Smoke control areas

There are some areas where you cannot emit smoke from a chimney unless you are using:

• authorised or certified fuel for heating purposes
• exempt appliances such as some wood burners and stoves

Find out more about smoke control areas on GOV.UK

Use the Defra interactive map, to find out if you  live in a smoke control area.

Defra interactive map

Allerdale

Locations of the smoke control areas can be found on the My Property: Allerdale mapping tool.

To view the areas on the map, place a tick in the 'Smoke control areas' category listed in the 'Environmental' section.

Carlisle

Locations of the smoke control areas can be found on the My Property: Carlisle mapping tool.

To view the areas on the map, place a tick in the 'Smoke control areas' category listed in the 'Environmental' section.

Copeland

There are 3 smoke control areas:

• Whitehaven
• Millom
• Distington