Air Quality

Air Quality Updating & Screening Assessment

The Department of Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published additional guidance to Local Authorities following evaluation of the first round of Air quality Review and Assessments. It recommends that Local Authorities should prepare annual progress reports which should identify matters which have changed and might lead to a risk that air quality objectives may be exceeded. This phased approach to Review & Assessment includes an Updating and Screening Assessment which is now available to view on this website.

Dover District Council have submitted the report for DEFRA approval, and are delighted to learn that it is to be posted on the DEFRA website as a good example of screening and assessment.

To view the document please click here
Note: this is a pdf document and is 1,242k so may take a while to download

Air Quality Pages:

The Council has completed some considerable studies on air quality within the district. The latest reports can be downloaded below. Hard copies of reports are available from Environmental Health:

• Detailed Assessment (NO2 Eastern Docks) November 2007
• Air Quality Action Plan (NO2 A20 Trunk Road) October 2007
• Local Air Quality Review and Assessment - Detailed Assessment Report April 2007
• Air Quality Action Plan (SO2 Eastern Docks Dover) Progress Report December 2007
• Updating & Screening Assessment 2006
• Air Quality Review and Assessment
• Air Quality Action Plan for Sulphur Dioxide 2005
• Air Quality Updating and Screening Assessment 2003
• Air Quality Management Area Order 2002
• For the results of this area visit the Kent and Medway Air Quality Monitoring Network website
• Air Quality Home Page

Tel: 01304 872428
E-mail: envhealth@dover.gov.uk