2. – Declared Air Quality Management Areas AQMA Name Date of Declaration Pollutants and Air Quality Objectives City / Town One Line Description Is air quality in the AQMA influenced by roads controlled by Highways England? Level of Exceedence (maximum monitored/modelled concentration at a location of relevant exposure) Action Plan (inc. date of publication) At Declaration Now AQMA 1/2014 1st May 2014 NO2 annual mean Tamworth Two Gates, Dosthill Tamworth. YES 41.6 µg/m3 38.5 µg/m3 Two Gates Air Quality Action Plan 2015 Tamworth Borough Council confirm the information on UK-Air regarding their AQMA(s) is up to date
Table 2. – Progress on Measures to Improve Air Quality Measure No. Measure EU Category EU Organisations involved and Funding Source Planning Implementation Phase Key Performance Indicator Reduction in Pollutant / Emission from Measure Progress to Date Estimated / Actual Completion Date Comments / Barriers to implementation 1 Promotion of walking/ reduction in vehicle use in vicinity of AQMA Alternatives to private vehicle use Tamworth Borough Council Plan Throughout 2017 AQMA NO2 levels reduce below objective level Reduced vehicle emissions Ongoing Ongoing Nil 2 Domestic smoke control Public Information Via the internet Tamworth Borough Council Current Throughout 2017 Reduction in breaches Reduced emissions ongoing ongoing Nil 3 Continued Integration with planning system Policy Guidance and Development Air Quality Planning SAQF including Tamworth Borough Council Ongoing Throughout 2017 Ongoing Reduced emissions Ongoing Ongoing Nil 4 Regulation of industrial processes Environmental Permits Permits Tamworth Borough Council 2017-18 Throughout 2017-18 Reduction in breaches Reduced emissions Ongoing Mar 2017 Nil
6 [‘Every Breath we Take: The Lifelong Impact of Air Pollution; Report of a working Party, February 2016, ISBN 978-1-86016-567-2], Table 2.3 Annual Mean PM10 and PM2.5 results of monitoring by Staffordshire Authorities 2012 to 2017 Annual Mean PM10 and PM2.5 Results from monitoring Staffordshire Authorities 2013- 2017 Authority Site Type Monitor Location OS Grid Ref Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Newcastle under Lyme Roadside Queen`s Gardens E385057 PM10 22.5 22 22.9 (5) (5) N346137 PM2.5 15.4(1) 16(1) (5) (5) Cannock Chase Roadside Cannock A5190 E401392 N309954 PM10 - - - - 14 PM2.5 - - - - 9.8 on Trent Roadside Basford E386288 PM 10 - - - - 23 N346802 PM2.5 - - - - 16 Roadside A50 Meir Tunnel E392548 PM 10 - - 20(2) 20 18 N342572 PM2.5 - - 14(2) 14 13 Background Stoke on Trent Central E388351 N347895 PM 2.5 10 10 12 12 9 Roadside Middleport E385780 MP10 25 24 22 (3) (3) N349376 PM2.5 18(1) 17(1) 15(1) (3) (3) East Staffordshire Roadside Derby Tum E424671 N324019 PM 10 29 31 23 (4) (4) PM 2.5 20.3(1) 21.7(1) (4) (4) Notes: (1)PM2.5 results are derived from PM10 monitored results corrected with a 0.7 correction factor in accordance with TG16 – Annex B: Derivation of PM2.5 to PM10 Ratio. All other results are directly monitored. (2) Valid data capture for 2015 was 59%. The site was commissioned on 22 May 2015. (3) Middleport monitor was decommissioned at the end 2015 (4) East Staffordshire`s monitors were decommissioned 2016 (5) Newcastle under Lyme monitors were Decommissioned 2016 As can be seen from the results, concentrations of PM2.5 within the Staffordshire Authorities are below the 2020 EU limit value of 25μg/m3. )
Measures category Measure Classification Effect on reducing NOx and PM10 medium, high) Reduces PM2.5 emissions Local Authority Stoke on CC Staffordshire Moorlands DC Newcastle under BC Stafford BC Cannock Chase DC East Staffs BC Lichfield DC South Staffs DC Tamworth BC Freight and Delivery Management Freight Consolidation Centre medium  Route Management Plans/ Strategic routing strategy for HGV's high  https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/transport/transportplanning/localtransportplan/appendixl-staffordshirefreightstrategy.pdf & out of hours delivery low    Delivery and Service medium  Freight Partnerships for city centre deliveries high  Vehicle Fleet Efficiency Driver training and ECO driving aids medium    ESBC undertaken ECO driving Promoting low public transport high  Vehicle retrofitting programmes medium  efficiency and recognition schemes medium  Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Eco-Stars http://www.ecostars-uk.com/eco-stars-schemes/ Promoting low emission transport Low emission zone (LEZ) Clean Air Zone (CAZ) high  Public Vehicle Procurement -Prioritising uptake of low emission vehicles high  Waste fleet vehicles comply with Euro VI. Company Vehicle Procurement -Prioritising uptake of low emission vehicles high   Procuring alternative Refuelling infrastructure to promote Low Emission Vehicles, EV recharging, Gas fuel recharging high   Priority parking for LEV's high  Electric Vehicle charging spaces Electric Vehicle charging spaces Taxi Licensing conditions medium  Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Licensing Policy 2016-2019 Taxi emission incentives medium  Environmental permits Introduction/increase of environment charges through permit systems and economic instruments (Permit fees set centrally) medium   Unable to achieve at a local level without central government approval Measures to reduce pollution through IPPC Permits going beyond BAT medium  Large Combustion Plant Permits and National Plans going beyond BAT high  Other ?? 
