Issue - meetings
Annual Air Quality Status Report for York 2016
Meeting: 07/08/2017 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Environment and Climate Emergency (Item 11)
11 Air Quality - Annual Status Report 
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This report provides an update on air quality in York, following submission of this year’s Annual Status Report to DEFRA in June 2017.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Resolved:
i. That the report be noted.
ii. That the revocation of the Salisbury Terrace AQMA (Order No.3) be approved by the Executive Member whilst requiring the current levels of monitoring at Salisbury Terrace to be reported in future annual reports.
Reason: Historical nitrogen dioxide (NO2) monitoring results have been consistently below the health based annual mean objective for this pollutant since 2013.
Minutes:
The Executive Member considered a report that provided an update on air quality in York, following submission of the 2017 Annual Status Report to DEFRA in June 2017. Officers gave a brief overview of the report, updating the Executive Member on the progress of the three Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) where the health based national air quality objectives for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) had previously been found to be exceeded.
In answer to the Executive Member’s questions officers confirmed:
· It had not been possible to attract an investor to the CNG refuelling and infrastructure and freight delivery sites.
· Emissions standards for hackney carriages had been introduced earlier in the year
· 14% of taxis were low emission vehicles.
· Air quality had been considered as part of the Local Plan
· A number of actions had been undertaken as part of the low emission strategy.
Following consideration of the two options, the Executive Member thanked Officers and suggested that the revocation of the Salisbury Terrace AQMA (Order No.3) be approved with the requirement of current levels of monitoring at Salisbury Terrace to be reported in future annual reports.
Resolved:
i. That the report be noted.
ii. That the revocation of the Salisbury Terrace AQMA (Order No.3) be approved by the Executive Member whilst requiring the current levels of monitoring at Salisbury Terrace to be reported in future annual reports.
Reason: Historical nitrogen dioxide (NO2) monitoring results have been consistently below the health based annual mean objective for this pollutant since 2013.