Air Quality

At Phlorum Limited we carry out air quality reports for planning applications, Environmental Statements for large schemes that require detailed Environmental Impact Assessments and we can help you submit robust reports to the Environment Agency for environmental permitting applications.

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The UK Air Quality Strategy
Road Traffic Emissions
Industrial Emissions
Construction Emissions
Odour Assessments
Health & Safety

The UK Air Quality Strategy

The UK Air Quality Strategy (UK AQS) is the main national policy driver, which filters down into local and regional planning objectives and permitting requirements for improving air quality across the UK. It sets a number of "standard" concentrations that have to be achieved at sensitive receptor locations across the UK by various "objective" dates. The sensitive locations at which the standards and objectives apply are places where the population is expected to be exposed to the various pollutants over the particular averaging periods defined in the UKAQS. The most common sensitive receptor locations used to measure concentrations against the set standards are areas of residential housing. Schools and hospitals are also key locations that are considered to be sensitive to air pollution.

At sensitive receptor locations where an objective concentration has been predicted to be exceeded, a local planning authority should declare an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA). In setting an AQMA, the local planning authority must then formulate an Action Plan to seek to reduce pollution concentrations to values below the objective levels. In determining whether or not an AQMA needs to be declared, a local planning authority produces an ongoing series of air quality review and assessment reports. These seek to audit, measure and predict pollution concentrations at sensitive receptor locations where the UK AQS objectives might be exceeded.

air quality data sheet




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