Measures category Measure Classification Effect on reducing NOx and PM10 emissions (low, medium, high) Reduces PM2.5 emissions Local Authority Stoke on Trent CC Staffordshire Moorlands DC Newcastle under BC Stafford BC Cannock Chase DC East Staffs BC Lichfield DC Staffs DC Tamworth BC Other measures Smoky Diesel Hotline  A5 and M6 Partnership  Strategy for the A5 Strategy for the A5 2011-2026 Domestic Smoke Control advice and Enforcement  Smoke control advice   Garden Bonfires - Advice and nuisance enforcement  Garden bonfires advice   Commercial burning advice and enforcement    Multi agency working with Fire Service and Environment Agency for trade burning   Information shared as appropriate  Information shared as appropriate Multi agency working with Staffordshire Fire Service and Local Authority Building Controlregarding chimney fires and complaints about DIY domestic heating systems  Information shared as appropriate Stoke-on-Trent Low Carbon District Heat Network  Low Carbon District Heat Network
Appendix F: Processes Regulated for Emissions to Air by Tamworth Borough Council under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 as at December 2017 Ref No Operator Name Process Address Post Code Process Description Part A2 P01 Forterra Building Products Ltd Wilnecote Brick, Hedging Lane, Wilnecote B77 5EU Manufacture of heavy clay goods. (Brickworks) Part B P03 Envirostrip (GB) Limited Unit 11, 12 and 12a Hedging Lane Industrial Estate B77 5HH Ferrous Metal P04 Nationwide Crash Repair Centres Ltd 109B Mariner, Lichfield Road Industrial Estate B79 7UL Respraying of road vehicles P05 J V Murcott and Sons Ltd Borman, Lichfield Road Industrial Estate B79 7TA Melting Aluminium/Die Casting Process P06 Leadec Ltd Warwick House, Watling Street, Wilnecote B77 5BH Metal decontamination by the application of heat P02 Breedon Southern Ltd Mica Close, Tamworth, B77 4DS Concrete batching P09 Apollo Chemicals Limited Sandy Way, Amington Industrial Estate B77 4DS Manufacture of solvent borne adhesives and solvents P10 Surface Technik (Tamworth) Limited Ninian Way, Wilnecote B77 5ES Short blasting and anti-corrosion coating P11 Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Bitterscote B78 3HD Unloading of petrol into stationary storage tanks P12 William Morrisons Supermarkets Ltd William Morrison Supermarket Plc, Hilmore Way B77 2NY Unloading of petrol into stationary storage P13 Tamworth Service Station Tamworth Service Station, Upper Gungate B79 7NU Unloading of petrol into stationary storage tanks P14 Tesco Stores Ltd Dosthill Service Station, High Street, Dosthill B77 1LE Unloading of petrol into stationary storage tanks P15 Fuel Centre Ltd Wilnecote Service Station, Watling Street, Wilnecote B77 5AB Unloading of petrol into stationary storage tanks P22/10 Martin McColl Ltd 78 Glascote Rd, Tamworth, B77 2AF B77 2AF Unloading of petrol into stationary storage tanks
P17 Midland Society Ltd Midlands Co-operative Superstore, Brent, Wilnecote B77 5DL Unloading of petrol into stationary storage tanks P20 Asda Stores Ltd Ventura Road B78 3HD Unloading of petrol into stationary storage P21 Stormking Plastics Ltd Amington Point, Sandy Way, Amington B77 4ED Processes for the manufacturer of fibre reinforced plastics P25 Linen Basket Unit 7, The Precinct, Fonteneye Rd, Tamworth B79 2FH Dry Cleaning P27 Prentice Furniture Manufacturers Ltd 22-23, 2 Gates, Trading Estate, Watling St, 2 Gates Tamworth B77 5DF Wood Coating Process