Issue - meetings

To advise Members of the latest Air Quality Status Report which has been submitted to the Department of Food Environment and Rural Affairs.

Cabinet was updated with the latest Air Quality Status report that had been submitted to the Department of Food Environment and Rural Affairs.

Each year, DEFRA required all local authorities in England to produce an Annual Status Report in respect of air quality. Some of the positive aspects contained in the report included the 2021 nitrogen dioxide results shown that the air quality levels were below the objective of 40µg/m³ for all of the monitoring locations throughout the Borough. There was an increased number of diffusion tubes measuring nitrogen dioxide to 45 and the Council recently purchased a real time monitor to monitor PM_2.5, PM₁₀ and NO₂ in the Trowell AQMA. This data will be reported in the 2023 ASR.

RESOLVED that the Air Quality Status Report and the updated Action Plan be approved.

Reason

The production of the Annual Status Report was intended to aid local transparency, increased accessibility of air quality to the wider public audience and encourage buy-in to deliver air quality improvement measures. The report was in line with the Council’s priorities of Protecting the environment for the future, supporting people to live well and providing a safe place for everyone.