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It is illegal in any situation to have a fire which causes a nuisance. Ask the association secretary to have a quiet word with him. :)
Quote from: daitheplant on January 30, 2011, 19:01:07It is illegal in any situation to have a fire which causes a nuisance. Ask the association secretary to have a quiet word with him. :)No, it's not.If the polystyrene - and nasty stuff it is to burn - if it was brought onto site to burn then that would be an offence under the Environmental Protection Act (I think) and you should complain to the Environment Agency. Complain to the landlord too by all means , but it's the EA who enforce the environmental regs and they should take it seriously.If you have someone burning stuff regularly and the smoke interferes with your enjoyment of your plot then complain to the local authority and see if they'll declare it to be a statutory nuisance and do something about it.If a fire makes black smoke which drifts over a road I think that's an offence under the Road Traffic Act or some such and I believe the police will get involved - and the fire service will come and put the fire out, and most likely charge you for the inconvnience.If you have a bonfire rule then it should ban the burning of anything that either didn't grow on your plot or anything that could be composted, and if the rule doesn't say that then campaign for it to be changed. Bonfires are probably the biggest source of antisocial behaviour from allotmenteers towards their neighbours and sadly some people are just complete goits when it comes to consideration.
Thanks for that tonybloke. I will keep a copy of that too.There must be something in the name. ::)
Simon, I hate to disagree with you, but see the document I linked to for the actual Law r.e. Bonfires.rgds and best wishes from the east coast, Tony
Quote from: tonybloke on January 31, 2011, 12:23:28Simon, I hate to disagree with you, but see the document I linked to for the actual Law r.e. Bonfires.rgds and best wishes from the east coast, TonyHi Tony. I checked that out after I posted and I wondered if I'd got it wrong, but I didn't see see a contradiction. Where am I mistaken?
the bit about importing stuff for burning, this requires ( by law) a, waste carriers licence, b, waste treatment licence!!by law, you are only allowed to burn the 'arisings from within the curtillage'