Decision details

A report was provided to the Executive Member for Environment and Climate Emergency on Tuesday, 18 March 2025. The report outlined proposals to manage the burning of the most polluting solid fuels and the appliances they are burnt in across City of York Council’s administrative area and outlined a proposed public consultation on a York wide Smoke Control Area (SCA) to cover the whole of the CYC’s administrative area.
The Executive Member for Environment and Climate Emergency:
• approved a statutory consultation on the revocation of City of York Council’s (CYC’s) existing SCAs (made by way of order on or after 13 November 1980) and the making of a new order to designate the whole of CYC’s administrative area a SCA.
• delegated authority to the Director of Transport, Environment and Planning, in consultation with the Director of Governance to make an order to revoke the existing Smoke Control orders made before 13 November 1980 which will be processed in accordance with the statutory procedure for publication and confirmation of an order as set out in Schedule 5 of the Clean Air Act 1993 (the subject of this officer decision).

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Make an order to revoke the existing Smoke Control orders made before 13th November 1980 which will be processed in accordance with the statutory procedure for publication and confirmation of an order as set out in Schedule 5 of the Clean Air Act 1993.
A statutory consultation will follow the making of the order.

Do not make an order to revoke the existing Smoke Control orders made before 13th November 1980 which will be processed in accordance with the statutory procedure for publication and confirmation of an order as set out in Schedule 5 of the Clean Air Act 1993