The London Borough of Islington is consulting on extending its Smoke Control Area to include moored boats. Please object to the inclusion of boats in this Smoke Control Area. The deadline for responses is 23rd July 2026. See www.letstalk.islington.gov.uk/variation-of-smoke-control-order
You may wish to comment that a solid fuel stove is your only form of heating and cooking in your home; that this will make heating your boat unaffordable; or ask how boaters will know when they are entering the proposed smoke control area; or whether you can use your existing stove and use kindling to light the fire (you should be able to do both); or how the Council proposes to define and what instruments it will use to measure smoke from a chimney; or what you should do if you cannot afford to pay a fine; or what you should do if you already use smokeless fuel but the Council considers you to be in breach of the order, given that you cannot afford the £800.00 – plus for a new stove; or ask whether the Council plans to follow DEFRA guidance on this issue.
See https://bargee-traveller.org.uk/defra-guidance-on-applying-smoke-control-areas-to-boats/