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Food Hygiene, Licensing and Food Safety complaints can be reported online here.

Pollution complaints can be reported online here.

General Enquiries please call 01424 787550

Pest Control please call Customer Services 01424-787000

Food, Health and Safety, Dog Control please call 01424 787501

Licensing please call 01424 787550

Pollution (i.e. Noise, Bonfires, Contaminated Land etc) please call 01424 787000

House or Car Alarms outside office hours please call 01424 787868

Report Lost, Found or Stray Dogs please call Animal Wardens 0845 2417253

Graffiti please call 01424-787000

All enquiries by mail can be addressed to:

Environmental Health Service
Town Hall
Bexhill on Sea
East Sussex

Fax: 01424 787547

Office hours:
Monday to Thursday 8.30am - 5pm
Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm

Below is a directory of people in the Rother District Council Environmental Health Service. Listed is their name, position and direct dial telephone number.

Mr R Parker-Harding - Head of Environmental Health
Responsible for the delivery and performance of the Environmental Health Service.
Tel: 01424 787551

Ms U Kane - Principal Environmental Health Officer
Responsible for delivery of Food Hygiene, Health and Safety, Dog Control, Taxi Licensing. 
Tel: 01424 787542

Miss C Barbera - Senior Environmental Health Officer (Team Leader Pollution)
Pollution (including noise) specialist. Responsible for Air Quality, reviewing and authorising air polluting processes. 
Tel: 01424 787558

Mrs D Welfare - Senior Environmental Health Officer
Responsible for Animal Welfare, Licensing including Animal Welfare, the Licensing Act 2003 and the Gambling Act 2005.
Tel: 01424 787541

Mr S Mills - Senior Environmental Health Officer
Responsible for Contaminated Land. Comments on the environmental impact of planning applications.
Tel: 01424 787560

Mr R Hoyland - Environmental Health Licensing Officer
Responsible for premises licences issued under the Licensing Act 2003: sale/supply of alcohol, hot refreshments after 23.00hrs and regulated entertainment. Also responsible for animal welfare and caravan site licences.
Tel: 01424 787553

Mr R Griffiths -Taxi Licensing Officer
Issues all taxi licenses, conducts routine checks, will investigate complaints and give advice.
Tel: 01424 787528

Mr G Carter - Pest Control Officer
Treats rats, mice, fleas, wasps and cockroaches as requested. Provides advice. 
Tel: Customer Services 01424 787548

Mr D Carter - Pest Control Officer
Treats rats, mice, fleas, wasps and cockroaches as requested. Provides advice.
Tel: Customer Services 01424 787549

Mr TW Lau - Assistant Environmental Health Officer
Investigates noise nuisances, bonfires and public health complaints. 
Tel: 01424 787574

Miss M Lowther - Environmental Health Technician
Investigates noise nuisances, bonfires and public health complaints.
Tel: 01424 787554

Mr S Carter - Environmental Health Enforcement Officer
Deals with enforcement matters.
Tel: 01424 787587

Mrs C Campbell - Environmental Health Food and Safety Officer (part time)
Carries out routine food hygiene and health and safety inspections. Provides advice. Expert in food and water sampling. Involved in Infectious Disease Control. Provides training and mentoring on "Safer Food Better Business" project.
Tel: 01424 787546

Mr N Dawson - Senior Environmental Health Officer
Carries out routine food hygiene and health and safety inspections.  Will investigate complaints and give advice.
Tel: 01424 787544

Mr P Baverstock - Senior Environmental Health Officer (part-time)
Carries out routine food hygiene and health and safety inspections.
Tel: 01424 787574

Mr P Wright -Senior Environmental Health Officer
Carries out routine food hygiene and health and safety inspections. Will investigate complaints and give advice.
Tel: 01424 787543

Mrs Anscombe/ Mrs White - Technical Support to Environmental Health and PA to Head of Environmental Health
General advice on all pollution matters and receives all initial pollution complaints.
Tel: 01424 787558

Mrs S Phillips/ Mrs T Lubbock - Technical Support (Pollution)
General advice on all pollution matters.
Tel: 01424 787515

Mrs A Adams/ Mrs M Roberts - Technical Support (Food and Safety)
Receives all initial complaints relating to food hygiene and health and safety matters.
Tel: 01424 787538

Mrs J Philips - Technical Support (Licensing)Responsible for personal licences, house to house collections, street collections and lotteries.
Tel: 01424 787527 (8.00am - 12.30pm)

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