Community safety

Commercial environment

The commercial environment team is made up of four main elements: health & safety, food, entertainment premises, and the consultation team. They ensure that commercial premises in Westminster are well run:

Food

• Promote and regulate food safety in food premises within the City
• To control and investigate outbreaks of food poisoning.
• To advise the general public, new and existing business on good practice in relation to food safety.

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Health & Safety

• Ensure commercial premises provide safe working conditions
• Conduct risk assessments to identify all potential risks to health
• Provide educational activities to highlight Health & Safety issues

Consultation Team

The Consultation team provides the Environmental Health input into the planning and licensing application process. This involves liaising with applicants over the detail of applications, presenting evidence to licensing committees and acting as expert witnesses at court. The team also lead on the implementation of the Council’s contaminated land strategy.

Environmental Sciences

• Monitor air and water quality and contaminated land
• Provide expert acoustic advice to the Planning and Licensing services
• Develop noise mapping to display noise hotspots across Westminster

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Premises Licensing

• Promote good management in licensed entertainment premises
• Regulate licensed and unlicensed sex premises

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