Smoke control area (Area 1)
In a smoke control area you can’t let smoke out of a chimney unless you burn an authorised fuel or use an exempt appliance, such as a Defra-approved wood burner. The fine can be up to £300.
- Type
- Smoke control area
- Place
- Area 1
- In force since
- Council page
- bathnes.gov.uk
Planning applications in the last year
18 applications inside the zone, newest first.
- Confirm an existing use is lawful: use of property as Student HMO
- Confirm an existing use is lawful: continued use as HMO
- Small change to approved plans: redevelopment of the former laundry services site to provide three-storey building plus inset…
- Loft conversion with rear flat roof dormer
- Redevelopment for residential homes together with associated infrastructure, landscaping, new public realm, car…
- Small change to approved plans: subdivision of existing units to create a third commercial space. External insulation to the front…
- Tree work: T1: lime: Crown lift by 2.5m due to limbs overhanging footpath and encroaching road
- Follow-up details for an approved plan: demolition and replacement of the building facade, modification…
- Build flat roof dormer to the rear of the property, to support a loft conversion
- Change to an approved plan: build rear dormer window extension, demolition of existing rear single-storey extensions… (already done)
- Internal and rear alterations, to include increase in single-storey rear roof height, removal of rear chimney…
- Confirm an existing use is lawful: use of property as a 4-bed shared house (HMO)
The outline
The shaded area is the zone, from the council’s map. Check the council’s own map before relying on an exact boundary.
51.37877, -2.37732 · Open in a map
Other air zones: Bath Air Quality Management Area, Bath Clean Air Zone, Farrington Gurney Air Quality Management Area, Keynsham proposed Air Quality Management Area, Saltford Air Quality Management Area, Smoke control area (Area 2), Smoke control area (Area 3), Smoke control area (Area 4), Smoke control area (Area 5), Smoke control area (Area 6), Smoke control area (Area 7), Smoke control area (Area 8), Smoke control area (Area 9), Temple Cloud Air Quality Management Area.