Oh! er missus, Some amendments to wood burning stoves since the Environmental bill became the Environmental act last month if you live in a 'Smoke Control Area'.
"Schedule 12 amends the Clean Air Act 1993 to allow local authorities to impose financial penalties in smoke control areas. This seems to be squarely aimed at reducing PM2.5 emissions, since domestic stoves/fires are known to contribute significantly to PM2.5 levels. The existing criminal offence of emitting smoke from a chimney in a smoke control area is replaced with a civil penalty regime, which should enable a quicker and simpler style of enforcement for emissions of smoke in these areas."
https://airqualitynews.com/2021/12/20/e ... r-quality/