Revised Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) for Durham City

'Air quality' is the term we use to describe the levels of pollution in the air we breathe in. When air quality is poor, pollutants may impact on people's health, particularly the young, the elderly and those with lung or heart conditions.

Clean air is a basic requirement for a healthy environment. Air quality has improved a lot in recent decades, but there are still some parts of Durham City where there are levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) (a pollutant) higher than the Annual Mean Air Quality Objective. We are committed to reducing, as soon as possible, the levels of air quality pollutants in our air, and therefore we are developing a revised action plan to help improve the air quality in Durham City.

During May and June 2024, we invited you to give us feedback on the 21 draft actions to attempt to reduce and maintain NO2 levels.