Environmental Health and Trading Standards

Animal Welfare 

• Animal Welfare Licensing for animal boarding, pet shops, zoo, riding establishments,dog breeding, dog day care, dangerous wild animals, performing animals
• Out of Control Dogs
• Dog Straying
• Advice for dog owners

•  Food Safety
•  Workplace Safety

Pest Control including:

• Bed Bugs
• Bird Nuisance
• Dermestes Beetles
• Fleas
• Mice
• Other Insects/Invertebrates
• Rats (Rattus norvegicus)
• Wasps

Pollution and How to Report It, including:

• air quality, 
• noise,
• dust,
• light,
• smell (including Agricultural Odours or Smells)
• and accumulations of rubbish

Health Protection

•  is currently being revised by Lothian Health in conjunction with relevant local authorities. A copy of the current plan will be published here, when available.

Housing conditions, including:

• Dampness in Homes,
• Dirty, Unclean, Cluttered or Smelly Homes, 
• Infected, Infested or Contaminated Homes, 
• Homes in Disrepair,
• Housing Immigration Enquiries, 
• Smells and Odours in Homes
• New Fire Alarm Legislation

Licensing

Licenses issued and administered by Environmental Health include:

• Animal Welfare Licensing
• Licensing of Caravan Sites

Environmental Health is also consulted or advises on licences administered by Legal Services.

Planning liaison, including consultations on Planning Applications

• Drain and sewer chokes (in conjunction with Scottish Water (opens new window))
• Drinking water quality (in conjunction with Scottish Water (opens new window))
• Private water supplies
• Septic tank problems
• Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green) Algae