The Clean Air Acts of 1956 and 1968 - Smoke Control Areas
The Clean Air Acts of 1956 and 1968
The UK's Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries was powered by coal and factories were often very near, or in, the cities. Coal burning in the home on stoves and fireplaces was also very common for heating. Air pollution was often very great and when it was foggy pollution levels rose and 'Smogs' were formed bringing cities to a standstill and causing many deaths.
Legislative controls on industrial emissions helped somewhat, but people were still burning a lot of coal on multifuel stoves and fireplaces for domestic heating.
After the Great London Smog of 1952 killed around 4,000 people the Clean Air Acts of 1956 and 1968 were introduced. These gave local authorities powers to control emissions of smoke and to declare Smoke Control Areas where burning fuel that produces smoke is banned. Many towns and cities now have smoke control areas especially in city centres and they have been effective in controlling the levels of smoke.
Smoke Control Areas
You are not allowed to burn fuel that emits smoke in a smoke control area either in a stove or fireplace. You are permitted to burn smokeless fuels on multifuel stoves and fireplaces.
Visit the following website for a List of Smoke Control areas and exempt appliances.
If in doubt contact your local authority. They can tell you if you are in a smoke control area and will have details of permitted fuels and appliances.
Exempt Appliances
There are certain cleanburning wood burning stoves which are exempt which means that you can burn wood on them in smoke control areas. These have been tested and shown to produce low emissions when woodburning. Some stoves are also approved for coal burning. You can find a full list by clicking the link in the paragraph above. Of these the wood burning stoves that we recommend are:
The Aarrow Ecoburn 5 Defra
The ACR Earlswood Defra
The Aga Little Wenlock
The Angus Orligno 18,25,40, 60 and 80 Super Gasification boilers
The Charnwood Country 4 stove with an additional smoke control kit added.
The Dovre 250
The Dovre 500 CBW stove
The Dovre 700 CBW stove
The Dunsley Yorkshire - the woodburning and multifuel models are both approved, even with a backboiler fitted!
The Esse 100 SE, Esse 125 SE,Esse 125 DX SE and Esse 350 Insert Stove.
The Extraflame Idro
The Extraflame Lucrezia Idro
The Extraflame Duchessa
The Franco Belge Montfort Elegance stove
The Franco Belge Savoy Elegance stove at 8kW is one of the highest output Defra Approved stoves.
The Franco Belge Monaco stove.
The Hotpod Unlimited
The Hunter Herald 4
The Hunter Herald 5 Slimline
The Hunter Herald 6
The Hwam Mozart, Ravel, Vivaldi, Beethoven, 30.
The La Nordica Crystal insert stoves
The La Nordica Thermal Supreme, Range Cooker
The La Nordica Italy Thermo, Range Cooker
The Mendip 5
The Mendip 8
The Morso Badger stove
The Morso Owl stove
The Morso 04 stove
The Morso 6140 and 6148 stove - contemporary stoves from Morso that are both approved.
The Morso 7642, 7644 and 7648 stove - Woodburning stoves from Morso that are approved.
The Morso Squirrel 1412 and 1442 stoves
The Morso 1416
The Morso 1418
The Morso 1446
The Morso 1448
The Morso S10-40, S10-70
The Morso S11-40, S11-42, S11-43, S11-90
The Morso S81-90
The Heta Scanline 500D, 510D, 520D, and 530D
The Heta Scanline 7D, 7AD, 7BD,7CD and 7DD
The Stovax Riva 40, 55, 66 inset These stoves need an air control kit fitted in order to qualify for approval. The kit is inexpensive, costing between £22 and £49, and simple to fit.
The Stovax Stockton 3, 4, 5, stockton 5 midline mf, and 6 stoves (various models) and all the Stockton 7 stoves (including the Stockton 7 inset), and the Stovax Huntingdon 25 stove. Some of these Stovax stoves need an air control kit fitted in order to qualify for approval. The kit is inexpensive, costing between £22 and £49, and simple to fit.
The Thermal Supreme Range Cooker Boiler Stove
The Tiger Defra Exempt stove
The Firefox 5 Classic Cleanburn
The Firefox 8 Classic Cleanburn
The Firefox 5 Defra Exempt stove
The Firefox 8 cleanburn stove
The Westfire One series stove
The Westfire Two series stove
The Westfire 15 stove
The Westfire 16 stove
The Westfire 17 stove
The Westfire 18 stove
The Westfire 19 stove
The Westfire 20 stove
The Westfire 21 stove
The Westfire 21 stove on pedestal
The Westfire 23 stove
The Westfire 23 insert stove
The Westfire 26 stove
The Westfire 27 stove
The Westfire 28 stove
The Westfire 32 stove
The Vermont Intrepid II
Aarrow Signature 5 SC
Aga Ludlow Stove SE Wood
Charnwood C4
Charnwood Island 1
Charnwood Island 2
Charnwood Island 3
Charnwood Cove 1SR
Charnwood Cove 2SR
Charnwood Tor Pico
Charnwood Tor
Dunsley Yorkshire Wood
Dunsley Yorkshire Multifuel
Dunsley Yorkshire Wood boiler
Dunsley Highlander 5 Clean Burn
Esse 301SE
Hwam Beethoven and Hwam Beethoven H please move to here and keep present link
Hwam Mozart
Hwam Ravel
Hwam Vivaldi
Hwam 30
Hunter Herald 5 Compact Defra
Hunter Herald i4 with smoke control area kit JHVR0401
Hunter Cleanburn CB900 Inset
Hunter Cleanburn CB900
Hunter Løvenholm
Hunter Nørreskoven MkII multifuel
Jotul F100
Scan Anderson 4-5
Scan DSA 7-5
Scan Ild 1 and 4
Scan Ild 2 and 5
Scan Warm 1 and 4
Scan Warm 2 and 5
Stovax Riva Plus Small, Midi and Medium
Stovax Riva Studio 1, 2 cassette and freestanding
Stovax Riva Vision Small, Midi and Medium
Stovax View 3 multifuel
Stovax View 5 wood and multifuel
Stovax View 7 inset
Villager Espirit 5 SC
Wanders Marvic Multifuel Cassette
Yeoman CL3 and CL5 multfuel
Yeoman CL5 wood
Yeoman CL7 Inset
Yeoman Devon Multifuel Flat Top 1 Door, Flat Top 2 Door, Low Canopy 1
Door, Low Canopy 2 Door, High Canopy1 Door, and High Canopy 2 Door
Yeoman Exe Multifuel Flat Top 1 Door, Flat Top 2 Door, Low Canopy 1 Door
and Low Canopy 2 Door
Yeoman Exmoor Multifuel Flat Top and Multifuel Low Canopy
