Occupational health and safety inspections

Shepway District Council has a duty to enforce health and safety at work legislation under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. There are around 2,500 premises in the district where this legislation applies.   

The council's commercial team routinely inspects premises involved with retail or wholesale, hotel and catering, sports and leisure, residential accommodation (excluding nursing homes), places of worship, pre-school childcare and mobile vending. The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for enforcing legislation in factories and industrial premises and can be contacted on 01233 624658 or www.hse.gov.uk

If you are an employer, an employee or a member of the public who has a concern regarding a safety matter you can contact us by post, phone or email (see our contact details) or you can report an incident direct using the online form.