Air quality
Local air quality management
Evaluation of Local Air Quality Review and Assessment
Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 requires local authorities to review and assess the current, and likely future, air quality in their areas. Where a local authority considers that one or more of the air quality objectives, as prescribed in regulations, is unlikely to be met by the required date, it must declare an air quality management area (AQMA) covering the area where the problem is expected. It must then draw up an action plan setting out the measures it intends to take in pursuit of the air quality objectives in the area.
Defra and the Devolved Administrations commission evaluations of the review and assessment appraisal process and the support services (including the help desk and website) provided to local authorities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The evaluations led to recommendations to which Defra and the Devolved Administrations respond after careful consideration on how the review and assessment process can reasonably be improved.
Reports and recommendations
Contact
For further information not covered by these pages, email: air.quality@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Page last modified: 18 October 2002
Page published
12 April 2002