Document Status
Partially replaced or revised by new document
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Series
Command Paper
Abstract
Sets out air quality objectives and policy options to further improve air quality in the UK from today into the long term. As well as direct benefits to public health, these options are intended to provide important benefits to quality of life and help to protect the environment.
History
Superseded with regard to England by Air quality strategy: framework for local authority delivery (DEFRA, 2023). Also superseded with regard to Wales by lean air plan for Wales. Healthy air, healthy Wales (Welsh Government, 2020) with the exception of the air quality objectives in Table 2 which remain extant in Wales. Still in force in Scotland and Northern Ireland. To be read with Air quality strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - Volume 2 (DEFRA, 2007) and Air pollution - action in a changing climate (DEFRA, 2010). Supersedes Air quality strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: working together for clean air. Cm 4548 (2000); Air quality strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: Addendum (DEFRA, 2003); Air quality strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - a consultation document on options for further improvements in air quality. Volume 1 and Air quality strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - a consultation document on options for further improvements in air quality. Volume 2 - technical annex and regulatory impact assessment (both DEFRA, 2006).
Subjects
- Other planning disciplines
- Pollution control
- Planning and development
- Waste planning
Publisher History
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.