Smoke control area (Area 9)
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 9
- In force since
- Council page
- bathnes.gov.uk
Planning applications in the last year
64 applications inside the zone, newest first.
- Follow-up details for an approved plan: build rear/side extensions following demolition of the existing garage and external insulation…
- Build single-storey side extension, rear verandah and widening of vehicular access
- Replacement Single-storey Side Extension & Front Porch
- Change to an approved plan: alter and extension of existing roof to facilitate new habitable accommodation
- Follow-up details for an approved plan: inside and outside changes: demolition of existing garage and carport…
- Outside changes to a listed building: replacement of three front sash windows. Replacement of rear casement windows and rear door…
- Confirm this needs no planning permission: build detached, single-storey garden unit including a covered external area/decking to the front of the…
- Change the use of Fishponds Cottage from domestic cottage to offices from 1st January 2026 to 31st December 2027 (Extension of…
- Listed building: install 4 replacement timber sliding sash windows located on the rear elevation
- Tree work: 3 Field maple: reduce crown height by 3m. Beech: reduce crown height by 2.5m. Italianate Cypress: fell
- Outside changes to a listed building: reinstatement of historic external timber sliding shutters to the upper-ground and first floor rear windows…
- Inside and outside changes to a listed building: internal layout changes, together with replacement of windows
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.
51.36784, -2.34434 · 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 1), 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), Temple Cloud Air Quality Management Area.