Domestic Smoke Control Areas

Under the Clean Air Act local authorities may declare the whole or part of the district of the authority to be a smoke control area.

It is an offence to emit smoke from a chimney of a building, from a furnace or from any fixed boiler if located in a designated smoke control area.

It is also an offence to acquire "unauthorised fuel" for use within a smoke control area unless it is used in an "exempt" appliance ("exempted" from the controls which generally apply in the smoke control area). The current maximum level of fine is £1,000 for each offence.

A list of streets designated as Smoke Control Areas in Oxford can be downloaded below:

Smoke Control Areas Street List (kB PDF)

Smoke Control Area Map

An interactive map showing all the Smoke Control Areas in Oxford can be found on our LocalView pages.

Smoke Control Orders

Copies of the original Smoke Control Order documents can be downloaded below:

Smoke Control Orders 1-20 (415kB PDF)
Smoke Control Order 21 (2.2MB PDF)
Smoke Control Order 22 (2MB PDF)
Smoke Control Order 23 (1.3MB PDF)

Page last reviewed 15 Dec 2010