This is a Freedom of Information request on woodburning.

1. Please state how many complaints your local authority has received about smoke from domestic fires in each of the following calendar years:
a) 2016
• Total: 196
• Air Quality - Domestic: 15
• Bonfire: 152
• Other Air Pollution - Domestic: 16
• Wood Burner: 13

b) 2017
• Total: 175
• Air Quality - Domestic: 8
• Bonfire: 151
• Other Air Pollution - Domestic: 11
• Wood Burner: 5

c) 2018
• Total: 137
• Air Quality - Domestic: 18
• Bonfire: 113
• Other Air Pollution - Domestic: 1
• Wood Burner: 5

d) 2019
• Total: 120
• Air Quality - Domestic: 13
• Bonfire: 95
• Other Air Pollution - Domestic: 7
• Wood Burner: 5

e) 2020
• Total: 326
• Air Quality - Domestic: 5
• Bonfire: 304
• Other Air Pollution - Domestic: 13
• Wood Burner: 4

f) 2021
• Total: 66
• Air Quality - Domestic: 2
• Bonfire: 56
• Other Air Pollution - Domestic: 7
• Wood Burner: 1

2. Please state the number of enforcement actions taken by your local authority between 2016 and 2021 in the following categories against suspected breaches of smoke control area rules:
a) Warning or guidance letters
b) Inspections
c) Penalty notices
d) Prosecutions
We do not have smoke control areas in the Wokingham Borough Council area so have not taken any enforcement action regarding breaches

3. Please provide a copy of any guidance issued internally to council officers regarding the enforcement of alleged breaches of smoke control area rules.
None of our procedures relate to the enforcement of smoke control areas as we do not have any, we will investigate issues of smoke under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

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.
There are currently no reports concerning local implementation of the Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 from 1 May 2021.