Response 4101623

Response to request for information

Reference

4101623

Response date

9 September 2026

Request

1. Please state how many complaints your local authority has received about smoke from domestic fires from 1st Sept 2025 to 31st August 2026 inclusive? 
2. Please state the number of enforcement actions taken by your local authority, in the following categories, against suspected breaches of Smoke Control Area rules from 1st Sept 2025 to 31st August 2026 inclusive:
   
   1. Warning or guidance letters
   2. Inspections
   3. Penalty notices
   4. Prosecution? 
   5. How many complaints concerned people who had previously been the addressee of an enforcement action, including letters? 
3. Does your Smoke Control Area cover canal boats / moored vessels and fixed vessels on inland waterways? 
4. The Clean Air Act powers as amended by the Environment Act 2021 allows for civil financial penalties for smoke emissions in Smoke Control Areas.
   1. Has your local authority amended its Enforcement Policy to allow for visible smoke to result in civil financial penalties and other enforcement action for smoke emissions in Smoke Control Zones?
   2. If so, how many enforcement actions has this change resulted in and which kind?

Response

1. Please state how many complaints your local authority has received about smoke from domestic fires from 1st Sept 2025 to 31st August 2026 inclusive? One
2. Please state the number of enforcement actions taken by your local authority, in the following categories, against suspected breaches of Smoke Control Area rules from 1st Sept 2025 to 31st August 2026 inclusive:
   
   1. Warning or guidance letters - Zero
   2. Inspections - Zero
   3. Penalty notices - Zero
   4. Prosecution? - Zero
   5. How many complaints concerned people who had previously been the addressee of an enforcement action, including letters? - Zero
3. Does your Smoke Control Area cover canal boats / moored vessels and fixed vessels on inland waterways?  No
4. The Clean Air Act powers as amended by the Environment Act 2021 allows for civil financial penalties for smoke emissions in Smoke Control Areas.
   1. Has your local authority amended its Enforcement Policy to allow for visible smoke to result in civil financial penalties and other enforcement action for smoke emissions in Smoke Control Zones? Yes
   2. If so, how many enforcement actions has this change resulted in and which kind? Zero