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We are now one month into 2015, a year that will no doubt see some interesting developments in the world of air quality.   Most obviously, we have a general election in May that is bound to have some ramifications for us, one way or another, and air quality may even feature in the campaigning. This will ...

This document sets out the response prepared by the IAQM to the consultation on Defra’s current review of Local Air Quality Management in England. Download the IAQM response

The IAQM issues Position Statements on: external matters that could affect the way in which Members carry out their professional tasks; or air quality topics and issues where the IAQM believes its collective specialist knowledge gives it a unique perspective from which to give a professional opinion. Members are able to predict the pollution concentrations from/at ...

Since 1997 all local authorities have been carrying out reviews and assessments of air quality. If this monitoring highlights areas where the national air quality objectives are unlikely to be met, under the Environment Act 1995 they are required to designate an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA). These areas can range in size from one ...

IAQM members are invited to contribute to a consultation on a new EPUK and IAQM guidance document, Land-Use Planning and Development Control: Planning for Air Quality. Please see the following letter from Working Group co-chairs Stephen Moorcroft and Roger Barrowcliffe, inviting members to comment on the consultation document. The consultation document can be downloaded here:                         EPUK & IAQM Dec 2014 Consultation ...