Our leaflets contain information on the following subjects.
To view each leaflet, please click on the relevant links. Each document opens as a pdf
The leaflets also contain our service standards; performance achievements for 2006-07 and our targets for 2007-08.
We also produce Planning Guidance Notes for developers on environmental health issues;
For further information, or to speak with an officer of environmental health & protection on any of the above issues, contact:
Tel: 01925 443322 Fax: 01925 442564 or send us an email environmental.health@warrington.gov.uk
If you have a problem with pest control or if you want to speak to an officer telehone 01925 443322.
For emergencies only out of hours, please call us on 01925 444400.
Environment & Regeneration Directorate
New Town House
Buttermarket Street
Warrington
WA1 2NH
Other websites also contain useful information:
Defra
Defra's (Department for Food and Rural Affairs) aim is to protect and improve the environment, and to integrate the environment with other policies across government and in international fora. Effective protection of the environment requires activity on many wide-ranging different fronts - for example, from acting to limit global environmental threats (such as global warming) to safeguarding individuals from the effects of poor air quality or toxic chemicals. It is one of the four objectives of sustainable development. Actions to protect the environment also produce benefits such as housing (through improved energy efficiency of buildings), social progress (through action to combat fuel poverty) and economic growth (through more efficient use of resources, such as re-use, recycling and recovery of waste.
Access the Defra environment website using this link www.defra.gov.uk/environment
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency enforces environmental legislation not covered by local authorities and issue permits for major industrial processes. A wide range of advice and information from farms to fishing to flooding can be found on their website at www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Communities and Local Government
The Communities and Local Government website contains information on the government's campaigns and initiatives to create strong, attractive and thriving communities and neighbourhoods. Use this link to go the homepage www.communities.gov.uk for information on planning, new homes, sustainability and local government.
Environmental Protection UK
Environmental Protection UK (formerly NSCA) is the environmental protection charity supporting pollution control professionals. They are working towards a cleaner, quieter, healthier world.
www.environmental-protection.org.uk
Health & safety
The following leaflets are available on request. To request a leaflet/s of your choice please email Environmental Health.
- Health and safety at work in warehouses - Warrington Borough Council.
- Health and safety at work in discotheques and other places of entertainment - Warrington Borough Council.
- Health and safety at work in small retail premises - Warrington Borough Council.
- Health and safety at work in hairdressing premises - Warrington Borough Council.
- The essential guide to safe newspaper deliveries - Warrington Borough Council & Halton Borough Council.
- Asbestos in your home: information for householders - Cheshire Chief Environmental Health Officers Technical Group (Health and Safety).
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Health and Safety Committee (HSC) information leaflets
- HSE Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 (OSR1)
- HSE five steps to risk assessment work place Health, Safety and Welfare (A short guide for managers)
- HSE office wise
- HSE VDU regulations - Do they apply to your company?
- HSE working with VDU’s
- HSE getting to grips with manual handling - a short guide for employers
- HSE managing health and safety - five steps to success
- HSE first aid at work - your questions answered
- HSE maintaining portable electrical equipment in offices and other low risk environments
- HSE maintaining portable electrical equipment in hotels and tourist accommodation.
- HSE RIDDOR - everyone's guide to RIDDOR 95 (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and other Dangerous Occurrences Regulations)
- HSE COSHH the new brief guide for employers - guidance on the main requirements of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 1994
- HSE preventing dermatitis at work: advice for employers and employees
- HSE a short guide to the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
- HSE preventing slips, trips and falls at work
- HSE be safe - the costs of accidents: a guide for small firms
- HSE violence at work - a guide for employers
- HSE managing asbestos in the workplace buildings - the hidden killer are you putting others at risk?
- HSE working hours - including changes introduced by the Employment Act 1989
- HSE 101 tips to a safer business
- HSE passive smoking at work
- HSE the Noise at Work Regulations - a brief guide to the requirements for controlling noise at work
- HSE reversing vehicles
- HSE managing vehicle safety at the workplace - leaflet for employers
- HSE transport of LPG cylinders by road
- HSE your work and your health - what your doctor needs to know
- HSE an introduction to the Employment Medical Advisory Service
- HSE keep your top on - health risks from working in the sun
- HSE petrol filling stations - control and safety guidance for employees
- HSE dispensing petrol as a fuel - health and safety guidance for employees
- HSE health risks management - a guide to working with solvents
- HSE signpost to the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996
- HSE rider operated lift trucks - operator training : approved code of practice and supplementary guidance
- HSE selecting a health and safety consultancy
- HSE check outs and musculoskeletal disorders
- HSE training in the use of pesticides
- HSE health hazards to painters
- HSE safe systems of work
- HSE don’t wait until an inspector calls. Essential facts for small businesses and the self employed
- HSE work place health and safety - glazing guidance on glazing for employers and people in control of work places
- HSE hardwood dust - a guide for employers
- HSE legionnaires disease
- HSE managing crowds safely
- HSE buying new machinery - a short guide to the law and some information on what to do for anyone buying new machinery for use at work
- HSC writing a safety policy statement: advice to employers
- HSC what to expect when a health and safety inspector calls
- HSC health and safety at work etc. Act - advice to employers
- HSC health and safety at work etc. Act - the Act outlined
Health and safety executive books - List of free publications booklet. HSE Books, PO BOX 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 6FS. Telephone: 01787 881165. Fax 01787 313995.
HSE info line Tel: 08701 545500 between 8:30 and 17:00 hrs - Monday to Friday.
Write to or fax the HSE Information Centre Broad Lane, Sheffield S3 7HQ.
Fax: 02920 859260 or by emailing the HSE at hseinformationservices@natbrit.com
HSE website: www.hse.gov.uk
Dog control
Information leaflet regarding the Dog Warden service (opens as a .pdf)
New 2008-09 fees for the recovery of stray dogs are: up to 3 days £55 4 - 7 days £80
For details of the out of hours service please download our factsheet.
The following factsheets are available :
Pet Advisory Committee, Idean’s Yard, London, SW1P 3NR.
Tel: 0207 799 9811.