Environmental health

The main function of Ipswich Borough Council’s Licensing and Enforcement Service is to protect the public and environment. We do this by helping our customers achieve the standards required to obtain a licence whilst avoiding unnecessary expense.

Learn how we can assist in maintaining a safe workplace.

Find out how to report a lost or found dog.

Find out how to make payment for a dog collected by our dog warden service.

Learn about the smokefree law, responsibilities for maintaining smokefree environments, and how to report violations.

Learn about skin piercing and tattooing registration, fees, temporary permits, and reporting illegal practices.

We can enforce clean-up of filthy or verminous properties and land under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 and the Public Health Act 1936.

Foxes are considered wild animals, not pests, so the Council cannot legally remove them from private or other land.

Find answers to common questions about Traveller encampments in Ipswich and how we manage them.