Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April to Question 45559 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, which localised hotspot in the West Midlands Urban Area reporting zone is delaying compliance until 2032.
The localised hotspots that inform our estimates of when each reporting zone is predicted to become compliant are set out in the following table. The predicted years of compliance in Question 45559 were based on 2023 data. For each zone, the hotspot location with the highest 2023 annual average NO2 concentration has been given, as that site drives the predicted compliance year.
This data is based on data gathered under the previous Government.
Reporting Zone | Estimated Compliance Year | Hotspot Location | Measured 2023 Concentration µg/m3 | |
Bristol Urban Area | 2031 | Colston Avenue, Bristol | 48.9 | |
Coventry and Bedworth | 2026 | Holyhead Road, Coventry | 45.9 | |
Eastern | 2026 | Southend Arterial Road, Basildon | 48.9 | |
Greater London Urban Area | 2024 | A201 (City of London), A501 (Westminster) | 41.9; 41.6 (modelled value) |
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Liverpool Urban Area | 2029 | Pembroke Place, Liverpool | 49.7 | |
Nottingham Urban Area | 2024 | Ilkeston Road, Nottingham | 41.1 | |
Portsmouth Urban Area | 2026 | Alred Road, Portsmouth | 43.7 | |
Reading and Wokingham Urban Area | 2024 | Malcolm Place, Reading | 42.6 | |
Sheffield Urban Area | 2031 | Brightside Lane, Sheffield | 48.8 | |
The Potteries | 2032 | Etruria Road, Stoke-on-Trent | 58.4 | |
West Midlands Urban Area | 2032 | Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham. | 51.5, 51.5 | |
West Yorkshire Urban Area | 2029 | Shipley Airedale Rd, Bradford | 47.8 |