Which councils have banned sky lanterns?

24 October 2024

A number of councils have backed our campaign to ban sky lanterns and have banned the release of sky lanterns on council owned land.

If you know that your local council has implemented a ban, but isn't on a list, please let us know by emailing [email protected].

East Anglia

Babergh District Council
Basildon Borough Council
Braintree District Council
Breckland District Council
Broadland District Council
Broxbourne Council
Colchester Borough Council
Dacorum Borough Council
East Suffolk District Council
East Cambridgeshire District Council
Essex County Council
Fenland District Council
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Hertfordshire County Council
Ipswich Borough Council
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council
Maldon District Council
Mid Suffolk District Council
Norfolk County Council
North Hertfordshire District Council
North Norfolk District Council
Norwich City Council
Rochford District Council
South Norfolk County Council
Suffolk Coastal District Council
Suffolk County Council
Tendring District Council
Three Rivers District Council
Uttlesford District Council

East Midlands

Amber Valley Borough Council
Charnwood Borough Council
Corby Borough Council
Derbyshire Dales District Council
Gedling Borough Council
High Peak Borough Council
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Leicester City Council
Lincoln City Council
Newark & Sherwood District Council
North East Derbyshire District Council
Nottinghamshire County Council
Rushcliffe Borough Council
Rutland County Council
South Holland District Council
South Kesteven District Council
West Lindsey District Council

North East

Bradford City Council
Calderdale Borough Council
Durham County Council
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Hartlepool Borough Council
Gateshead Council
Kirklees Borough Council
Leeds City Council
Newcastle City Council
North Yorkshire County Council
Northumberland County Council
Redcar & Cleveland Council
Richmondshire District Council
Selby District Council
South Tyneside Borough Council
Sunderland City Council
Wakefield City Council
City of Doncaster Council

North West

Bolton Borough Council
Carlisle City Council
Cheshire East Council
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Eden District Council
Fylde Borough Council
Halton Borough Council
Lancaster City Council
Manchester County Council
Oldham Borough Council
Preston City Council
Rochdale Borough Council
Salford City Council
Sefton Council
South Lakeland District Council
South Ribble Borough Council
Stockport Borough Council
Tameside Borough Council
Trafford Borough Council
Wigan Borough Council
Wirral Borough Council
Wyre Borough Council

Wales

Anglesey (Ynys Môn)
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr)
Caerphilly (Caerffili)
Cardiff (Caerdydd)
Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)
Flintshire (Sir y Fflint)
Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot)
Newport (Casnewydd)
Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Swansea (Abertawe)
Torfaen (Tor-faen)
Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg)
Wrexham (Wrecsam)

West Midlands

Birmingham City Council
Bromsgrove District Council
Dudley Borough Council
Herefordshire Council
Malvern Hills District Council
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council
Sandwell Borough Council
Shropshire Council
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Staffordshire Borough Council
Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Telford and Wrekin Council
Warwickshire County Council
Warwick District Council
Wolverhampton City Council
Worcester City Council
Worcestershire County Council
Wychavon District Council
Wyre Forest District Council

South East

Arun District Council
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Brighton and Hove District Council
Canterbury City Council
Chelmsford City Council
Chesham Town Council
Chichester District Council
Crawley Borough Council
Dover District Council
Ealing
Eastleigh Borough Council
Gosport Borough Council
Hampshire County Council
Harrow Borough Council
Hastings Borough Council
Ipswich Borough Council
Isle of Wight Council
Lambeth
Lewes District Council
Lewisham
Maidstone Borough Council
Merton
Mid Sussex District Council
Milton Keynes Council
Oxford City Council
Portsmouth City Council
Reading Borough Council
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
Redbridge
Rother District Council
South Oxfordshire District Council
Sutton
Swale Borough Council
Test Valley Borough Council
Tendring Council
Thanet District Council
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council
Vale of White Horse District Council
Wandsworth
Waverley Borough Council
West Berkshire Council
West Oxfordshire District Council
Winchester City Council
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
Woking Borough Council
Wycombe District Council

South West

Bath and North East Somerset Council
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Bristol City Council
Bude & Stratton Town Council
Cheltenham Borough Council
Cornwall Council
Devon County Council
East Devon District Council
Folkestone & Hythe District Council
Forest of Dean District Council
Gloucester City Council
Isles of Scilly
Mid Devon District Council
New Forest District Council
North Somerset Council
Plymouth City Council
Sedgemoor District Council
Somerset West and Taunton Council
South Gloucestershire Council
South Hams District Council
Swindon Borough Council
Teignbridge District Council
Tewkesbury Borough Council
Torbay Council
West Devon Borough Council
Wiltshire Council

This page was first published on 06 October 2022. It was updated on 24 October 2024.

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