Air Quality and
The London Plan
Celeste Giusti
Senior Strategic Planner
Introduction
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Air quality in London
The London Plan
Strategic
LDF preparation
Decisions
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Design measures
Air quality assessments
Air quality neutral
Emission standards
Construction and demolition (SPG)
6. Uncertainty
London in 6 facts
Global
competition for
jobs and growth
1500
London
London’s
population will
increase by
approximately 1
million in the next
10 years.
Rest of
the UK
£140
£120
1250
£40
250
£20
0
£0
Km of NO2 exceedence in 2015
GDP, £Bn
Czech
Qatar
500
New Zealand
£60
Kuwait
£80
750
Central London
£100
1000
The Challenge
NO2 2010 Annual Mean
The London Plan
• Strategic 20 year vision for London
• Overarching policy of sustainable
development
• Identifies growth and associated
infrastructure needs
• Links partnerships and
implementation
• Boroughs’ plans are to be in
conformity with the London Plan
• Guides and sets requirements for
development in London
Sustainable Design and
Construction
Supplementary Planning Guidance
• Provides additional guidance to the
London Plan policies to support
implementation
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Air quality assessments
Minimising air quality emissions
Air quality neutral
Emission standards for combustion plant
• Set out with Mayor’s priorities and
Mayor’s best practice
London Plan
Policy 7.14 – Air quality
Strategic
• Air quality strategy
• TfL – controls some roads, cycle hire,
congestion charging, low emission zone
Strategic Solutions
Congestion charge
• Since 2003
• Central London
• Removed 70,000
vehicles
• Reduced PM and
NOx emissions by
16%
Low Emission Zone
• Covers 98% of
London
• Standards tightened
in 2012 to Euro IV
for HGVs, buses and
coaches
• From 2012 large
vans and minibuses
included (Euro III)
Buses
• 450 hybrid buses
• 1,600 by 2016
(20% of fleet)
• Hydrogen and
electric bus trials
• SCR retrofit
programme for up
to 1,000 older
buses
Strategic Solutions
Taxis
• From 2012 15 year
age limit retiring
2,300 taxis (10% of
fleet)
• Minimum Euro V
standard
• Ultra Low Emission
taxi from 2020
Buildings and planning
• Retrofit older
buildings
• “Air quality neutral”
for new
developments
• CHP/biomass
emission standards
• Construction
machinery and dust
Cycling
• Barclays Cycle Hire
• Superhigways
• Record near £1bn
investment over next
10 years
London Plan
Policy 7.14 – Air quality
LDF Preparation
London Plan
Policy 7.14 – Air quality
• Design measures
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Layout
Orientation
Air tightness
Buffer zones
vegetation
• Mitigation during construction and
demolition
• Sustainable transport measures
Internal air quality
• specify non-toxic materials (potential
use of the Code /BREEAM)
• Maintain plant
Air quality assessments
• Applies to major developments with
some parameters
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AQMA
New or exacerbate an air quality exceedence
150m from sensitive receptors
• Sets out the requirements
London Plan
Policy 7.14 – Air quality neutral
• Major developments
• Covers PM10 & NOx
• Emission benchmarks for buildings (land
uses) and transport
• Methodology provided
• Mitigation
London Plan
Policy 7.14 – Air quality neutral
• Mitigation measures
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Green planting/walls and screens
Retro-fitting abatement technology to vehicles or
flues
Exposure reduction
Contribution to mitigation measures
Emissions standards for
combustion plant
• Individual gas boilers, communal gas
boilers, solid biomass boilers, combined
heat and power
• Small schemes
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Limited scope
Don’t want to be overly onerous
Code for Sustainable Homes / BREEAM credits
for low NOx boilers
• Standards for solid biomass and CHP
plant
Construction and demolition
The Control of Dust and Emissions during
construction and demolition SPG
• requirement for developers to prepare an Air Quality
Statement for construction and demolition activities,
including air quality (dust) risk assessments
• the Air Quality Statement is to include an air quality
(dust) risk assessment for demolition, earthwork,
construction stages and trackout (vehicles leaving the
site) stages of the works
• the identification of the potential scale (large, medium,
small) of dust emissions for each stage of work;
Construction and demolition
• the identification of the level of risk due to the scale of
dust emissions on health, soiling (dirt) and the natural
environment, depending on activities, their intensity
and the sensitivity of receptors
• best practice methods for controlling dust on-site and
to prevent trackout
• recommendations for monitoring
• early notification of new 2015 and 2020 standards for
non- road mobile machinery
NRMM
From 1 September 2015
NRMM used on the site of any Major development, as defined in the
London Plan, within Greater London will be required to meet
Stage IIIA of the Directive as a minimum.
NRMM used on any site within the Central Activity Zone or Canary
Wharf will be required to meet Stage IIIB of the Directive as a
minimum.
From 1 September 2020
• NRMM used on any site within Greater London will be required to
meet Stage IIIB of the Directive as a minimum.
• NRMM used on any site within the Central Activity Zone or
Canary Wharf will be required to meet Stage IV of the Directive as
a minimum.
Uncertainty
• Government’s Housing standards review
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Limits what standards can be specified within
housing
Consultations
Sustainable Design and Construction SPG (AQ neutral, CHP/biomass
emission standards). Please send in your written response by 6pm 21st
October 2013
SD&C@london.gov.uk with ‘Sustainable Design and Construction
SPG’ in the subject box.
Control of Dust and Emissions during Construction and Demolition
SPG (including NRMM emission standards). Please send in your written
response by 6pm 25th November 2013
DustandEmissions@london.gov.uk with ‘The Control of Dust and
Emissions during Construction and Demolition’ in the subject box.
www.london.gov.uk - consultations
Thank you