Welcome to theEHP’s newsletter issue 105. View the online version here.
In this weeks newsletter you will find the Third Top 10 List, record lodgers, lots of prosecutions & jobs.
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A new investigation by Shelter has revealed that more than 200,000 people have faced eviction in the last year because they asked their private landlord to fix a problem in their home.
A YouGov poll of more than 4,500 private renters found that 2% – equivalent to over 213,000 people across England – said they had been evicted or served with an eviction notice in the last year because they complained to their landlord, letting agent or council about a problem that wasn’t their responsibility. Read the full story here.
If you would like to include your local authorities’ data in this statistical release (for calendar year 2013) please forward details of your prosecutions to [email protected]. If your local authority does not produce press releases, please provide the following details:
- Name of your LA
- Date of prosecution
- Name of person/ business prosecuted
- Type of prosecution (food safety, health & safety, housing, etc)
- Outline of the offense
- Fine
- Costs
- Total fine
I welcome any suggestions on how I can improve the statistical release.
If you missed 2012’s statistical release, you can find all Top 10 Lists here. Below you will find 2013’s list so far:
If you would like to submit an article or Podcast to theEHP, Contact Us for details.
Looking forward to seeing you at theEHP.
theEHPs Top 10 Lists
theEHP’s Top 10 RPT Decisions 2013
Jobs
View the latest edition of Just Jobs on theEHP here.
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection: Sixth successful prosecution for priority area
A man has been ordered to pay £1,755 after failing to clear a piece of land he owns in Hull.
Environmental Protection: Hull residents prosecuted for second time for excess waste
Two Hull residents have been prosecuted by Hull City Council under section 80(1) Environmental Protection Act 1990 for the second time for failing to clear a build up of waste on their properties.
Environmental Protection: Caerphilly resident prosecuted for noise nuisance
A Caerphilly county borough resident has been taken to court and fined after he breached a Noise Abatement Notice, issued to him by Caerphilly County Borough Council for repeated instances of noise nuisance.
Groupon Deals
Food Safety
Food Safety: Organic restaurateur convicted of animal cruelty
The owner of a Kensington vegetarian restaurant, whose neglect led to the deaths of three cows at a Harrow farm, has been convicted of mistreating his animals and sentenced to community service.
Food Safety: Pub owner fined for food hygiene offences
The owner of a Saundersfoot pub in Pembrokeshire has been fined a total of £12,500 by Haverfordwest Magistrates this week after admitting to five food hygiene offences.
Food Safety: Pizza Contained Staples Court Told
The owner of a Milford Haven takeaway restaurant has been fined a total of £750 by Magistrates after admitting three separate food hygiene offences.
Food Safety: Lincoln bakery fined £8,000 after screw found in bread bap
Selling a bread roll with a metal screw in it has cost a Lincoln bakery more than £11,000 in fines and costs (Photos on Flickr).
Food Safety: Luton stops Illegal and unhygienic chicken processing
On Monday 6 January at Luton Magistrates Court, Luton Council successfully prosecuted Mr Shahbaz Khan, aged 36 years, of 157 Dallow Road in Luton, for operating an illegal poultry cutting plant.
theEHP Book Store
View all Environmental Health Books here. If you think a book should be added to the store, please let us know.
theEHP’s Top 10 Environmental Health Books 2013
I have compiled a list of the 10 most popular environmental health books on theEHP in 2013. This list is based on an analysis of purchases and clicks through to the Amazon.co.uk.
Statutory Nuisance Mineshafts – Methods of Investigation and Duties of Local Authorities
This publication follows on from and updates an investigation completed in 2006/7, funded by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Kindle version available now for £31.24
Understanding Housing Defects (4th Edition) – From £31.90 up to 9% off
Understanding Housing Defects provides a concise, coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in domestic buildings.
For this new edition, many of the chapters have been substantially updated and new photographs have been added. There are four new chapters covering:
- How defects are defined
- An overview of building and architectural history
- External joinery and painted finishes
- Environmental and health- related building problems
Many of the 21 chapters cover a specific building element and include a brief introduction setting out construction principles and the evolution of current practice. All of the chapters consider the identification, cause and diagnosis of common (and sometimes not so common) defects. This book is a must have for all those students and practitioners who require a broad understanding of housing defects.
Deals on Amazon:
The A-Z of Food Safety – From £8.93 up to 55% off
The Little Red Book of Acoustics: A Practical Guide – From £20.42 up to 32% off
Environmental Law (8th Edition) – From £29.57 up to 20% off
Professional Practice in Public Health – From £10.56 up to 47% off
Health & Safety
Health & Safety: Mansfield care provider fned for asbestos offence
A Mansfield care provider has been ordered to pay fines and costs of £24,000 after it admitted failing to properly manage the risk of exposing workers to asbestos.
Housing
Housing: True scale of ‘revenge evictions’ exposed by Shelter investigation
More than 200,000 people have faced eviction in the last year because they asked their private landlord to fix a problem in their home, according to Shelter research released.
Housing: Haringey landlord fined for illegal house conversions
A rogue landlord who made hundreds of thousands of pounds from two family homes that had been illegally converted into self-contained flats has been fined and ordered to repay the profit following action by Haringey Council.
Housing: Record number of homeowners taking on lodgers
Almost 12,000 homeowners rented out rooms to lodgers in January 20141 – the highest ever number recorded by SpareRoom.co.uk – as the post-Christmas financial pinch hits cash-strapped families.
Housing: Record £24,000 fine for beds in shed landlord
A rogue landlord has been fined a huge £24,000 after renting out an illegal beds in shed structure that was totally unsuitable for residential use.
Resources
- PAS 2030:2014 Online Single Licence– Improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings
- Membership Application– Save 50% on British Standards
- BS ISO 55000/01/02 Asset Management Pack– Asset management
- BS 7858:2012– Security screening of individuals employed in a security environment. Code of practice
- BS 7499:2013– Static site guarding and mobile patrol service. Code of practice
- BS 2742C:1957– Ringelmann chart
- BS 5839-1:2013– Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings
- BS 5266-1:2011– Emergency lighting Code of practice for the emergency escape lighting of premises
- BS 7671 Amendment 2:August 2013– Requirements for electrical installations
- BS 5839-6:2013– Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings
RPT Decisions
