Any laws again burning stuff at night?

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAnd...eetcleaninglitterandillegaldumping/DG_4018684

There aren’t specific laws against having a bonfire, or when you can have one – but there are Acts that deal with the nuisance they can cause.

It is an offence to get rid of domestic waste in a way likely to cause pollution or harm to human health, including burning it.

Think about how your bonfire may affect your neighbours
If you are having a bonfire, the smoke and smell created by it can annoy your neighbours. Smoke can stop people enjoying their gardens, opening windows or hanging washing out.

If your neighbour has a bonfire and it affects you, speak to them and explain the problem. They may not be aware of the distress they are causing – and may have not thought about other ways to dispose of the waste, like composting.

Complaining to your council about bonfires
If speaking to your neighbour fails, contact your local council's environmental health department. In most cases, officers from the council will try to deal with the problem informally.

To be considered a nuisance, bonfires need to be a regular occurrence and seriously interfere with your well-being. If the bonfire is only occasional, eg a couple of times a year, it’s unlikely to be considered a nuisance in law.

If the council considers a bonfire to be a nuisance, it can issue an ‘abatement notice’. This notice may mean your neighbour must stop having bonfires completely. If they do not stick to the notice (‘comply’) they face a fine of up to £5000 and a further £500 for each day they don't comply.
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I'm sure if you explain to your neighbour in a calm mature manner, that your children are breathing in the fumes due to the fact you cant close the windows due to the heat, he'll reduce or even stop burning stuff in his incinerator!

Give it a go not everyone is a ****:).
 
eddiemcgarrigle said:
Phone the fire service, we have a statuatory obligation to attend all calls and will not look down on anyone for calling about ignorant neighbours. The smoke that effects your kids is an issue and your local brigade will happily have a word in the idiots ear.
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That really surprises me.
I would have thought that is a total waste of the Fire Service's time, especially when there could be pressing emergencies happening.

It makes a lot more sense to me to speak to the neighbor first, then try the council if that doesn't work. Failing that, the local Police on a non-emergency number. The Fire Brigade may turn up, put his fire out and have a harsh word in his ear, but it's a bit uncalled for and isn't going to do his future relations with his neighbor much good.
 
I had a similar situation a few months back. Neighbour was burning a sofa in the back garden! The fumes absolutely stank. Unfortunately they dont speak english, so communication was awkward. So rang the local council out of hours team who gave us the local fire brigade direct number.

So rang the fire station and spoke to an officer there, who was very nice and said they would send an engine out as they shouldn't be burning sofas as they can give off carciogenic fumes

2 minutes later the engine came blues and twos and went straight out back to the neighbours. We were a littled concerned that it was a bit overkill, but the firemen were really nice and said it was the right call
 
I'm sick of people like you telling me what I can and can't do with fire. I mean the gall of some people it's ok if they have a fire in their garden to cook their food but If i'm conducting experiments into how long would it take to burn down the street(In order to prevent or slow future street fires) all of a sudden they're in uproar! Makes me sick it does!
 
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Capn' $qu!ff said:
I'm sick of people like you telling me what I can and can't do with fire. I mean the gall of some people it's ok if they have a fire in their garden to cook their food but If i'm conducting experiments into how long would it take to burn down the street(In order to prevent or slow future street fires) all of a sudden they're in uproar! Makes me sick it does!
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Go and be sick in another thread. :p
 
Do you think the fire service would drown the 2 screaming babies while they're putting out the fire?

Both parties would be extremely happy tbh.
 
Swifty55 said:
Do you think the fire service would drown the 2 screaming babies while they're putting out the fire?

Both parties would be extremely happy tbh.
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Even though one has a soggy mess in his back garden and another has two dead babies? :p

Not the best plan tbh. ;)

Have a quiet word with your neighbour, op.
 
If he is your next door neighbour, why don't you get your hosepipe and blast some water over the fence onto the raging fire?
 
Nexus said:
Where my parents live in Hertfordshire, it is the case that you are allowed bonfires after 6pm. I'm not sure whether this is just a council thing or nationwide, but we had leafets about it a long, long time ago and our gardeners who come and mow my parents lawn were aware of it.
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"Yar, our Gardeners. Yah!"
 
simulatorman said:
You don't burn it, you shred it then recycle it.
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Or you can burn them. TBH I'm a little miffed as to how he has that much paper with his identity to burn! I'm sure most people could pile up all their bills and burn them within 5 minutes, with hardly a smell for the rest of the neighbourhood.

Personally I think he's being quite considerate, burning after dark when people are inside. The most inconsiderate one is the OP (still not particularly inconsiderate). People with babies always seem to have problems with pretty normal things, but then that's what you get when we are all crowded together...
 
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