The leader of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is seeking urgent clarification from the Scottish Government around regulations on wood-burning stoves, describing the new legislative amendments as “confused ...

New rules came into place at the start of April that broadly ban burning stoves from new-build homes A row has broken out over the use of wood burning stoves in Scotland. New regulations came into ...

The Scottish National Party has been accused of launching an attack on rural Scotland following a ban on wood-burning stoves in new homes. Housebuilders cannot install “polluting heating systems ...

An SNP ban on wood-burning stoves in new homes has been condemned as an attack on rural Scotland. Under regulations introduced this month aimed at meeting climate targets, housebuilders have been ...

The Scottish Government has confirmed that wood burning stoves can still be installed in new houses but only "to provide emergency heating, where a need can be justified." Changes to the ...

ON April 1, new building regulations came into force in Scotland which banned wood-burning stoves – as well as oil and gas boilers – from being installed in new-build homes. Allegations of ...

THE Scottish Government has been asked to give “urgent clarification” on whether wood-burning stoves have been banned for new build houses in Scotland. Kate Forbes, the former finance secretary and ...

New rules banning wood-burning stoves in new builds and some conversions in Scotland have come into force. The Scottish Government’s updated building regulations mean new buildings won’t be allowed to ...

Wood burning stoves and other pollution-emitting heating systems have been banned in new builds by the Scottish Government, unless an emergency need can be justified. In a move branded a “disaster” by ...