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Ban on burning heather and grass on deep peat extended to improve air quality for local communities, reduce flood risk and protect wildlife.
Restrictions on burning crop residues, and the rules you must follow when you burn to protect the environment and avoid causing nuisance.
When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
Businesses such as joiners, gardeners and farmers can burn their own untreated wood and plant waste on a bonfire, at the place it was produced.
Extension to ban of burning on deep peat proposed by Government, so that an extra 146,000 hectares are protected
The rules about having garden bonfires, burning domestic waste, complaining about a neighbour's bonfire, fines
U4 exemption allows you to use waste plant material or untreated wood as fuel in a small appliance to produce heat or power.
D6 exemption allows you to dispose of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on site in an incinerator.
Burning household waste can cause pollution, harm people, wildlife and the environment and could lead to a fine of up to £50,000.
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