Salford City Council is consulting on making the whole of the borough a Smoke Control Area including moored boats. Please object to the inclusion of boats in this Smoke Control Area. The deadline for responses is 17th August 2026. See www.salford.gov.uk/smokecontrolarea
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/