Cabinet:

1.     Agree and approved the draft Air Quality Action Plan appended as Appendix 1 to the report, which is to be published for the purposes of public consultation as set out in section 10.4 of the Cabinet report.

The Cabinet Member for the Environment, Councillor Osman Dervish presented the report to Cabinet detailing the Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) for Havering 2018 to 2023.

This report highlights the actions the Council will take to improve local air quality.  The priority is to reduce concentration of the key pollutants, Nitrogen Dioxide and Particulate Matter.  In Havering these pollutants are primarily produced by road traffic in high congestion areas.  Generally, areas within Greater London are failing to meet relevant standards for Nitrogen Dioxide and it is predicted that these standards will not be met until 2025.

The Borough of Havering has been designated an Air Quality Management Area and has status as a Cleaner Air Borough which the Borough seeks to maintain.

Havering has aspirations to be a more environmentally friendly Borough. And this is very important to havering to improve public health for all especially for an older population and young families.

The draft AQAP must be subject to public and internal consultation which will commence in mid-December, 2017 for a period of 10 weeks.

Cabinet:

1.    Agreed and approved the draft Air Quality Action Plan appended as Appendix 1 to the report, which is to be published for the purposes of public consultation as set out in section 10.4 of the Cabinet report.