Green Party co-leader and Bristol city councillor Carla Denyer has called on the Government to consider banning the sale of certain log burners, if the science continues to show they are damaging people’s health when installed in homes in built-up areas.
Cllr Denyer spoke out as the Government opted for ‘educating’ people about the use of wood burners in homes, rather than any further restrictions on their use.
But the Environment Secretary is reportedly considering encouraging councils to use new powers to clamp down on the use of the polluting fires, which have become popular in older Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian homes in areas like Easton, Southville, Bedminster, Redland, Bishopston and Montpelier, where gradual gentrification has seen homes refurbished.
