FI16251

Request

Question 1: Do you record every complaint you get from residents about domestic burning? 

Question 2: Please state how many complaints your local authority has received about smoke from domestic fires from 1st Sept 2024 to 31st August 2025 inclusive?

Question 3: Please state the number of actions taken by your local authority, in the following categories, from 1st Sept 2024 to 31st August 2025 inclusive:

a) Warning or guidance letters b) Inspections c) Penalty notices d) Prosecutions

Question 4: Please provide a copy of any guidance issued internally to council officers regarding domestic burning?

Question 5: Please provide a copy of any reports or guidance produced by your council relating to the local implementation of the Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards)(England) Regulations 2020 from 1 May 2021.

Response

1. Yes.

2. We received 62 complaints about burning from domestic premises as follows: 

Bonfires – 52

Cannabis – 2

Chimney/Log burner – 8

3. Zero for all the above.

4. The Council does not hold this information as there we have no internal guidance for officers regarding domestic burning.

5. Information about Burning and Air Quality can be found on our website at https://www.dover.gov.uk/Environment/Environmental-Protection/Air-Quality/Home.aspx