Due to the extreme hot weather, Veolia will be starting bin collections from 6am. Please make sure you put your waste out at your normal collection point by this time, or as late as possible the evening before.
Fair and effective enforcement is essential to protect the health, safety and interests of the residents, visitors and businesses of Harlow. Even in a minor case a decision about enforcement action has serious implications for all involved; the general public, businesses, victims, witnesses and defendants.
The Environmental Health Service applies this policy so that it can make fair and consistent decisions about enforcement.
At the heart of our ambitions lies our responsibility to provide safe, high quality, and well-managed housing for our residents. As the largest social housing landlord per capita in the East of England, with over 9,000 homes, we hold a position of both privilege and responsibility with nearly one third of residents living in one of our homes.
The purpose of this enforcement policy is to provide a general policy that outlines the overarching principles applied to making enforcement decisions, and the process all officers will use when deciding what action to take when carrying out their statutory duties on behalf of Harlow Council.
This enforcement policy constitutes a statement of the principles to be applied when making enforcement decisions, and outlines the process that will be used when deciding what action to take in the discharge of the council’s statutory duties. The council recognises the important role that balanced consistent and effective enforcement has in protecting the interests of residents, licence holders and businesses based within Harlow. Decisions on enforcement action may have significant implications for those involved.
The Building Harlow's Future plan is our main corporate policy framework for 2026 to 2027.
This plan outlines a comprehensive, mission-driven approach to revitalising the town, improving services, and delivering meaningful outcomes for residents.
It sets out our missions, what we will do to deliver them, and how we will ensure that the plan is a success.
We are committed to providing excellent customer service to everyone who contacts us. Our service standards set out what you can expect from us.
When you contact us we aim to:
This is the appropriate policy document for Harlow District Council that sets out how we will protect special category and criminal convictions personal data.
It meets the requirement at Part 1 Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Data Protection Act 2018 that an appropriate policy document be in place where the processing of special category personal data is necessary for the purposes of performing or exercising obligations or rights which are imposed or conferred by law on the controller or the data subject in connection with employment, social security or social protection.