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Executive Summary: Air Quality in Our Area Air Quality in Chiltern District Council Chiltern District Council Air Quality Annual Status Report (ASR) 2020 In fulfilment of Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 Local Air Quality Management Date: June 2020 LAQM Annual Status Report 2020 Chiltern District Council Local Authority Officer Cerys Williams Department Strategic Environment King George V House, King George V Road, Address Amersham HP6 5AW Telephone 01895 837216 E-mail [email protected] Report Reference ASR2020CDC number Date June 2020 LAQM Annual Status Report 2020 Chiltern District Council Executive Summary: Air Quality in Our Area Air Quality in Chiltern District Council Air pollution is associated with a number of adverse health impacts. It is recognised as a contributing factor in the onset of heart disease and cancer. Additionally, air pollution particularly affects the most vulnerable in society: children and older people, and those with heart and lung conditions. There is also often a strong correlation with equalities issues, because areas with poor air quality are also often the less affluent areas1,2. The annual health cost to society of the impacts of particulate matter alone in the UK is estimated to be around £16 billion3. Concentrations of Nitrogen Dioxide monitored within the Air Quality Management Area did not breach the objectives during 2019. Unlike 2018 when there was a slight increase in concentrations there was a significant reduction in concentrations of NO2 throughout the district in 2019. This included results from monitoring locations inside the AQMA. Chiltern District Council will wait to see if this trend continues before considering revoking the AQMA. On 1st April 2020 Buckinghamshire Council was created and became the local authority for the area previously covered by the four district councils, namely Aylesbury Vale District Council, Chiltern District Council, South Bucks District Council and Wycombe District Council and also Buckinghamshire County Council. Although published soon after 1st April 2020, this report refers to work carried out pre unitary therefore to avoid confusion for the final year this report is written and published as Chiltern District Council. Actions to Improve Air Quality Clean Air Day 2019 Chiltern District Council and going forward are supporters of Global Action Plan’s Clean Air Day. On the day the council supported the charity by sending messages out on social media raising awareness on the importance of reducing emissions as well as how we can protect 1 Environmental equity, air quality, socioeconomic status and respiratory health, 2010 2 Air quality and social deprivation in the UK: an environmental inequalities analysis, 2006 3 Defra. Abatement cost guidance for valuing changes in air quality, May 2013 LAQM Annual Status Report 2020 i Chiltern District Council ourselves from exposure. Chiltern and South Bucks District Council staff also took part in a Clean Air Day Quiz. Low Emission Strategy The 2018 Air Quality Workshop instigated the setup of a multiagency task and finish work group to develop a Buckinghamshire Wide Low Emission Strategy to tackle air quality across the County. The group has been developing a strategy throughout 2019 and it is hoped that it will be available for circulation in 2020. Air Quality Action Plan Update The 2007 action plan was reviewed and transferred onto the current AQAP template that was developed by Defra. This would align it with the new AQAP developed in South Bucks and will make it easier to combine the two should it be found necessary in the future. As part of this process an updated source apportionment calculation was undertaken to establish if there should be a change of focus in the plan. The main source of emissions are diesel cars. This has changed since the original Further Assessment was published when the main source was considered to be HGVs. More information on the Source Apportionment Study can be seen in the action plan. Conclusions and Priorities High Speed Rail 2 The recent Oakervee Review carried an endorsement to progress Phase 1 of HS2 and the second stage notice to proceed has now been issued. Consequently, works activity will increase substantially however it is not expected that there will be any significant impacts on air quality in the area. The works for the next year will be predominantly preparation for the excavation of five vent shafts at Chalfont St Peter, Chalfont St Giles, Amersham, Little Missenden, Chesham Lane and a deep cutting near Great Missenden. The preparation includes junction widening at critical junctions on the local road network and mobilisation of compounds and associated haul roads. Air quality monitoring will be undertaken in accordance with Section 7 of the Code of Construction Practice (CoCP) by HS2 and its contractors. Dust and LAQM pollutants are included. The council is provided with monthly reports that include a summary of the construction activities occurring, any complaints received, the data recorded over the monitoring period broken down into appropriate time LAQM Annual Status Report 2020 ii Chiltern District Council periods, any periods in exceedance of the agreed trigger levels and the results of any investigations and identified source; and, where the works have been found to be the source, any action taken to immediately resolve the issue and to prevent a recurrence. In addition to this, Council Officers have located NO2 diffusion tubes within the district at sites identified as potential lorry routes which might be used by the project. When combined with HS2’s reporting, the data from these will help officers assess whether impacts on NO2 concentrations have occurred. The Council will continue to work on behalf of its residents to ensure that there are no breaches of the environmental minimum requirements which underpin the Act. If a breach occurs in relation to air quality commitments it will be reported to the Secretary of State. Chesham Masterplan The Chesham Masterplan is an alternative put forward by the Community Interest Company Chesham Renaissance to the Councils proposed Local plan to provide additional housing in Chesham. Its aim is to provide new residential accommodation, not in the Green Belt around the town but within the town itself. It accepts an increase in population density, and welcomes capital investment and long term inward investment which will result from this. The Chesham Masterplan is now in its second stage. It includes the town centre and surrounds. Enabling and delivery phases are currently in progress for the programme of works with initial planning applications for individual projects within the programme scheduled for submission commencing in Q4 2019. Stage 3 of the Chesham Masterplan, covering the area south of the High Street, was scheduled to be commissioned in Q4 2019. The Strategic Environment team will endeavour to ensure that the masterplan does not increase congestion within the town centre and in turn reduce air quality. Local Plan A consultation on the Chiltern and South Bucks Local Plan 2036 was undertaken from 7 June until 23 August 2019. The Strategic Environment Team responded with comments to ensure that Air Quality was given ample consideration. The comments which were submitted during the consultation will assist the independent Planning Inspector, on behalf of the Secretary of State, in determining whether or not the Local Plan is sound, legally compliant and fulfils the Duty to Co-operate. The emerging Chiltern and South Bucks Local Plan 2036 was submitted for independent examination on 26 September 2019. Stage 1 hearings to be held in 2020. LAQM Annual Status Report 2020 iii Chiltern District Council Local Engagement and How to get Involved There are increasing opportunities within the Chiltern District Council area to use sustainable transport options, such as improved walking routes and cycling routes: http://www.chilternsaonb.org/explore-enjoy/walks-rides.html. The new Travel to Amersham and Chesham maps produced by Bucks County Council provides information on how to travel sustainably from one town to the other. Electronic copies can be found on http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/services/transport-and-roads/buses- and-trains/bus-cycle-and-walking-route-maps/ Further information relating to air quality can be found on the council’s award winning web page: http://www.bucksairquality.co.uk/ The site provides a wealth of information suitable for all backgrounds and ages on air quality. It has been developed following requests and feedback from local schools interested in air quality and environmental issues, and residents that need more detailed information LAQM Annual Status Report 2020 iv Chiltern District Council Table of Contents Executive Summary: Air Quality in Our Area....................................................................... i Air Quality in Chiltern District Council................................................................................................. i Actions to Improve Air Quality ............................................................................................................ i Conclusions and Priorities ...................................................................................................................ii Local Engagement and How to get Involved ...................................................................................... iv 1 Local Air Quality Management ................................................................................. 1 2 Actions to Improve Air Quality ................................................................................
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