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www.gov.uk/defra Air Quality Plan for the achievement of EU air quality limit value for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in Greater London Urban Area (UK0001) December 2015 date. of out is information This © Crown copyright 2015 You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence v.3. To view this licence visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/ open-government-licence/version/3/ or email [email protected] Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at: [email protected] date. of out is information This 1 Contents 1 Introduction 3 1.1 This document . 3 1.2 Context . 3 1.3 Zone status . 3 1.4 Plan structure . 4 2 General Information About the Zone 4 2.1 Administrative information . 4 2.2 Assessment details . 7 2.3 Reporting under European Directives . 9 3 Overall Picture for 2013 Reference Year 9 3.1 Introduction . 9 3.2 Reference year: NO2_UK0001_Annual_1 . .date. 9 3.3 Reference year: NO2_UK0001_Hourly_1 . .of . 16 4 Measures out 20 4.1 Introduction . .is . 20 4.2 Source apportionment . 20 4.3 Measures . 20 4.4 Measures timescales . 26 5 Baseline Model Projections information 27 5.1 Overview of model projections . 27 5.2 Baseline projections:This NO2_UK0001_Annual_1 . 27 5.3 Baseline projections: NO2_UK0001_Hourly_1 . 31 Annexes 32 A References . 32 B Source apportionment graphs . 33 C Local measures . 55 2 1 Introduction 1.1 This document This document is the Greater London Urban Area agglomeration zone (UK0001) updated air quality plan for the achievement of the EU air quality limit values for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This is an update to the air quality plan published in September 2011 (http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/no2ten/). This plan presents the following information: • General information regarding the Greater London Urban Area agglomeration zone • Details of NO2 exceedance situations within the Greater London Urban Area agglomeration zone • Details of local air quality measures that have been implemented, will be implemented or are being considered for implementation in this agglomeration zone This air quality plan for the Greater London Urban Area agglomeration zone should be read in conjunction with the separate UK overview document and the list of UK and national measures. The UK overview document sets out, amongst other things, the authorities responsible for delivering air quality improvements and the list of UK and national measures that are applied in some or all UK zones. Thedate. measures presented in this zone plan, the accompanying UK overview document and the list of UK and nationalof measures show how the UK will ensure that compliance with the NO2 limit values is achieved in the shortest possible time. This plan should also be read in conjunction with the supporting UKout Technical Report which presents information on assessment methods, input data and emissions inventoriesis used in the analysis presented in this plan. 1.2 Context Two NO2 limit values for the protection of human health have been set in the Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC). These are: information • The annual mean limit value: an annual mean concentration of no more than 40 µgm-3 -3 • The hourly limit value:This no more than 18 exceedances of 200 µgm in a calendar year The Air Quality Directive stipulates that compliance with the NO2 limit values will be achieved by 01/01/2010. 1.3 Zone status The assessment undertaken for the Greater London Urban Area agglomeration zone indicates that the annual limit value was exceeded in 2013 but is likely to be achieved before 2030 through the introduction of measures included in the baseline. When combined with the measures outlined in the overview document for the UK we expect this zone to be compliant by 2025. The assessment undertaken for the Greater London Urban Area agglomeration zone indicates that the hourly limit value was exceeded in 2013 but is likely to be achieved before 2025 through the introduction of measures included in the baseline. 3 1.4 Plan structure General administrative information regarding this agglomeration zone is presented in section 2. Section 3 then presents the overall picture with respect to NO2 levels in this agglomeration zone for the 2013 reference year of this air quality plan. This includes a declaration of exceedance situations within the agglomeration zone and presentation of a detailed source apportionment for each exceedance situation. An overview of the measures already taken and to be taken within the agglomeration zone both before and after 2013 is given in section 4. Baseline modelled projections for 2020, 2025 and 2030 for each exceedance situation are presented in section 5. The baseline projections presented here include, where possible, the impact of measures that have already been taken and measures for which the relevant authority has made a firm commitment to implement. However, it has not been possible to quantify the impact of all the measures. This section therefore also explains which measures have been quantified, and hence included in the model projections, and which measures have not been quantified. 