Most of the densely populated parts of Wirral have been declared a smoke control area. The areas covered in this are highlighted on a map of controlled areas.
It’s an offence to emit smoke from a chimney, a furnace or any fixed boiler if located in a designated smoke control area.
If your home is in this area you must:
- only burn authorised fuels, such as ‘Coalite’
- use a grate in the fireplace that’s suitable for burning smokeless fuel
- only use an exempted appliance
Further guidance and advice on smoke control areas, is available from Gov.uk.
DEFRA have produced a range of guidance leaflets with further information on open fires and wood burning stoves, smoke control areas and buying, storing and seasoning wood.
It’s an offence to:
- burn ordinary coal or wood (other than kindling to light a fire) in your open fireplace
- burn waste paper and wood with smokeless fuel
- emit smoke from a chimney (garden bonfires are permitted)
The current maximum level of fine is £1,000 for each offence.
Roads in Wirral that are NOT in a smoke control area:
- all of Raby Mere (west of Dibbinsdale Brook)
- all of Thornton Hough
- all roads south of Brimstage Road, Spital and west of Poulton Road, Poulton
- Benty Heath Lane (to Wirral boundary)
- Brimstage Lane
- Brimstage Road (east of Heswall Hills Station and west of Clatterbridge roundabout)
- Clatterbridge Road
- Greenbank, Brimstage
- Hargrave Lane
- Keepers Lane
- Landican Lane, Storeton
- Lever Causeway
- Little Storeton Lane
- Manor Road, Thornton Hough
- Marsh Lane
- Mount Road, Clatterbridge
- Neston Road
- Parkgate Lane
- Poulton Hall Road
- Raby Hall Road
- Raby Mere Road
- Redhill Road
- Resthill Road
- Station Road, Storeton
- Talbot Avenue, Brimstage
- Thornton Common Road
- Whitehouse Lane (east of railway track)
- Willaston Road (to Wirral boundary)
- Willow Lane
- Willowbrow Road (to Wirral boundary)