Air Quality Assessments Cheltenham

We can help you with your Air Quality Assessment

At Haze Environmental, our team of air quality and odour experts have over 18 years’ of multi-sector experience – a rare and valuable commodity. The team are members of the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM).

Do you need an air quality assessment?

Air Quality
in Cheltenham

Cheltenham Borough Council has declared an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) for annual mean Nitrogen Dioxide which covers a limited area of properties extending from the junction of Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury Road and High Street, through Poole Way and along Swindon Road to the junction of St George’s Street. Cheltenham Borough Council’s Latest Air Quality Annual Status Report (ASR) shows that Road traffic emissions are the main source of air pollution in the Borough of Cheltenham, mainly from the A40 (Gloucester Road), A4013 (Princess Elizabeth Way), A4019 (Swindon Road/Tewkesbury Road), A435 (London Road), A46 (High Street), and A46 (Bath Road).

No exceedances of the annual mean nitrogen dioxide objective were recorded within Cheltenham during 2021. Cheltenham Borough Council’s Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) is under preparation but has not yet been published. The intention of the AQAP is to focus on a number of key actions that are being taken to tackle sources of air pollution.

When do you need an Air Quality Assessment in Cheltenham

An air quality assessment in Cheltenham will be required where there is a need to inform the decision-making with regard to development. It is reasonable to expect that an assessment will be required where there is a risk of a significant air quality effect, either from a new development causing an air quality impact or creating exposure to high concentrations of pollutants for new residents.

If you have a development with more than 10 residential units or more than 1,000 metres square of floor space, then an air quality assessment is a requirement for planning applications.

Air Quality Assessments for planning applications

Haze Environmental follow the relevant technical guidance for all our assessments, therefore you can be confident our assessments are robust and accurate. In particular, we use the IAQM guidance on Planning for Air Quality:

Why work with Haze Environmental for your air quality assessment

Haze Environmental can produce robust air quality assessments to meet your specific needs. We are able to assess the impacts of emissions from a variety of sources including:

Roads

Residential developments

Mixed-use developments

Construction sites

Energy from waste

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