Smoke control areas

A Smoke Control Area is an area declared by the Local Authority in terms of the Clean Air Act 1993 where you can't emit smoke from a chimney unless you're burning an authorised fuel, or using exempt appliances (for example burners or stoves).

The reason that smoke control areas were necessary was due to poor local air quality from smoke and sulphur dioxide mainly emitted from coal fires.

Our smoke control programme ran from 1981 until 1993 and dramatically improved local air quality. During that period, Environmental Health approved grants and oversaw the replacement of thousands of coal fires in both the public and private sectors.

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Dalry smoke control area

Kilbirnie smoke control area

Three Towns and Kilwinning smoke control area

Permitted fuels

Exemptions

Consequence of non-compliance

Wood burning stoves and open fires