Air Quality

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Air quality monitoring

Huntingdonshire District Council has an automatic monitoring station located on the ring road within the Huntingdon Air Quality Management Area (AQMA). The equipment was replaced in April 2019 to improve data capture, reliability and accuracy of results.

Air quality data for this monitoring station can be viewed at Air Quality England, by selecting Huntingdonshire District Council from the drop-down menu.

As well as the automatic monitor, we use diffusion tubes around the district to monitor pollution levels. More information including locations and results (of these and the automatic monitoring station) can be viewed within the Annual Status Reports, the links to which are below.

Our Environmental Health team continually reviews and assesses air quality to make sure that traffic and industrial pollutants do not put public health at risk. This process involves air quality monitoring and pollutant dispersion modelling. If levels are found to be above recognised public health standards, we will work with relevant parties to control and reduce levels.

There were four AQMAs in the district. However, following changes in traffic management and the realignment of the A14 leading to continued compliance with the Air Quality Objectives for a number of years, we undertook a review of our AQMAs in 2023 - View the document [PDF, 2.5MB].

This report was provided to the Licensing and Protection Committee on 25 January 2024 along with the proposal to revoke the St Neots, Brampton and Hemingford to Fenstanton AQMAs. The Committee resolved to commence with the three revocations and these were revoked in 2024.

The remaining AQMA is in Huntingdon and can be viewed here:

• Huntingdon AQMA Map [PDF, 0.5MB]

Current evidence indicates good compliance with the Air Quality Objectives within the Huntingdon AQMA, likely due to the relocation of the A14 trunk road away from Huntingdon. We predict that the 2024 data will again meet the air quality objectives. It is considered that there are unlikely to be any further exceedances in the area and we will be looking to review the Huntingdon AQMA in accordance with government guidance in 2025.

We produce annual Air Quality Review and Assessment Reports and submit them to the government. Recent reports are available below - if you require any earlier reports please contact us.