Smoke control area

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These are the questions we answer during the Screen stage.

Answering them wil help us learn more about the Smoke control area consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.

  • What is the 'Smoke control area' consideration?

    A smoke control area (defined by UK Air (DEFRA))is an area where people and businesses must not:

    • Emit smoke from a chimney
    • Buy or sell unauthorised fuel for use in a smoke control area unless it’s used in an ‘exempt’ appliance (appliances which are approved to use in smoke control areas)

  • Is there legislation that defines 'Smoke control area'?

    Yes

    • What is the legislation that defines 'Smoke control area'?

      Clean Air Act 1956, section 11 - "(2) - Subject to any exemptions and limitations for the time being in force under this section, if, on any day, smoke is emitted from a chimney of any building within a smoke control area, the occupier of that building shall be guilty of an offence:"

    • What is the specific part of the legislation that describes how a 'Smoke control area' gets designated?

      Clean Air Act 1993, Sections 18 and 19 - "Creation of Smoke Control Areas"

    • What is the specific part of the legislation that requires the publication of 'Smoke control area'?

      N / A

  • Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Smoke control area'?

    • Local Authority
    • Secretary of State (DEFRA)

  • Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

    • UK Air (Defra)

  • Is the Smoke control area a trigger?

    No

  • Is the Smoke control area something to consult during plan making?

    Yes

    • Provide information about when Smoke control area is used during plan making

      This dataset should be consulted by LPAs to ensure that development plan policies capture the presence of the smoke controle area, and that sufficient mitigation is being taken during development.

  • Is there any Smoke control area data already available?

    Yes

    • What Smoke control area data is currently available?

      • Item 1

        url
        https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/sca/
        name
        Smoke Control Areas
        fields
        Local Authority name;Local Authority code;County;Devolved Authority;SCA or Exemption;Order details;District coverage;Affected postcodes
        licence
        Uses derived data from OS (under PSGA), Royal Mail (under PSGA) and ONS - publishing rights are unclear
        coverage
        National
        publisher
        UK Air (DEFRA)
        attribution
        © Crown copyright and database rights licensed under Defra's Public Sector Mapping Agreement with Ordnance Survey (licence No. 100022861).
        metadata_url

  • Do we think the data should come from a single source?

    Yes - UK Air

  • Will a data standard be required?

    No