Accessibility and Help
Navigation
Contact The Council
Pest Control
About the Service
The Pest Control Service is part of the Health, Housing & Community Safety Section of the Borough Council. Our aim is to provide a first class service to control a number of pests in domestic premises.
Under normal circumstances we will aim to respond to requests within two working days of receiving your call.
We offer a service to control rats in domestic premises, which is free of charge.
We also offer a service to carry out wasp nest treatments and eradicate bed bugs, cockroaches, mites and lice in your home, also to control mice subject to a charge for these particular services and dependant on certain conditions.
In addition to offering a pest eradication service our Pest Control Officers will be happy to give advice on dealing with pests that are not covered by the service.
Should you find an insect in your home that you are not sure of and would like to know if it is an environmental health pest then we can offer an identification service and advice on treatment if necessary.
We also provide a very competitive first class pest control service to business premises in the Worthing area.
These include restaurants , hotels , nursing homes etc., many of whom have regular inspections and preventative treatments carried out on a contract basis.
Our Pest Control Officers are fully expierenced and trained to the very high standards of the Royal Society of Health.
2008/9 Recommended Charges
| Service | Cost |
|---|---|
| Rats and Mice |
|
| Domestic Premises (Rats Only) |
Free |
| Domestic Presmises (Mice Only) |
£52.00 per complete treatment Concessions: £15.00 charge if occupant is on Income Support, Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit |
| Commercial Premises |
£77.00 plus £18.00 per subsequent visit |
| Annual Commercial Contracts | |
| Rodents Only |
As costed, minimum £180.00 |
| Rodents and Insects (Excluding Cockroaches) |
As costed |
| Rodents and Insects (Including Cockroaches) |
As costed, minimum £397.00 |
| Other Pests |
|
| Wasps' Nest - per treatments |
£41.00 |
| Removal of nest only (or second nest treatment) |
£22.00 |
| Nuisance Pests (mites, animal fleas etc.) |
|
| Domestic Premises |
£57.00 for maximum of 7 rooms plus £4.00 per room thereafter |
| Commercial Premises |
As costed, minimum £73.00 |
| Other Vermin | |
| Domestic Premises |
£26.00 plus £9.00 after first visit |
| Commercial Premises |
As costed, minimum £77.00 Additional charge of £20.00 if special access required |
| Public Health Pests (bed bugs, lice, cockroaches etc.) |
|
| Domestic Premises |
£57.00 for maximum of 7 rooms plus £4.00 a room thereafter Concessions: £28.50 charge if occupant is on Income Support, Housing Benefit or Council Tax Benefit. |
| Commercial Premises |
As costed, minimum of £77.00 |
| Other discretionary environmental health services |
|
| Food surrender certificate |
£36.00 |
| Collection and disposal of unsound food up to 1000 litres (excluding frozen food) | £71.00 |
| Collection and disposal of unsound food up to 1000 litres (including Frozen food) | As costed |
| Collection and disposal of unsound food up to 1000 litres (Large/difficult loads) | As costed |
| Basic CIEH Food Hygiene Certificate Course |
£67.00 |
| Health and Safety Statements |
£115.00 |
| Registered Homes Inspections | £67.00 |
| Impounding of Stray Dogs |
£46.00 plus £12.00 per day thereafter |
Prevention - What Can You Do?
When it comes to pest control the best advice you could possible receive is that prevention is better than cure. If you are prepared to take a few simple precautions you can greatly reduce the risk of suffering a pest infestation which can be a very unpleasant expierence.
Rodents
- Avoid accumalations of rubbish in the garden because these are areas that offer harbourage to both rats and mice and where they will then multiply. Their next
- Move will be into your home, so don’t hoard rubbish, take it to the local amenity tip.
- Whilst the Council believes composting is good environmental practise, please keep an eye on your compost heap. Even if you don’t put food on it rats and mice find the warmth within the heap irresistible and ideal for nesting.
- Have you checked your air-bricks recently? Check to see if any are broken or if they are level with or very close to the ground. If they are broken then rats may be able to enter, if they are level with or close to the ground there is a chance that mice will gain access.
- Check round the outside of your house looking for gaps under doors and around pipes or cables that enter the building, holes in exterior walls etc. A simple test is that if you can get a ball-point pen through the gap then a mouse could enter. The solution is to seal gaps and holes in walls, fit a suitable gauge mesh over air bricks and rectify gaps that exist at the base of doors.
Fleas
- Frequently wash your pets bedding in the hottest wash possible.
- Take your pet for regular checks by your vet and treat if necessary.
If you have a pest infestation do not hesitate to contact our Pest Control Service.
Useful Information Leaflets
Below is a range of our pest information sheets which you can download and view in a PDF viewer.
| Contact Method | Details |
|---|---|
| Service's Page / Website | Pest Control |
| Telephone | 01903 221064 |
| Fax | |
| PCDW@worthing.gov.uk | |
| Postal Address and Location | |
| Location Map from Discover Worthing (Click to Enlarge) |
|
| On-line Forms | |
| Other Details | |
| Text Message (SMS) | |
| Minicom | |
| Notes | |
Back to Navigation - Back to the top of this article
Your Comments On This Page
By sharing just a few words on how useful this page was, what was good, what was missing or confusing can really help us improve our website. Send a quick message to the web developer and your feedback will be used to improve this page. Do not use this form to lodge complaints or comments that need feedback.
Copyright and Policy
