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does any know the laws of having a bon fire on allotments we are allowed one if contained in such as a incinerators, but if i dig a hole line it out with2x2 paving slabs resting on bricks 2 slabs(=4ftx2ft)by 1slab, that would be a contained fire(pit)about the size of one of those burning bins as i was told yesterday that any thing larger the local brigade has to be informed
There isn't - as Chrispy said, it's a site rule. It should be in your Terms & Conditions. If not, it's open to interpretation by whoever is in charge on your site.The only legal bit is about allowing bonfires to cause an offence to neighbours, traffic, etc. And about toxic waste. Basically, you - or the site could be sued! So rules have to be put in place to prevent that.
Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, it is an offence to omit smoke, fumes or gases which are a nuisance.
We have a corner on our site where you take burnable crap and sling it on the pile, and every now and then the site sec puts a match to it. You can even bring burnable crap from home to chuck on, and we let a local handyman dump his compostable and burnable crap here as well for £5 a load.
Quote from: davyw1 on July 05, 2011, 15:27:10Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, it is an offence to omit smoke, fumes or gases which are a nuisance.This is what I understand to be the situation. Bear in mind that "nuisance" has a specific technical meaning here and an occaisonal fire, even if it's making quite a bit of smoke and annoying the hell out of the neighbours isn't actually a "nuisance" in the meaning of the EPA.That stuff about informing the fire brigade of fire pits over a certain area is poppycock.QuoteWe have a corner on our site where you take burnable crap and sling it on the pile, and every now and then the site sec puts a match to it. You can even bring burnable crap from home to chuck on, and we let a local handyman dump his compostable and burnable crap here as well for £5 a load.But this is an offence. It's an offence for the site committee to accept trade waste without a waste transfer license, an offfence for the handyman to move trade waste without a waste transfer licence, and it's an offence for the committee to burn trade waste without a licence. Burning arisings on your own plot is perfectly legal, but bringing stuff from home is an offence, and it's likely an offence if you take stuff from your plot to a communal fire pit. I have a feeling that even communal compost heaps need a license from the EA.IMHO there's not much you ever really need to burn that couldn't be composted as even soft-fruit prunings rot down in a couple of years at the bottom of a compost heap. Old pallets and dead pea stick maybe, but wait until they're really dry and they'll burn without any smoke.
Our site rules allow bonfires 6-8pm daily for allotment generated waste only. The time changes to 4-6pm during winter months. Nothing is to be brought from home. These are local council bylaws rules.