Environmental Enforcement
Welcome
Maidstone Borough Council's Environmental Enforcement Section
provides a range of services which includes Food, Health and
Safety, Environmental Crime, Pollution Control and Planning
Enforcement. Our teams of officers provide services which aim to
promote healthy living, protect public health and provide a quality
environment.
Pollution Control
The Pollution Control Team deals with air quality, land
contamination, environmental planning, noise nuisances, drainage,
litter, dog control and other nuisances from residential &
commercial premises. [Access an MBC News Release regarding air
quality in Maidstone here.]
Health and Safety
The Health and Safety Team inspect businesses to ensure that
they are complying with health and safety legislation, investigate
accidents at work and complaints about working conditions, and
monitor private water supplies.
Food Safety
The Food Safety Team inspects food businesses to ensure that
they are complying with both food safety and health and safety
legislation, investigate complaints about food and premises, and
food poisoning. We also provide food safety training, advice to new
business operators and register food businesses.
Planning Enforcement
The Planning Enforcement Team deals with alleged contraventions
of the planning regulations, illegal advertisements and untidy
sites, caravan sites and various other planning issues.
Contacting Environmental Enforcement
- Please address your comments in writing to the relevant section
at:
- Block E (/Block C for Planning Enforcement)
- Environmental Enforcement MBC
- 13 Tonbridge Rd
- Maidstone
- Kent ME16 8HG
- But please note that we will be moving offices from
31/05/08... our new address will then be:
- Environmental Enforcement MBC
- 9th Floor
- Maidstone House
- King Street
- Maidstone
- Kent ME15 6JQ
- [All other contact details below will remain the
same]
or telephone 01622 602202
or contact us via email at contactcentretelephones@maidstone.gov.uk
.
Links to other Environmental Enforcement pages:
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Access Air Quality information here.