IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BURNING ON LAND
If burning is not done carefully, large quantities of smoke can be generated. This can cause a nuisance to neighbours, a serious health problem to people suffering from respiratory conditions such as asthma and severe haze during times of atmospheric inversion.
WHEN YOU CAN NEVER BURN
In any of the following situations, burning is totally banned at all times:
A permit to burn will only be issued if it is absolutely essential for fire control purposes and alternatives such as mulching, use of Council’s green waste collection service or transfer to Council’s Landfill site are not suitable or practical options.
From 1 June to 30 September
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO INSTEAD OF BURNING
Mulch your waste or dispose of it through the City’s green waste collection service each spring and autumn;
If that is not possible, transport the material to Council’s landfill site in Hopkinson Rd for disposal. Please consider your neighbours and the environment. Do not burn unless it is absolutely essential to do so.
WHO YOU SHOULD CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Fire Rules - Ranger Services;
Smoke Issues - Health Services; or
Green Waste Collection - Waste Services, all on 9399 0111.
If burning is not done carefully, large quantities of smoke can be generated. This can cause a nuisance to neighbours, a serious health problem to people suffering from respiratory conditions such as asthma and severe haze during times of atmospheric inversion.
WHEN YOU CAN NEVER BURN
In any of the following situations, burning is totally banned at all times:
- on Sundays and public holidays;
- on residential lots less than 1,200 square metres in area;
- on residential lots greater than 1,200 m2, where you don’t have a permit to burn issued by the City;
- where vegetation or other material is cleared from a building or development site; or between 1 December and 31 March inclusive and any other day the fire danger forecast issued by the Bureau of Meteorology is either “very high” or “extreme”.
A permit to burn will only be issued if it is absolutely essential for fire control purposes and alternatives such as mulching, use of Council’s green waste collection service or transfer to Council’s Landfill site are not suitable or practical options.
From 1 June to 30 September
- Permits to burn on residential zoned land may be obtained by making an application to Council’s Health Service. This is the period when burning is most likely to cause pollution and health problems.
- Permits to burn on rural zoned land are not required. Burning should only be considered when it is absolutely essential however
- Burning is subject to provisions of the Bush Fires Act and permits to burn on rural and residential land may be obtained from Council’s Rangers
- Permit the escape of smoke of such quantity or nature as to be a nuisance to any person;
- Burn any plastic, rubber, green garden waste, wet materials or any other matter likely to cause smoke;
- Burn during any period when an air dispersion alert has been issued; or
- Burn any material for which there is another appropriate means of disposal.
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO INSTEAD OF BURNING
Mulch your waste or dispose of it through the City’s green waste collection service each spring and autumn;
If that is not possible, transport the material to Council’s landfill site in Hopkinson Rd for disposal. Please consider your neighbours and the environment. Do not burn unless it is absolutely essential to do so.
WHO YOU SHOULD CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Fire Rules - Ranger Services;
Smoke Issues - Health Services; or
Green Waste Collection - Waste Services, all on 9399 0111.
