Out the back of our house is a builders yard. It is quite small and they use it for storage mainly. I don't often see people in there. They come and go about once per day during the week.
Anyway, over the past few months they have been using the yard to have regular bonfires on almost a daily basis during the week (I am assuming they are burning left over rubbish from jobs they have done). They use a large metal 'container' type thing to burn with but it is open fronted and faces directly towards our house (and is probably about 10 metres from the end of our back garden fence). I don't have an issue with them burning bonfires per se (if it was limited to once a week) but this has been going on nearly every day and is really beginning to grate at me now. Firstly because I have to ensure that all the windows are kept closed during the day which isn't great when it is hot and sunny and I can't sit in my garden either because I get smoked out. Plus I can forget hanging any washing outside. One time, I went out, left the windows open not realising they were going to burn. It was particularly windy that day and when I came home the whole of our house was full of smoke and ashes from their bonfire. It took me nearly a week to get the whole house smelling normal again which was so frustrating and quite upsetting when I had just cleaned everything the day before. Then the other night I was laying in bed and I could smell smoke. I got up to use the loo and looked out our back window and there was a fire burning - at 1am in the morning! ? Surely that is wrong and they can't do that? Luckily they do not burn at the weekends but as their burning is becoming more and more frequent I'm worried it could start to happen. Is there some sort of environmental law whereby they are only allowed to burn a certain amount per week, at certain times or a certain type of thing only? I'm not sure what stuff they are burning, lots of wood but not sure what else is going on their bonfires. It worries me. Especially since I'll have a newborn in the house shortly (am currenly 39 weeks pregnant).
Any ideas? Is it worth saying something to the council? Or can they do whatever they like on their land?
Thanks for your help. x
