Our online forms will be unavailable between 12.00am and 8.00am on Monday 7 April, and between 8.00pm and 10.00pm on Thursday 10 April for essential maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

The following systems will be unavailable from 5.00pm on Wednesday 9 April until 7.30am on Thursday 10 April: our online Council Tax, business rates and housing benefit system, and our welfare assistance form. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Community Protection

Community Protection has responsibility for the functions of environmental health, trading standards and licensing.

The overall aim of the service is to protect and improve the health, safety, economic wellbeing and environment of the communities we serve. Services include:

food safety and standards
animal health and welfare
infectious disease control
community health surveillance
licences
markets
pollution control
public health
fair trading
safety and metrology

Contact Community Protection

Email ehcp@durham.gov.uk
Telephone 03000 261 016