Extending the air quality management area in Devizes: Consultation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Extending the air quality management area in Devizes: Consultation

John Carter- Head of Public Protection (Food & Environment)

Content

• Update on progress since attending the Devizes Area Board in

September 2011

• Conclusion of the Devizes Detailed Assessment
• Introduction to the consultation process for declaring an air

quality management area (AQMA)

• Potential options for an AQMA

Next steps for Devizes….. Update on

timescales

• Complete Detailed Assessment and report findings to the Area

Board and Defra May 2012 - Complete

• Recommendation to declare an Air Quality Management Area and

launch public consultation on options May/June/July 2012 – On target

• Ratification of the Management Area by Area Board

October 2012 – On target

• ‘Further Assessment’ to be completed during the course of the

following year October 2013 – On target

• Development of Air Quality Action Plan

March 2014 – On target

What Wiltshire Council is doing in the meantime - Update

• Developing a county-wide Air Quality Strategy (Cabinet December

2011, Full Council in the new year) Complete

• Working on a county-wide action plan for Air Quality On target
• Producing a guideline for developers and Supplementary Planning

Document for air quality. On target to be consulted on and adopted alongside the Core Strategy

• Developing the Core Strategy to reflect the need for consideration
• f Air Quality Complete (Core Policy 55)
• Working with local transport groups to improve traffic flows (DCAP)
• Developing practical measures e.g. encourage walking, cycling,

car sharing, green travel plans etc (DCAP, Transport Group)

Conclusions of the Detailed Assessment

• the UK national Air Quality Objective (AQO) for the annual

mean concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) of 40 µg/m3 is likely to be exceeded at 5 sites in the town.

• Shanes Castle,
• The Nursery,
• Northgate Street,
• St James Terrace,
• Southgate Roundabout.
• Chantry Court, New Park Street ( Not formal exceedence

when factored back to building facade)

Option 1 – Devizes Main Routes AQMA

+

This option will mirror the area of exceedence most accurately + Air Quality Action Planning will cover an area wider than the actual exceedences

• May result in ‘hot spot’ chasing if further

areas are found to fail the objective levels.

• If an AQMA has to be extended the

Council will have to go through the formal process of producing Detailed Assessments, Consultation on new AQMA boundaries and Further Assessment Reports (approx 3 year process)

Option 2 – Devizes Centre AQMA

+

Air Quality Action Planning will cover an area wider than the actual exceedences + All areas of exceedence covered, unlikely to have to extend area further + Avoids ‘hot spot’ chasing if further areas are found to fail the objective levels.

• May be concerns from residents in

roads where there are no exceedences

Option 3 – Devizes Extended AQMA

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Hopefully any further exceedences within the town in the future are covered so the AQMA will not have to be amended. + Air Quality Action Planning will cover an area wider than the actual exceedences

• This large area may detract from actual

areas of exceedence.

• This option extends out of the central town

area up London Road ending by the exit of Hopton Industrial Estate where there are no

• exceedences. This could be challenged as

disproportionately large when compared tp area of exceedence.

Richard – the voting slide

• To enable us to get some idea of which option you prefer

please use your voting buttons to vote on:

• Option 1 (small and discreet)
• Option2 (filled in centre of Devizes)
• Option 3 (extended up to the top of London Road out towards

Hopton Industrial Estate)

Timescale for amending the AQMA

• The Council has 4 months from Defra approving the Detailed

Assessment to declare/amend the AQMA boundary

• There will follow a formal 12 week consultation period
• The ‘Options’ document will be uploaded onto the Wiltshire

Council Consultation website page.

• Following consultation the details of the proposed AQMA will be

brought back to the Area Board

How to make formal representation

• Via email to: rachel.kent@wiltshire.gov.uk
• In writing to: Wiltshire Council, Public Protection Services,

Rachel Kent, Devizes Air Quality AQMA Consultation, County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8JN

• Via the Wiltshire Council Consultation Portal:
• http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/consultations.htm
• http://consult.wiltshire.gov.uk/portal