Environmental Health

Dogs and animal welfare

Animal welfare, stray dogs, dog fouling.

Becoming more energy efficient is very important to us. Find out about how you can become more energy efficient and discover what grants and discounts schemes are on offer for energy efficiency improvements.

Food safety

Regulation of food businesses, investigation of food complaints and the regulation of infectious diseases.

Information on maintaining and improving the quality of life within the Wokingham Borough for our present and future communities.

Health and safety

Investigate accidents, carry-out programmed risk assessments and advice on health and safety.

Pest control

Pest control service for the treatment of rats and mice.

Pollution

Information on noisy neighbours, noise pollution, light nuisance, air quality and asbestos.

Information and related forms for registration of Houses in Multiple Occupation

The Housing Act 2004 has introduced a new system of assessment called the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS).

The Council sees a long term empty home as being:  “A private sector property that has been unoccupied for at least 6 months”

This definition allows a sufficient length of time for market forces to act to return an empty home into use without any intervention from us.

Guidelines to help you understand what your own duties and responsibilities are and the potential dangers if you don’t do anything to keep the supply serviced and maintained.

This area contains information for site owners and residents of park homes including a public register of Park Homes