Matthew China Email & Phone Number

Eastbourne, Gb

Leadership of the Policy, Insight and Communications Team working across the wider Wealden District Council.

Hastings, East Sussex

Responsible for leading the Housing Renewal Team at Hasting Borough Council. The Housing Renewal Team undertakes all the local authorities duties with regards to private rented sector enforcement and licensing of private rented sector accommodation.

Hastings, East Sussex

Team leader for the housing standards enforcement and financial assistance team.

Gatwick Airport

Member of the management team at Airport Cars Gatwick. Support the day to day operation of the company in addition to undertaking review of existing management structure.

Departments managed: Health Protection (food safety, health and safety, infectious disease control, pest control), Environmental Management (public health nuisance, pollution control, air quality management, contaminated land, clean neighbourhoods, dog control, environmental permitting, biodiversity, climate change, farmers market, coastal protection, land drainage), Licensing (alcohol, public entertainment, gambling, taxis, caravan sites), Emergency Planning. 38.5 full time equivalents with a revenue budget of £ 2.59 million. - Contributed to developing and delivering the senior management teams vision for a new Council in order to adapt to funding reductions in the local government sector.- Led the corporate project team in the development of the delivery strategy for the corporate ‘New Ways of Working’ project. This included setting up and facilitating a staff focus group to communicate and indeed develop parts of the project.- Engaged with the development of the Local Development Plan for the Chichester district, in particular as the environment lead. Facilitated the Environmental Management Team in the carrying out of the sustainability assessment of all the policies within the plan- Along with senior colleagues from other Sussex authorities commissioned and contributed to ‘Spanning the Gap’ a research document looking at the Environmental Health contribution to wider public health. Subsequently organised a day conference on the same subject.- Led the team in a significant overhaul / modernisation of the Councils taxi licence conditions.Initiated development of local solutions to the findings of the Solent Disturbance Mitigation Project (SDMP).

Departments managed: Commercial Safety (food safety, health and safety, infectious disease control, licensing), Environmental Protection (public health nuisance, pollution control, air quality management, contaminated land, clean neighbourhoods, dog control, environmental permitting, pest control), Emergency Planning. 35 full time equivalents. - In light of public sector spending cuts undertook a service review of all environmental health services which resulted in a saving of £ 84,500- Facilitated the Environmental Management Team in the adoption of Dog Control Orders as a solution to Natural Englands objections to development in Chichester (and the harm this would cause to wildlife at Chichester Harbour).- Drafted and enabled adoption by Council of a Business Continuity Management Strategy for CDC- Volunteered and led the service through the Local Better Regulation Office (LBRO) peer challenge process as a pilot environmental health service.- Instigated a flexible working pilot within environmental health, many of the findings subsequently used in the wider corporate NWOW project.- Led the review of the planning permission granted to Goodwood motor circuit in order to enable the operation of the circuit to be more flexible whilst also protecting the wider community.

- Set up a cross departmental and elected Member working party to ensure the Councils delivery of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act.- Led in the development of a WSCC / CDC Officer and elected Member working group to scrutinise delivery of the Air Quality Action Plan for Chichester.- Reallocated roles and responsibilities within the team to ensure service delivery with reduced resource following retirement of previous team manager. - Introduced a scheme of charging for pest control services (in 2011/12 this income had risen to over £ 90,000 pa).- Drafted, consulted and implemented new private sector housing renewal strategy.- Led a consortium of Hampshire local authorities in the development of a partnership with a not for profit finance company (Portsmouth Area Regeneration Trust later to become South Coast Moneyline) for the delivery of loans for housing renewal- Introduced a partnership with Chichester University for a scheme of landlord accreditation (presently over 200 properties accredited).- Facilitated the development of a loans scheme for domestic renewable energy installations such as solar water heating.

- Led a sub-group of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Housing Group on the development of a fee structure for Houses in Multiple Occupation licensing to ensure consistency across Sussex.- Through negotiation with East Sussex County Council (ESCC) Occupational Therapy (OT) Team facilitated an ESCC OT to be co-located with the Private Sector Housing Team.- The Moat Care and Repair small works scheme, funded by RDC won Foundations award ‘Best Approach to Multi Agency & Partnership Working’ annual award.

Private Housing Renewal (Administer Housing Renewal Grants and Disabled Facilities Grants, investigate landlord and tenant complaints, act as HCS surveyor for the Wealden House Condition Survey, undertake HMO inspections).Safety, Food and Health (undertake food hygiene and Health and Safety at Work inspections, investigate infectious disease outbreaks, investigate health and safety at work accidents).