This Week at theEHP: No 83 |

Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the recent articles to appear on theEHP.com.

This week at theEHP we report on Environmental Health prosecutions & Part 3 of HMO Licensing Oxford.

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We have published the third and final part of our feature on Oxford City Council’s HMO Licensing Scheme. Part 3 focuses on enforcement and details how Oxford has become the toughest local authorities in the UK for private sector housing standards. Since the scheme commenced in January 2011:

165 cases have been investigated and closed;
a further 148 are still under investigation; &
legal action has been taken in 33 cases.

According to our recent Statistical Release, with 10 housing prosecution in 2012, Oxford City Council has carried out more prosecutions than any other local authority in 2012. Over the next week we will be updating our statistical release with this data. Read Part 3 of HMO Licensing Oxford here.

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General

Student Survey: Is unclear guidance creating inconsistency in the enforcement of excess cold?
You are being invited to take part in a research study. The purpose of the study is to look at whether there are inconsistencies in the enforcement of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) when used for excess cold hazards.

Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection: Noisy flat block resident fined £200
A man who played music so loud it stopped his neighbours from sleeping has been fined £200 and ordered to pay Harlow Council £600 in costs.

Environmental Protection: Middlesbrough shop owner fined for waste failures
A MIDDLESBROUGH shop owner has been fined in court for failing to dispose of business waste correctly.

Food Safety

Food Safety: Scarborough shop prosecuted for food hygiene offences
The proprietor of a seafront fudge and chocolate shop has been fined £1,050 for serious breaches in food hygiene regulations (Photos on Flickr).

Food Safety: Pizza firm fine for poor hygiene
A Dudley pizza firm has landed a £7,334 court bill after admitting a string of hygiene offences at the shop.

Housing

Housing: Cornwall Council successfully prosecutes landlord
Cornwall Council has successfully prosecuted Julie Stoddern of Roskear Village, Camborne under the Housing Act 2004 for operating an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and for not complying with a Prohibition Order relating to a dangerous staircase.

Housing: Unlicensed HMO lands landlord with hefty £10,000 fine
A Harlow landlord who converted a house into four separate households without having a HMO licence has been fined £10,000.

HMO Licensing Oxford – Part 3: Enforcement
A strict enforcement line has seen Oxford become one of the toughest local authorities in the UK for private sector housing standards. There is a significant amount of enforcement work being carried out on the non-compliant part of the HMO stock.

Housing: Leeds landlord fined after disregarding tenants safety
A negligent landlord in Leeds has been fined £2800 and ordered to pay costs of £2993 plus a £15 victim surcharge, after failing to comply with an improvement notice.

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Public Health

Public Health: Brent issues warning as shisha smoking soars
Brent is issuing a warning to local residents of the risks associated with shisha pipe smoking following a huge rise in local shisha bars in recent years.

Training

Easy Law for Landlords course – By Tessa Shepperson
This course is divided into 14 weekly parts which will be delivered to you one week at a time – giving you time to study and absorb one part before going on to the next.

The course content will start by looking at general law topics in outline, before moving in to look at the housing legislation (the Housing and Rent Acts) in more detail, finishing off with some content on shared properties and HMOs.

By the time you reach the end you will have a much better understanding of the laws that affect landlords and their properties.

Full course details available here.

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Recently published standard

PAS 2050-2:2012: Assessment of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions – Supplementary requirements for the application of PAS 2050:2011 to seafood and other aquatic food products
Used in conjunction with PAS 2050:2011, PAS 2050-2 offers supplemental information allowing those engaged in the seafood and aquatic food products industries to more accurately assess their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to facilitate reduction in the most effective manner. It includes sector specific requirements and related guidance.

PAS 2050-2 can be used by organizations of all sizes and types, in any location, to assess the climate change impact of both wild caught and farmed fish products with a focus on the cradle-to-gate stages of their life-cycle. It provides a practical, pragmatic approach to the calculation of the carbon footprint of aquatic food products, in support of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, increase efficiency and cut costs.

Download your free copy here.

BS 8903:2010: Principles and framework for procuring sustainably. Guide
BS 8903 sets out a comprehensive framework to help management with sustainable and economic development. By following these guidelines, you can implement sustainable procurement processes across all supply chains. This British Standard also helps you put the correct measures in place to test sustainability. What’s more, all these principles apply to both private and public sector, although if you are in the public sector, you should also comply with the EU Procurement Directives. The EU has specific requirements for public procurement and considerations for tenders and contracts.

BS 8903:2010 is available here.

PAS 2030:2012 Online – Single Licence: Improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings. Extension of included measures. Edition 2
The newly revised PAS 2030 adds a further 12 permissible energy efficiency measures (EEM), either in the form of new annexes or through amendment to existing annexes. This builds on the 26 existing measures which cover heating, insulation and glazing.

Roadmap to support Environmental Permitting Regulations
A report published in November 2012 helps the waste industry take greater responsibility for its environmental performance. BSI’s “Standardization Roadmap to Support Waste Regulations” project was in response to an open letter from the Government requesting knowledge and insight into how standards, conformity assessment and accreditation can make a tangible impact on waste management policy, regulation and enforcement.

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