This Week at theEHP: 06 February – 10 February

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This Week at theEHP: 06 February – 10 February

Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the articles that appeared on the site over the previous week.

This week at theEHP we report on an outbreak of Salmonella Newport, Harrow’s Help2Let scheme, prosecutions and RPT Decisions.

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The Northern Area Social Housing (NASH) Forum has published the first regional forecast for the impact of the Government’s radical new policy framework. The research looks at the need for investment and regeneration, as well as proposed future models to deliver housing, in the context of the Coalition’s localism policy. One of the main findings of the research claim that changes to housing benefit will provide an incentive for landlords to create HIMOs to accommodate smaller families. These families will be displaced from social housing because they have had housing benefit reduced as a result of under- occupation. Read the article here.

This week we have another ENcentre Audioboo. The Audioboo provides an overview of two recent noise cases involving the defence of ‘best practicable means’. The Audioboo is available here.

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Encentre Audioboo: Statutory Nuisance and BPM
This podcast provides an overview of two recent noise cases involving the defence of ‘best practicable means’. It is drawn from Encentre’s Noise Update 2012 CPD course for environmental health practitioners which provides information on the latest developments in statutory nuisance and licensing.

Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection: Two plead guilty to fly tipping offences
Two Coventry men have been fined after pleading guilty to separate fly-tipping incidents. Coventry City Council’s Environmental Crime Team successfully brought both prosecutions as part of the zero tolerance on the issue.

Food Safety

Food Safety: Former fast food restaurant manager guilty of hygiene breaches
The former owner and manager of a fast food restaurant in Southwark has pleaded guilty to a series of food safety offences after a cockroach was found in a takeaway Chinese meal ordered for a meeting of company directors.

Food Safety: £54,000 fine and ban for owners of ‘disgraceful’ restaurant
The owners of Peninsula Chinese Restaurant displayed a disregard for food hygiene. They have also been banned from running restaurants in the future after being prosecuted for the second time in two years by Greenwich Council.

Food Safety: Outbreak of Salmonella Newport
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is investigating an outbreak of a strain of Salmonella Newport infection among 30 people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since the beginning of December 2011. Cases of illness caused by the same strain have been confirmed in Scotland, Ireland and Germany.


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Health & Safety

Health & Safety: HSE prosecutions in brief 06 February – 10 February
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. An overview of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE.

Health & Safety: Coventry Hotel fined over £50,000 for serious health & safety failings
Coventry Magistrates have fined a city hotel more than £50,000 after admitting a catalogue of health and safety failings (Photos on Flickr).

Health & Safety: HSE prosecutions in brief 30 January – 03 February (Updated 10-02-12)
Welcome to HSE prosecutions in brief. An overview of this weeks prosecutions by the HSE. (4 New Articles Added)

Housing

Housing: NASH Report – Changes benefits are incentive for landlords to create HIMOs
Social housing tenants risk becoming homeless, while potential home owners will face a housing shortage in the coming years, according to an industry-leading new report.

Housing: Harrow launch full-management lettings service
Harrow Council has launched a full-management lettings service for the private rented sector. It was already offering a tenant-find service.



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Quick Looks

Video Preview: Your Noise Complaint
This is the introduction to ENcentre’s Noise Nuisance DVD. The film shows first few minutes of the 15 min DVD aimed at people suffering from noise pollution problems in the UK. It is suitable for individual and local authority use.

Video Preview: Condensation in Homes
This is the introduction to ENcentre’s DVD on condensation in homes. The film is approximately 15 minutes long and provides information to occupants on the prevention of condensation and mould in buildings. It is suitable for local authority and housing association use as a first response to clients.

Essential Apps: Drop a Pin With Google Maps
Welcome to Essential Apps, where we take a quick look at useful iPhone applications. In the first Essential Apps we take a quick look at the Google Maps drop a pin feature. You should find this application useful when you are investigating trespassers on land, noise nuisances or accumulations of waste. Google Maps comes pre-installed […]

RPT Decisions

RPT Decision: HIMO Licence Appeal (CHI/00ML/HMV/2011/0004)

Respondent: Brighton & Hove City Council
Applicants: I.D. Habens and M.D. Habens
Subject Property: Top Maisonette, 121 Preston Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 6AF

The case involves an Appeal against a decision by Brighton & Hove City Council to attach a condition to the grant of a licence. This condition relates to the installation of a wash hand basin in the rear bedroom on the first floor.

The Southern Panel confirmed the decision by Brighton & Hove City Council.

RPT Decision: Improvement Notice Appeal (CAM/26UD/OLR/2011/0068)

Respondent: Stevenage Borough Council
Applicants: Alan Birfield
Subject Property: 31 Marymead Drive, Stevenage, Herts, SG2 8AA

This case involves an Appeal against an Improvement Notice made by Stevenage Borough Council. The Improvement Notice in this case were served whilst the property was still in occupation. Shortly before the hearing of the appeal, the property became vacant. As a result of this , the Local Authority revoked the Improvement Notice. The Appeal was then treated as withdrawn.

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