Air Quality Review and Assessment
Summary
Poor air quality can be harmful to health and problems of high air pollution are not confined to big cities. All district-level local authorities have a duty to periodically review and assess local air quality
The National Air Quality Strategy has set targets for eight air pollutants to protect human health. Lancaster City Council is required to review local air quality for seven of these to assess whether the targets will be met. Where any air quality standard or objectives will not be achieved the local authority must designate an Air Quality Management Area.
Further Information
See our main Air Quality Review and Assessment page.