Tandridge District Council
Station Road East
Oxted
Surrey RH8 0BT
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Under the Environment Act 1995 and Air Qualtiy Regulations, local authorities have to review the quality of air in their Districts and assess whether the nationally prescribed objectives for the pollutants of concern are being achieved. These pollutants are: benzene, 1,3-butadiene, carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particles (PM10) and sulphur dioxide.
As ozone is the product of chemical reactions in the atmosphere, forming some distance away from where the original pollutants are emitted, local authorities are not required to assess it.
DEFRA publishes technical guidance to assist local authorities with their assessments and requires them to produce regular reports which are then scrutinized by their air quality experts.
Tandridge carried out Updating and Screening Assessments (USA) of air quality in 2003, 2006 and 2009. The assessments were intended to identify those aspects that have changed since the first round of reviews and assessments and may require further assessment. If either USA had indicated that pollutants and specific locations required further work then a Detailed Assessment would have been required. The reports can be viewed by clicking on the following links USA 2003, USA 2006 and USA 2009.
Progress Reports (PR) are required to be made in the years when the authority is not carrying out a USA or a detailed assessment of air quality. To view a copy of the progress reports, click the following links PR 2004, PR 2005, PR 2007, PR 2008, PR 2010 and PR 2011.
The reports show that the air quality objectives for the pollutants of concern in Tandridge appear to be within the Government and EU limits and there is no need to declare any Air Quality Management Areas. All the reports have been submitted to DEFRA and been accepted.
UK National Air Quality Information Archive
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London Air Quality Network
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Environmental Protection UK
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For further information please contact Environmental Health on 01883 732841 or e-mail eh@tandridge.gov.uk
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Tandridge District Council
8 Station Road East
Oxted Surrey RH8 0BT
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