitor and report on Air Quality in the Borough
• Diffusion tubes and two continuous monitors
• 2 x AQMA’s
• Ministerial Direction July last year
• Plans being developed, overseen by JAQU
• Currently NO exceedances in the Borough

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Air Quality

Exhaust emissions main source of pollution

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Contaminated Land

• Contaminated land – Statutory duty EA 1990
• Examples e.g. methane gas from landfill tips; solvents from
• ld laundry site; leaking petrol tanks; metals in soil from old

scrap yard etc, Daedalus

• Consult on planning applications (227)- conditions often

added

• Work with Coastal Partnership
• Respond to complaints

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Contaminated Land

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• Dog on dog attacks / Animal Welfare
• Stray dogs
• Noise from dogs
• Out of hours service until 10pm everyday
• 55 complaints last year / plus 46 OOH visits

Dog Control

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Pest Control

• Treatments for rats , mice, fleas,

wasps other insects;

• Around 822 treatments in total;
• Enforcement powers under the

Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949.

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• Food Hygiene Inspections, Food

Complaints, Sampling, Infectious diseases, advice and guidance;

• 98% of programmed inspections

completed;

• Prosecutions, formal cautions,

warnings, help and advice.

Food Safety

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• Food Standards Agency direct work
• In response to Brexit “Regulating Our Future”
• Segmentation of food businesses
• Enhanced registration of food businesses
• Changes to Primary Authority Arrangements
• Revised inspection strategies
• Third party Audits

Food Safety

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Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974 – Council as an employer has a general duty to protect employees and others from harm arising from its activities. Broadly comprises : Safety Policy, Risk Assessments, Safe Systems of Work, Training, Accident Reporting / monitoring, Safety Committee. Managers and others supported by Corporate Health & Safety Advisor.

Corporate Health & Safety

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