Request ID
18755
Date Received
Date Resolved
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Resolution
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1. Please state how many complaints your local authority has received about smoke from domestic fires from Sept 2023 to August 2024 inclusive?
We have had no complaints about domestic fires from September 2023 to August 2024.

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 Sept 2023 to August 2024 inclusive:
a) Warning or guidance letters
b) Inspections
c) Penalty notices
d) Prosecutions
We have had no complaints about domestic fires from September 2023 to August 2024.

3. Please provide a copy of any guidance issued internally to council officers regarding the enforcement of alleged breaches of smoke control area rules.
Not applicable

4. Please provide a copy of any reports or guidance produced by your council relating to the local implementation of the Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 from 1 May 2021.
Enforcement of this regulation is undertaken by WBC Partner – PPP. Please refer to the link below for more information. Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 - PPP (publicprotectionpartnership.org.uk)

5. How many of your social housing properties have open fires or wood burning stoves?
22

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