Hear from those who are working directly with the latest policy and get an insight into the likely implications from Defra’s upcoming Air Quality Plan.

1. Delivery of the National Air Quality Plan:
a local perspective

2. Overview
• Background
• Monitoring strategy
• Timeline
• Leeds Action Plan
• National versus local model
• Target Determination
• Challenges

3. Monitoring Strategy
Site: Corn
Exchange*
Int’nal
Pool*
Bishopgate
St*
Jack Lane
Hunslet*
Norman
Row
Kirkstall^
Headingley
*
Rein Rd
Morley^
Main
StreetPool
^
2015 54 X X 46 46 40 42 52
2016 51 42 (75) 45 44 40 41 57
Key:
• *Annual Average NO2 values (ug.m-3) / data from Automatic
Monitoring Stations
• ^Mean average NO2 values Data from diffusion tube sites
(Ave)

4. Timeline
Activity Timescale
Outline business case submitted January 17
Draft National Air Quality Plan May 17
End of Consultation July 17
Executive Board Report (1) July 17
Executive Board Report (2) Sept 17
2nd Stage Business Case Sept 17
Public Consultation Autumn 17
Final Executive Board Report December 2017
Formal Consultation Early 2018
Final Business Case March/ April 2018

5. Leeds Action Plan

6. Increasing sustainable and clean modes
of transport
City Connect Scheme
Leeds Transport Plan

7. Accelerate the uptake of cleaner
vehicles within the domestic market
Increased uptake of plug in vehicle registration
in Leeds 2014 - 2016
Free LCC ULEV Parking Permit
introduced March 2016

8. Fleet Changes and Alternative Fuels
Body copy

9. Improved Promotion and Profile
Body copy

10. National Versus Local

11. Detailed local map

12. Target Determination (extract from draft
guidance)
“The overarching principle is that if the difference between
the local and PCM outputs exceeds a reasonable tolerance
(which is being defined internally) then there is a need to carry
out further evaluation of the evidence (including the transport
and air quality modelling evidence) to explore the reasons for
the difference. “

13. Target Determination (extract from draft guidance)
JAQU and local authorities will work together during the
process. Local authorities should provide the local modelling
outputs (as outlined in the minimum modelling requirements)
to enable JAQU to compare the Local Model with the
corresponding year of the full National model (full PCM):
• Maximum NO2 concentrations for all road links on an excel
file (with Census ID) for their baseyear, interim and baseline
for 2020 (and any other relevant baseline dates)
• The accompanying shapefiles
• Updated air quality and transport modelling reports
produced that reflect the methods used and include a
summary of the results. This should include details of
quality assurance carried out presented in a draft analytical
assurance statement (see box 1 below). This will put the
outputs into context and can feed in to the independent
review panel.

14. Challenges
• Funding
• JAQU in its infancy
• A lot of unknowns
o Framework and plan
o Charging levels
o Retrofit scheme
• Secondary objective
• Urban motorway network
• Consultation process

15. Questions?