Air quality reports and documents
Review and Assessment of Air Quality
Under the Environment Act 1995, the Royal Borough is required by
the Government to review and assess air quality and to work towards
meeting national air quality objectives. These are set out in the
National Air Quality Strategy and the latest was published in July
2007. This strategy sets out revised air quality standards and
objectives including a new policy framework for tackling fine
particles. It also includes policy options to improve air quality.
To view a copy of the strategy, visit the Defra website.
Although air quality in the Royal Borough has generally been
improving, levels of two pollutants, fine particles
(PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) remain
above the national objectives in a number of locations and are not
predicted to fall below these levels by 2011. The whole of
the Royal Borough was therefore declared as an Air Quality
Management Area in 2000 for these two pollutants. This resulted in
the production of the Air Quality Action Plan, which identified
targets to help improve local air quality. The reports below
include our latest monitoring data and progress on our action plan
measures.
Air Quality Action Planning
Air Quality Review and Assessment