Environmental Health

Discover more about air quality in Aberdeenshire and find advice about bonfires. If you are thinking of installing biomass or CHP plant you can find more advice here too.

Read our Animal Welfare Charter and find out about responsible dog ownership.

Information on caravan site licences.

Find contact details for local environmental health offices in your area.

Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 came into force in Scotland in July 2000. It places responsibilities on local authorities to deal with contaminated land in accordance with a published Contaminated Land Strategy.

If you live in a rural area and your home is not connected to mains drainage it is likely to have a septic tank.

Information on environmental health performance.

Find out how well food businesses in Aberdeenshire have fared in food hygiene inspections. Information and advice for food businesses, voluntary groups providing food including information on how to apply for training courses and our enforcement policies.

Information and advice for companies and employees in relation to health and safety in the workplace.

Light pollution can be deemed to be a statutory nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Sound is essential to our daily lives, but noise is not – noise can be defined as unwanted sound.

An odour can be defined as a smell that is detectable. People have different abilities and tolerances of odours, and as such, we are faced with an often difficult task of establishing whether the odour is bad enough to cause a 'nuisance' or simply causes annoyance.

Find out how to deal with common pests, including detailed advice on gulls, rats and bats.

The Aberdeenshire Council area has approximately 8500 private water supplies serving both domestic and commercial properties.

View notices served by Environmental Health.

Find out about the fire and smoke detector requirements under the Tolerable Standard set out by the Scottish Government.

Information about how to report a problem with a tree.

Find out when an overgrown garden can be reported to Environmental Health.

Information about short-term let licences.