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What your business must do to prevent air pollution - local emissions controls, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs), eliminating dark smoke, permits for boilers
Your local council can introduce extra controls on emissions if there are…
The darker the smoke, the more polluting it tends to be. Smoke darker than…
You need a permit for most generators, furnaces and boilers. Get a permit…
In smoke control areas you can only use certain types of fuel or exempt appliances - find out if you live in one and what you can burn
How to become certified to monitor pollution released from chimney stacks – the experience and training you need and the exams you must take.
How councils deal with complaints about smoke from premises that's a statutory nuisance, smoke that's exempt and how smoke can be assessed.
Midlands Region, Mr GS Freckelton FRICS and Mr N WInt FRICS on 19 September 2019
Notices of publication and a consolidated list of references of pre-Exit European Assessment Documents for construction products.
Southern Region, Judge Tildesley OBE and Mrs A Clist MRICS on 30 June 2023
Southern Region, Mr D Banfield FRICS on 27 January 2021
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge N Hawkes and Mr J Naylor on 14 September 2022
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