Health and safety

Our inspectors normally enforce health and safety standards by giving advice on how to comply with the law. Sometimes we must require improvements by issuing an Enforcement Notice. If necessary, we may prosecute people for non-compliance with a notice. Officers follow our Enforcement Policy to decide on the most appropriate action to take.

Public register of health and safety enforcement notices under the Environment and Safety Information Act 1988

1. Under the requirements of the Environment and Safety Information Act 1988, Southend-on-Sea City Council maintains a public register of information on notices which do not impose requirements or conditions solely for the protection of persons at work. These are called 'relevant notices' under this Act and will be identified by the inspector serving the notice.
2. The entry in the register will be made within 14 days either of the expiry of the right of appeal or of the disposal of an appeal. Where a notice is cancelled on appeal no entry will be made. Where an inspector is satisfied that a notice has been complied with, a further entry will be made in the register within 7 days to show this. If a notice is withdrawn or amended the entry on the register will be withdrawn or amended within 7 days.
3. The entry on the register will normally be the relevant details from the front page of the notice form. If the recipient thinks that the entry for the notice would disclose information about a trade secret or secret manufacturing process, they can give written notice to Southend City Council within 14 days. Southend City Council will then draft an entry which it believes will not reveal the secret and serve this on the recipient. In the meantime, the entry in the register will specify only the name and address, any place involved and the relevant legal provisions. If not satisfied with the redrafted entry they have a further right of appeal to the Secretary of State within 14 days.
4. Enforcement Notices will usually appear on our website for a period of 3 years.

Improvement notices

Superdrug Stores PLC

• Address - 134 High Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1JX
• Reference - I/01/24
• Notice Type - Improvement
• Status - Complied
• Trading as - Superdrug
• Act or Regulation - The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, sections 2(2), The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, Regulation 21(2)(c)
• Description - Failure to provide running hot water or appropriately mixed warm water supplied to the male and female washing facilities
• Compliance Date - 13 January 2025
• Revised Compliance Date - Not applicable

Prohibition notices

Kebabs R Us Limited

• Address - 191 Elmsleigh Drive, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 4JH
• Reference - P/ON/LC/01
• Notice Type - Prohibition Notice
• Status - Active
• Trading as - Kebabs R Us
• Act or Regulation - the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Sections 2(1), (2)(a), (2)(2), the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 Regulations 11(1), (2)(a), (2)(b)
• Description - There was no guard or protection device to prevent employees having access to the dangerous mixer bowl area when using the dough mixer machine. There were no effective measures or safe systems of work to prevent access to dangerous parts of the machine before an employee can come into the danger zone of the machine
• Compliance Date - Immediately
• Revised Compliance Date - Not applicable