The first round of the air quality review and assessment process involved Local Authorities carrying out staged reviews to assess the air quality against national objectives. Each review stage report can be downloaded from this page.
Each report covers issues of a technical nature and is aimed primarily at those with an interest in air quality issues, including neighbouring local authorities, government agencies, academic institutions, utilities and local community action groups.
It is proposed that the second round of the process follows a similar concept with updating and screening assessments, detailed assessments and progress reports continuing annually until 2010. These can be viewed by following the link on this page.
First Round of Air Quality Review and Assessment
Stage 1 review (May 1999)
This document aims to identify potential sources of pollutants which may lead to levels of those pollutants failing nationally set objectives.
Stage 2 review (June 2000)
The Stage 2 review carried on the work of Stage1 and concluded that sources of lead, carbon monoxide, benzene and 1,3-butadiene were not likely to cause breaches of the national objectives anywhere in the city.
Stage 3 review (December 2000)
This report concluded that sulphur dioxide was likely to achieve the national objectives but nitrogen dioxide and PM10 particles would not. Air Quality Management Areas were declared within the city for these two pollutants on the basis of this work.
Stage 4 review (July 2002)
This document reviewed the work leading up to the declaration of the Air Quality Management Areas and provided additional information to support the preparation of the Air Quality Action Plan.
Air Quality Action Plan (January 2004)
The Air Quality Action Plan was developed as the City’s proposals for tackling anticipated exceedences of the Air Quality objectives for nitrogen dioxide and PM10. Although the extent of the Air Quality Management Areas is limited, the actions to address the Air Quality objectives have implications throughout the city.