Don't Let Go - List of Councils
The following councils already have a balloon and/or sky lantern release ban in place.
Do you think your council already has a ban but is missing from the list? Please let us know! We rely on members of the public and councils themselves to keep us up-to-date. It’s easy to do, just email us at info@mcsuk.org.
English Local Authorities
- Bath & North East Somerset Council (sky lanterns only)
- Bolsover District Council
- Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk
- Braintree District Council
- Bude & Stratton Town Council
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (sky lanterns only)
- Canterbury City Council
- Carlisle City Council
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Chesham Town Council
- Chorley Council (balloon ban only)
- Colchester Borough Council (balloon ban only)
- Cornwall County Council
- Devon County Council
- Dover District Council
- Durham County Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- East Suffolk Council
- Essex County Council (sky lanterns only)
- Gateshead Council
- Gedling Borough Council
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council
- Gloucester City Council
- Hartlepool Borough Council
- Herefordshire (sky lanterns only)
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
- Isle of Wight (balloon ban only)
- Kirklees Council
- Lancaster City Council
- Lewes District Council
- Lewisham Council (sky lanterns only)
- Maldon District Council (balloon ban only)
- Milton Keynes Council
- Newcastle City Council
- New Forest District Council (sky lantern ban only)
- Norfolk County Council
- North Norfolk District Council
- Northumberland County Council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Oxford City Council
- Plymouth City Council
- Portsmouth City Council
- Redbridge Borough Council (balloon ban only)
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council (balloon ban only)
- Rochford District Council
- Sedgemoor District Council
- Sefton Council
- Shropshire Council
- South Derbyshire District Council
- South Hams District Council (balloon ban only)
- South Kesteven District Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- South Tyneside Council (balloon ban only)
- Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Swale Borough Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Teignbridge District Council
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Thanet District Council
- Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council (balloon ban only)
- Torbay Council (balloon ban only)
- West Berkshire Council (sky lantern ban only)
- West Oxfordshire District Council
- Weymouth Town Council
- Windsor & Maidenhead Council (balloon ban only)
- Wirral Council
- Worcestershire County Council
Scottish Local Authorities
- Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Argyll and Bute Council
- Angus Council
- Dundee City Council
- East Lothian Council
- Fife Council
- Highland Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Perth & Kinross Council
- Shetland Islands Council (balloon ban only)
- West Dunbartonshire Council
Welsh Local Authorities
- Anglesey County Council
- Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
- Bridgend County Borough Council
- Cardiff Council
- Caerphilly County Borough Council (sky lanterns only)
- Carmarthenshire County Council (sky lanterns only)
- Ceredigion County Council (sky lanterns only)
- Conwy County Borough Council
- Flintshire Council
- Gwynedd Council
- Merthyr Tydfil Council
- Monmouthshire County Council
- Neath Port Talbot Council
- Pembrokeshire County Council
- Powys Council (sky lanterns only)
- Rhondda Cynon Taff Council (sky lanterns only)
- Vale of Glamorgan Council (sky lanterns only)
Northern Irish Local Authorities
- Ards & North Downs Council
- Belfast City Council
- Coleraine Borough Council
- Mid & East Antrim Borough Council
- Newry, Mourne & Down
NB: For a Council to be added to this list, we require confirmation that a ban is in place either in the form of a policy document or written confirmation from the relevant authority.