The London Borough of Waltham Forest has been monitoring air quality across the borough since 1993. We currently have three automatic monitoring sites 1. Dawlish Rd urban background, 2. Crooked Billet kerbside and 3. Ruckholt Close roadside. All three sites monitor for PM10 and NO2. Data from all three sites is listed online for the public to freely access. Data collected from 1998 to March 2011 is listed in the London Air Quality Network (LAQN) http://www.londonair.org.uk. Data collected from April 2011 onwards is listed in the Air Quality England (AQE) website http://www.airqualityengland.co.uk/.
In addition to the automatic monitoring sites, Waltham Forest also has 4 NO2 diffusion tube sites: 1. Chingford Hall urban background, 2. Dawlish Road urban background, 3. Leyton Library roadside location and 4. Connaught School roadside location due to its proximity to the A12-M11 Link road. To obtain diffusion tube data, please contact the Environmental Health Team on 0208 496 3000 or by email air.quality@walthamforest.gov.uk.
The Environment Act 1995, Part IV requires Councils to carry out a Review and Assessment of the air quality in their area. This process uses air pollution monitoring results, emission inventories, and pollution modelling to determine if the targets will be met.
Since 1988 Waltham Forest Council has produced various reports to comply with the requirements under the Environment Act 1995, Part IV. These reports include Updating and Screening Assessments, Detailed Assessments, Progress Reports as well as any other additional assessments if required. Based on the findings of these reports the whole borough of Waltham Forest was declared an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) for NO2 and PM10 in 2002. All reports can be accessed below.
Air Quality first round of review assessment
- Review and Assessment Stages
- Review and assessment stage one (382KB PDF file)
- Review and assessment stage two (1.2MB PDF file)
- Review and assessment stage three (1.8MB PDF file)
- Stage 4 Review and Assessment Report (2.3MB PDF file)
- Council's Air Quality Action Plan (1.6MB PDF file)
Air Quality second round of review and assessment
- 2004 Updating and Screening Assessment Report (624KB PDF file)
- 2004 Air Quality Progress Report (176KB PDF file)
- Air Quality progress report 2005 and review and assessment report 2005 (366.54KB PDF file)
Air Quality third round of review and assessment
- 2006 updating and screening assessment (311KB PDF file)
- 2006 progress report (211KB PDF file)
- The additional commentary report 2006 (40KB PDF file)
- 2007 Air Quality Progress Report and Review and Assessment Report (331KB PDF file)
- 2008 Review and Assessment Report and Air Quality Action Progress Report (1.84MB PDF file)
