wood burning stove

[64treefrog]

confused,

 

three years ago I installed a defra approved stove, in a smokeless zone, and had the work signed off by the council planning dept.

 

Now have a letter from the council environmental heath dept saying 'it has been reported to them, by a neighbour, that I am burning logs.' They go on to state that as I live in a smokeless zone I can only burn fuel off the approved list, needless to say logs aren't on the list! They state that if I continue they will consider prosecuting me!

 

Before I ring them I wondered if anyone can advise me?

[Stubby]

Is it a Defra appoved wood burner only ( not multifuel ) If so what else can you do ?

[64treefrog]

yes it was sold as multifuel and I bought the woodburning kit with it

[matelot]

Are the logs you are burning dry? I normally find dry logs burnt well don't really give off a lot of smoke.

 

The way I read the link below is that with some stoves you can burn permitted fuels (ie logs) in a smokeless zone.

 

https://smokecontrol.defra.gov.uk/appliances.php

[64treefrog]

Yes logs are seasoned, only burn Ash and Beech, save the best for personel use:001_smile:

 

stove is a Firefox 5

 

the complaint wasnt caused by smoke, I dont believe, just miserable neighbours!

 

head of residents commitee doest like my logstore with sedum roof, tried to tell me I needed planning permission !!

[wrsni]

confused,

 

three years ago I installed a defra approved stove, in a smokeless zone, and had the work signed off by the council planning dept.

 

Now have a letter from the council environmental heath dept

 

There's your problem, conflict of authority!

 

DEFRA is central government, council is local government. It's not unusual for one to have no idea what the other is doing.

 

Check that your woodburning kit doesn't invalidate the DEFRA approval. If it doesn't, ring them and tell them (nicely but factually) that they're wrong.

 

If it does, tread carefully!

[treequip]

confused,

 

three years ago I installed a defra approved stove, in a smokeless zone, and had the work signed off by the council planning dept.

 

Now have a letter from the council environmental heath dept saying 'it has been reported to them, by a neighbour, that I am burning logs.' They go on to state that as I live in a smokeless zone I can only burn fuel off the approved list, needless to say logs aren't on the list! They state that if I continue they will consider prosecuting me!

 

Before I ring them I wondered if anyone can advise me?

 

It's more than likely a standard letter,

 

Seasoned wood in an approved burner is all pukka, if the LA don't know or chose to work around that let them dig a hole, then fill it in on top of them.

 

Ignore the letter and if they come back to you, invite them to investigate the matter properly and maybe bring a warrant with them.

[Stubby]

Well seasoned , dry wood will smoke a bit on initial light up but once stove is up to temp there is very little smoke . On mine you cant tell its alight from the outside of the house once its been going for a bit .

[Gary Prentice]

May be wrong, but I thought that logs had been approved for use in 'smoke free areas' a few years back?

 

Could the council, dare I say, not be quite up to date?

[richardwale]

Well seasoned , dry wood will smoke a bit on initial light up but once stove is up to temp there is very little smoke . On mine you cant tell its alight from the outside of the house once its been going for a bit .

 

Must be a Burley