To be sick and tired of my neighbour?

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For the last 4 years my neighbour has had a burner in his garden, he burns big wet logs, they stink, he installed a chimney in his out house and it was level with our bedroom window, the smoke was horrific. We complained to Env Health and he stopped.....for a while. Then again this summer on the hottest days of the year he did it again. This time I had a 4 month old baby in bed and I was furious! He didn’t see the problem that I had to close all my windows in 28 degree heat!
He had another letter from Env Health and it stopped.
So now he’s installed an indoor burner. Initially we were over the moon, no more smoke and no more smells. Except his flue is just 2 metres from our velux window and my daughters room stinks! I actually though her room was on fire at one point and that’s with the window closed.
I’ve seen a picture of this indoor burner, it sits in the corner on his room, the flue goes up the corner of the wall and through the ceiling into the upstairs bedroom and then up through the ceiling and out the roof.
Is that even safe?
I’m at my wits end.
He is not approachable. He turned up drunk a couple of months ago hammering my door down so I don’t want to approach him.

@Bluntness100 it absolutely is the law. The law is that you have to comply with the building regulations when installing a wood burner and you do that by either submitting a building regulations application or by using a HETAS registered installer.

Block his chimney with twigs and mud OP. It can be blamed on the birds.

I didn't say it was not thr law to notify building regs. I said it wasn't thr law you had to use hetas.

Flue would come under buildings regulations, not planning itself, so contact your Buildings Control office at the council. He may at very least be able to affix a chimney to discharge higher than your window.

We have a log burner, and absolutely had to have it fitted properly. He could well be poisoning himself apart from anything else.

Equally, they have to be checked every year in order not to invalidate our home insurance

Goodness! So many people offended by the smell of wood smoke Good job none of you were born in the 65 million years or so of human history when burning wood was the only way of cooking/keeping warm!
That said, of course there are regulations re chimneys/flues being too close to others houses. No one wants a bedroom full of actual smoke obvs..but the odd whiff in the garden...lovely.

Checking out the regs is important. However, some are very lax. A friend of mines neighbour moved a gas boiler and the steam/fumes were very close to their window and yet the regs are only 30-60 cm distance!!

Chances are high he is also using unseasoned wood which produce higher density emissions, bad for the environment and health.

I’ve had a response from the council, nothing they can do about the chimney near to the velux but they will write to him and remind him about what he can’t and can’t burn. Totally not helpful at all.
I’m just at my wits end.
Moving house isn’t an option, we’ve done so much work to make it our home.
It’s just beggars belief that he can do this and our home life be effected with the smell all day everyday.

Was that from Building Control or EH?

That's awful OP.
I would definitely check the co2 in babies bedroom & get fire brigade involved if necessary.
I know it sucks but can you move baby room for now?

It is not co2 that is the concern, particulates and nitrous oxide which EH can test . There are regulations for a minimum distance of flue to an openable window but it is still possible these are being met in op case.