theEHP Newsletter – No 100

by | Sep 15, 2013 | This Week at theEHP |

theEHP Newsletter – No 100

Welcome to the new look and new style newsletter from theEHP.com.

After a short break to work on a couple of large (unrelated to environmental health) projects, it’s good to be back. For No. 100, I felt it was time to change things up a bit. As you can see, the newsletter has a new theme and a new name. Hope you like it?

In this weeks newsletter you will find a new plan to tackle campylobacter, new figures on flat sharers, RPT Decisions and lots of prosecutions.

 Newham Borough-Wide Property Licensing
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Newham Council have released new figures on their war against rouge landlords. The new figures reveal that:

  • 2320 properties targeted with warning letters – 50% licensed after their first letter.
  • 63 multi-agency operations to tackle multiple unlicensed and poor property management have been carried out.
  • 110  legal cases are currently ongoing against criminal landlords

They also reveal a staggering one in five unlicensed properties in the borough have been found to harbour suspected criminals. You can read the full article here.

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Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection: Woman fined for noise nuisance
A Corringham teacher has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling over £750 for playing music too loudly.

Environmental Protection: Closure Order puts a stop to neighbourhood nuisance
Hull City Council’s Neighbourhood Nuisance Team has secured a Closure Order for an address in Bathurst Street following incidents of anti-social behaviour.

Environmental Protection: Middlesbrough woman fined for noise nuisance
A WOMAN who made her neighbours’ lives a misery with a barrage of loud music and shouting has been hit with a fine.



Food Safety

Food Safety: FSA publishes new plan to tackle campylobacter
The FSA has today outlined a refreshed strategy to reduce the number of people getting ill from campylobacter. The strategy will be discussed by the FSA Board at its meeting in Aberdeen on Wednesday, 11 September.

Food Safety: Two Wycombe food outlets prosecuted over poor hygiene standards
A takeaway in Totteridge and a public house in Piddington have been prosecuted after repeatedly ignoring the warnings of food inspectors.

Food Safety: Rugby shopkeeper fined for selling out of date sausages
A SHOPKEEPER has been fined £750 for selling out of date sausages. Environmental health officers from Rugby Borough Council visited S Food and Wine, in Park Road, on November 14 after receiving a complaint from a member of the public.

Food Safety: ‘Good Food Chinese takeaway’ owner prosecuted for bad food hygiene
THE owner of a Basildon takeaway called the “Good Food Chinese” has been prosecuted for some “not so good” food hygiene.

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Housing

Housing: UK renters return to sharing to counter soaring living costs
New research from SpareRoom.co.uk reveals that 51% of current sharers are returning after renting alone or with their partner; new flatsharer numbers are up by 31% in just two years; flatsharers aged over 35 years have rise by 26% and flatsharers aged 45-54 are up by half.

Housing: Newham’s war against rogue landlords – new figures released
The war against rogue landlords is being won by Newham Council, according to new figures. They also reveal a staggering one in five unlicensed properties in the borough have been found to harbour suspected criminals.​

Housing: Hastings landlords prosecuted for poor property management
Two local landlords have been found guilty for failing to effectively manage a property in St Andrews Square, Hastings, following a two day trial at Hastings Magistrates Court (Photo on Flickr).

Housing: Slough landlord fined for fire safety breaches
Bellforce Developments Ltd and Gurpartap Singh Bhullar , of Manor Lodge, Mildenhall Road, Slough, were fined a total of £20,250 at Reading Crown Court on Thursday (25 July) for breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order. They were also ordered to pay costs of £21,732.62 to Royal Berkshire Fire Authority.

Housing: Landlord fined for falling foul of HMO regulations
A landlord from Wallasey pleaded guilty to two charges brought by Wirral Council under the Housing Act 2004 at Birkenhead Magistrates Court (Photos on Flickr).

Public Health

theEHP’s Top 10 Public Health Articles
We have compiled a list of 2012′s ten most popular public health articles on theEHP. This list has been complied by analysing the most viewed articles on the site.

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RPT Decisions

RPT Decision: HIMO Licence Appeal (TW/LON/OOAE/HMD/2013/0002)
This case involves an Appeal against a decision by London Borough of Brent to declare that a property was a HMO Licence. The Tribunal dismissed the appeal.

RPT Decision: Emergency Remedial Action Appeal (CAM/00MG/HED/2012/0001)
This case involves an appeal against an Emergency Remedial Order served by Milton Keynes Council. The Tribunal varied the amounts due.

RPT Decision: Emergency PO Appeal (CAM/34UB/HEP/2013/0001)
This case involves an appeal against an Emergency Prohibition Order served by Corby Borough Council. The Tribunal confirmed the order subject to variation.

theEHP’s Top 10 RPT Decisions
We have compiled a list of 2012′s ten most popular RPT Decisions on theEHP. This list has been complied by analysing the most viewed articles on the site.