Health & Environmental Services
Tel: 03450 450 063
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Pests and Nuisances
Pest control service
Pest Control is a service which ensures that the health of South Cambridgeshire is not threatened by pests and vermin. Legally the Council is obliged to ensure that our streets, buildings and sewers are as free as possible from mice, rats and other vermin.
The Pest Control team are here to advise and help residents of South Cambridgeshire, and, in certain cases, take action on pest problems that you may have in your home, whether you are a homeowner, leaseholder, private tenant or council tenant. Call our Contact Centre on 03450 450 063 in order to book a Pest Control appointment or to simply to request advice.
| Page of information | Treatment provided by SCDC | SCDC provide advice ONLY |
|---|---|---|
| Ants - Garden Ant | Yes (when in the home) | Yes |
| Ants - Pharoah's Ant | No | No |
| Bats | No | Yes |
| Bedbugs | Yes | n/a |
| Bees - Mining / Mortar / Bumble | No | Yes |
| Bees - Honeybees | No | Yes |
| Beetle - Wood-boring | No | No |
| Lice - biting | No | Yes |
| Lice - Psocids / Booklice | No | Yes |
| Carpet Beetles | No | Yes |
| Cockroaches | Yes | n/a |
| Dust Mites | No | Yes |
| Fleas | Yes | n/a |
| Flies (House) | No | No |
| Foxes | No | No |
| Mice | Yes | n/a |
| Moles | No | Yes |
| Pigeons | No | Yes |
| Rabbits | No | No |
| Rats | Yes | n/a |
| Snakes | No | No |
| Squirrels | Yes (when in the home) | n/a |
| Wasps / Hornets | Yes | n/a |
South Cambridgeshire's Environmental Health officers investigate complaints regarding statutory nuisances and public health matters. These include:
- accumulations of rubbish in gardens, on land and in alleyways.
- rats from neighbouring premises
- filthy and verminous domestic premises
- nuisance from keeping animals/birds
The action we take will depend on whether or not a statutory nuisance exists.
For example, if the type of rubbish complained about is prejudicial to health or interfering with the comfort and enjoyment of a neighbour's property. Food waste would come into this category as it could attract rats to an area. However, inert matter such as bricks or furniture would not constitute a statutory nuisance.
A bulky waste collection service is available for the collection of bulky items that won't fit into your wheeled bins.
Where an officer is made aware of any premises and or person, which on inspection and judgement, it believes to be both filthy and verminous, statutory action can be taken by the department to have one or both suitably cleaned.
If an officer believes a statutory nuisance does not exist, an informal letter may be sent to the owner/occupier of the land/property. This letter will inform them that a complaint has been made and recommend any action we believe may be necessary.
Animals and birds kept in such a way that they are prejudicial to a persons health or well being, will be investigated by an Environmental Health officer. Action taken will range from giving advice and liaising with other agencies, to the service of notices if the matter is so serious as to be judged a statutory nuisance.
Relevant Legislation
- Environmental Protection Act 1990
- Public Health Act 1936
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
- Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949
