- Bonfires must be supervised and attended at all times either in a communal area or on the tenant’s own plot.
- No household rubbish, rubber, plastic (including bottles and bags), foam, tyres or oils should be burnt on site.
- If a communal area is provided then this should be used in preference to a tenant’s own plot.
- Bonfires must not be positioned within four feet of any fencing, hedging, shed or other buildings or within two feet of a pathway or roadway.
- Any tenant found to have caused damage with a bonfire shall be liable for the full costs of repair or replacement.
- There are to be no bonfires on Bank or Public Holidays and the site restrictions on lighting times for bonfires must be obeyed.
- Only dry material should be burnt and wherever possible composting and/or shredders should be used in preference to burning.
- “No bonfire shall cause a smoke nuisance to the surrounding residents” as stated in Section 79(1)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
- Any tenant found to be causing a smoke nuisance by the Environmental Health Department and/or a Committee Member or be in breach of this Code of Practice may have their alltoment tenancy terminated.
