Chorley Borough Council

CLEAN AIR ACT 1993

THE CHORLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL (ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY SITE) SMOKE CONTROL ORDER NO. 2, 1999

Notice is hereby given that the Chorley Borough Council in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 18 of the Clean Air Act 1993, propose to make an Order entitled the Chorley Borough Council (Royal Ordnance Factory Site) Smoke Control Order No. 2, 1999, declaring the area described in the Schedule hereto to be a smoke control area. Subject to the limitations and exemptions provided by the Order and by virtue of section 21 of the Act if, on any day after the Order has come into operation, smoke is emitted from a chimney of any building within the smoke control area the occupier of that building shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale unless he proves that the emission of smoke was not caused by the use of any fuel other than an authorised fuel. The authorised fuels include anthracite, coke and other carbonised fuels, gas and electricity, and fuels authorised by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in Regulations under sections 20(6) and 63(1) of the Clean Air Act 1993. Copies of the Order (and of the map referred to therein) may be inspected, free of charge, at Reception, Town Hall, Chorley, or at the Environmental Services Unit, Council Offices, Union Street, Chorley, at all reasonable times during the period of 6 weeks from 29th July to 12th September 1999. Within the said period any person who will be affected by the Order may by notice in writing to the Borough Solicitor, Town Hall, Market Street, Chorley PR7 1DP, object to the making of the Order. Schedule The area which forms the subject of the Order is shown edged green on the Order map, and may be broadly described as being bounded by the Chorley Borough/South Ribble Borough boundary and Dawson Lane on the north, the Shaw Hill Golf Course on the east, the Preston to Manchester Rail-line on the south, and the principal distributor road serving the former ROF site on the west. 22nd July 1999.