Monitoring downside
Monitoring rather than
modelling compliance with
EU directives would lead to
the UK needing to report half
as many exceedences to the
European Commission, a
report suggests.
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Guidance probe
Epuk is to hold an afternoon...
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Monitoring downside
Monitoring rather than
modelling compliance with
EU directives would lead to
the UK needing to report half
as many exceedences to the
European Commission, a
report suggests.
More page six
Guidance probe
Epuk is to hold an afternoon
meeting to inform an update
to its popular development
control guidance.
The Epuk guidance
Development control:
planning for air quality (2010
update) is widely used and is
frequently cited at planning
inquiries. The guidance
draws upon significance
criteria recommended by the
Institute of Air Quality
Management.
Epuk air quality committee
chairman Steve Moorcroft
told AQB: “The planning
landscape has changed
considerably. The National
Planning Policy Framework
(NPPF) now replaces PPS23.
In addition, a number of local
authorities have been
developing local guidance
related to air quality and
development control,
principally based around low
emissions strategies.”
Epuk intends to issue a
2013 update to the guidance
after consulting with
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