AIR QUALITY December 2017 Issue 140 BULLETIN IN BRIEF ACTION PLANS Nearby AQMA is Diesel surcharge defies UK plan material consideration A High Court case has confirmed that a housing Islington is stepping up its charge will be £2 per hour, and Islington’s...
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AIR QUALITY December 2017 Issue 140 BULLETIN IN BRIEF ACTION PLANS Nearby AQMA is Diesel surcharge defies UK plan material consideration A High Court case has confirmed that a housing Islington is stepping up its charge will be £2 per hour, and Islington’s move – and the scheme in Kent can be efforts against diesels by will apply to all diesel-fuelled increasing number of refused if it affects nearby introducing a diesel surcharge – vehicles and the pay-by-phone authorities likely to follow AQMAs. expressly defying warnings system will automatically suit – could provoke a backlash The case is important for within the UK NO2 plan that identify vehicle class via the from Government as it has told areas that have tightly-drawn councils must not do this. DVLA. councils not to do this in the air quality management areas Transport planners know that “It is estimated that between NO2 plan: “The UK focused only on limited NO2 the single most cost effective 25% and 30% of the 1.59 government is
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