Issue details

Environment Act 2021 (WL)

The Environment Act 2021 introduces new enforcement provisions that applies to buildings that emit smoke from a chimney within a Smoke Control Area. These include new legal notices and financial penalties.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Affects more than 1 ward;

Decision status: Approved (subject to call-in)

Wards affected: Bathwick; Combe Down; Kingsmead; Lambridge; Lansdown; Moorlands; Newbridge; Odd Down; Oldfield Park; Southdown; Twerton & Whiteway; Walcot; Westmoreland; Weston; Widcombe & Lyncombe;

Notice of proposed decision first published: 30/01/2025

Decision Type: Key Decision;

Decision due: Not before 27th Feb 2025 by Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency and Sustainable Travel

Lead director: Director of Place Management

Contact: Michelle Tett, Environmental Protection Manager Email: Michelle_Tett@bathnes.gov.uk.

Consultation process

A range of multiagency meetings have taken place between March 2022 and March 2023 attended by officers from the Environmental Protection team at B&NES, Canal Rivers Trust and Julian House.
No Formal consultation Process.
Attended informal cabinet and Lib Dem Council Group Meeting (January 2025)

EFP Reference: E3603

Decisions

Documents

Background papers