2 General Information About the Zone date. 2.1 Administrative information of Zone name: Greater London Urban Area out Zone code: UK0001 is Type of zone: agglomeration zone Reference year: 2013 Extent of zone: Figure 1 shows the area covered by the Greater London Urban Area agglomeration zone1. Local Authorities within the zone: Figure 2 shows the location of Local Authorities within the agglomeration zone. A list of these Local Authorities is also given below. The numbers in the list correspond to the numbers in Figure 2. information 1. Bracknell Forest Borough Council 2. Broxbourne Borough CouncilThis 3. Corporation of the City of London 4. Dacorum Borough Council 5. Dartford Borough Council 6. East Hertfordshire District Council 7. Elmbridge Borough Council 8. Epping Forest District Council 9. Epsom & Ewell Borough Council 10. Gravesham Borough Council 11. Guildford Borough Council 12. Hertsmere Borough Council 13. London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 14. London Borough of Barnet 15. London Borough of Bexley 1We have realigned the boundary between the London and Eastern zones where 200m of a London road was captured in the Eastern zone as the boundary cut across a curve in the road. This ensures the whole road is within the London zone. 4 16. London Borough of Brent 17. London Borough of Bromley Council 18. London Borough of Camden 19. London Borough of Croydon 20. London Borough of Ealing 21. London Borough of Enfield 22. London Borough of Greenwich 23. London Borough of Hackney 24. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham 25. London Borough of Haringey 26. London Borough of Harrow 27. London Borough of Havering 28. London Borough of Hillingdon 29. London Borough of Hounslow 30. London Borough of Islington 31. London Borough of Lambeth 32. London Borough of Lewisham 33. London Borough of Merton 34. London Borough of Newham date. 35. London Borough of Redbridge of 36. London Borough of Richmond 37. London Borough of Southwark out 38. London Borough of Sutton is 39. London Borough of Tower Hamlets 40. London Borough of Waltham Forest 41. London Borough of Wandsworth 42. London Borough of Westminster 43. Mole Valley District Council 44. Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 45. Royal Borough of Kensington &information Chelsea 46. Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 47. Royal Borough of WindsorThis & Maidenhead 48. Runnymede Borough Council 49. Sevenoaks District Council 50. South Bucks District Council 51. Spelthorne Borough Council 52. St Albans District Council 53. Surrey Heath District Council 54. Tandridge District Council 55. Three Rivers District Council 56. Watford Borough Council 57. Woking Borough Council (Note: Local Authority boundaries do not necessarily coincide with zone boundaries. Hence Local Authorities may be listed within more than one zone plan.) 5 Figure 1: Map showing the extent of the Greater London Urban Area agglomeration zone (UK0001). date. of © Crown copyright. All rights reserved Defra, License number 100022861 [2015] out Figure 2: Map showing Local Authorities within the Greater London Urban Area agglomeration zone (UK0001). is information This © Crown copyright. All rights reserved Defra, License number 100022861 [2015] 6 2.2 Assessment details Measurements NO2 measurements in this zone were available in 2013 from the following national network monitoring stations (NO2 data capture for each station in 2013 shown in brackets): 1. Camden Kerbside GB0636A (100%) 2. Haringey Roadside GB0637A (98%) 3. London Bexley GB0608A (99%) 4. London Bloomsbury GB0566A (98%) 5. London Eltham GB0586A (97%) 6. London Haringey Priory Park South GB1024A (97%) 7. London Harlington GB0837A (83%) 8. London Hillingdon GB0642A (99%) 9. London Marylebone Road GB0682A (99%) 10. London N. Kensington GB0620A (99%) 11. London Teddington GB0644A (99%) 12. London Westminster GB0743A (99%) 13. Southwark A2 Old Kent Road GB1012A (94%) date. 14. Tower Hamlets Roadside GB0624A (97%) of Full details of monitoring stations within the Greater London Urbanout Area agglomeration zone are available from http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/network-info?view=aurn.is Modelling Modelling for the 2013 reference year has been carried out for the whole of the UK. This modelling covers the following extent within this zone: • Total background area within zone (approx): 1,618 km2 • Total population within zone (approx):information 8,921,189 people • Total road length where an assessment of NO2 concentrations has been made: 1,883 km in 2013 (and similar lengths in previous years) This Zone maps Figure 3 presents the location of the NO2 monitoring stations within this zone for 2013 and the roads for which NO2 concentrations have been modelled. NO2 concentrations at background locations have been modelled across the entire zone at a 1 km x 1 km resolution.