toggle menuMENU Air quality guidance for planning applications Question:Air quality guidance for planning applicationsAnswer:Read the council's Air Quality planning flowchart. Documents to be submitted in preparation of a planning application for major developments Air Quality Assessment (AQA) Air Quality Neutral Assessment (AQN) Air Quality Positive Statement Dust Management Plan (DMP) Guidance documents to be referenced in preparation of a major development London Plan Guidance - Air Quality Neutral, February 2023 London Plan Guidance - Positive, February 2023 National Planning Policy Framework Land Use Planning & Development control: Planning for Air Quality January 2017 IAQM Guidance on Air Quality Monitoring in the Vicinity of Demolition and Construction Sites IAQM Guidance on the Assessment of Dust from Demolition and Construction Version 1.1 June 2016 IAQM London Plan 2021 The Control of Dust and Emissions During Construction and Demolition SPG July 2014 (Mayor of London) Sustainable Design and Construction SPG April 2014 (GLA) Air Quality Neutral Planning Support Update: GLA 80371 April 2014 LBTH Local Plan (Supplementary Planning Document) LBTH Air Quality Action Plan Technical Guidance 2016 (LLAQM.TG (16)) Technical Guidance Note (Monitoring) M8 – EA London Councils Air Quality and Planning Guidance January 2007 Informative Air Quality Assessment (AQA) An AQA should: Identify site location and give a brief description of the proposed development as it relates to air quality, including a description of all receptors It should include any sensitive receptors and may include ecological receptors. The AQA should also assess the current air quality/dust/odour in the area of the proposed development Give full details of the measures that will be implemented to maintain and to improve air quality in the area of the development Include mitigation measures to protect the air quality inside buildings Identify how the building works, related activities, future operation and use of the development may impact local air quality (prediction of the impact of the proposed development) Identify measures that will be implemented or continue to be implemented after the development is completed with clear timescales of when information will be provided Include an Air Quality (Dust) Risk-Assessment (AQDRA) giving detailed risk assessments for each construction sub-phase as outlined in the Control of Dust and Emissions During Construction SPG 2014, Mayor of London Include current baseline and future year projections of NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 based on monitoring data and the LAEI (20 m2 grid reference) LBTH 2020 data (published in the ASR 2021) and LBTH 2021 data (published in the ASR 2022) should not been used as they do not accurately predict NO2 concentration levels. Model the impact of the development (parking emissions and building emissions) on local air quality using suitable modelling software Ensure the latest date measurements are used and nearest full meteorological datasets (as outlined in the Mayor of London SPG 2014) Ensure the report of the model state: datasets used methodologies (monitoring, modelling, and scenarios) meteorological data background concentrations traffic data (flow, speeds, etc.) dispersion model type Include a quantitative assessment to understand any major affects within the surrounding area. The potential for cumulative construction traffic effects is to be considered and assessed, as required. Ensure the approach to working out major effects from construction effects are based on the number of demolition and construction trips of each cumulative scheme considered. Work out the projected traffic flows from cumulative schemes should be gathered based on information available in the public domain Ensure the applicant contacts the relevant developers of cumulative schemes to obtain required information if such information is not yet publicly available.