It appears the High Peak Council has put a PSPO in place, which is intended to ban lighting fires and barbecues in their area with a few exceptions relating to campsites and farmers needing to burn stuff. All good so far.
You can find a link to it here:
https://www.highpeak.gov.uk/PSPO
A more interesting part of it is that it also bans:
"Using any article or object which causes a naked flame and thereby poses a risk of fire without the prior written consent of the Borough Council"
This bans more than BBQs, and would ban the use of a Jetboil or similar for a quick brew (not overly likely to cause a fire, but it's possible so it appears to count) - but more significantly (to the wider population) it also appears to ban smoking unless you've got some sort of non-naked-flame lighter like an old style car one.
Thoughts? I'm surprised it's got through with this extra bit.
Post edited at 09:56