Decision details

Purpose of report - To update the Executive Member and advisory panel on the outcome of the recent Air Quality Support Grant (AQSG) applications made to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Members are asked to approve grant spending.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised to accept air quality grants from DEFRA totalling £69,000 and allow the air quality projects outlined in the report to proceed.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel, as set out above, be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:      The DEFRA grant represents the most appropriate way of funding the continuation of Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) in the City.  LAQM is a statutory undertaking that contributes towards the Council’s corporate priorities on improving the health of residents and encouraging the use of public, and other environmentally friendly, modes of transport.