Subject:

Citywide Roll-out of Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring System. Items referred from the Council meeting held on the 15 July 2021

Date of Meeting:

21 September 2021

Report of:

Executive Lead Officer for Strategy, Governance & Law

Contact Officer:

Name:

Mark Wall

Tel:

01273 291006

 

E-mail:

mark.wall@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Wards Affected:

All

 

 

FOR GENERAL RELEASE

 

 

1.         SUMMARY AND POLICY CONTEXT:

 

1.1    To receive the following Notice of Motion which was debated at and referred from the full Council meeting held on the 15 July 2021.

 

2.         RECOMMENDATIONS:

 

2.1      That the Committee responds to the motion concerning a citywide roll-out of real-time air quality monitoring system either by noting it or where it is considered more appropriate, calling for an officer report on the matter as requested, which may give consideration to a range of options.

 

3.         CONTEXT / BACKGROND INFORMATION

3.1      The following resolution from the full council meeting held on the 15 July 2021 for the committee to consider is detailed below:

      

Brighton & Hove City Council

 

Council

 

4.30pm 15 July 2021

 

Council Chamber, Hove Town Hall

 

MINUTES

 

 

Present:   Councillors  , Mears (Deputy Chair), Allcock, Appich, Clare, Ebel, Evans, Fishleigh, Knight, Lloyd, Mac Cafferty, Nemeth, Shanks, Simson and Yates

 

 

 

PART ONE

 

 

NOTICES OF MOTION

 

31.1         The Notice of Motion as listed in the agenda was moved by Councillor Fishleigh as an Independent Member, and formally seconded by Councillor Ebel.

 

31.2         Councillor Evans spoke in support of the motion.

 

31.3         The Deputy Mayor then put the following motion to the vote:

 

This Council notes that:

·           The city needs publicly available real-time data about pan-city air pollution (NO2 and PM) to enable:

§ Officers to assess how interventions, building configuration changes or traffic flow changes affect air quality

 

§ Residents and visitors vulnerable to air pollution to plan their days when pollution levels are high.

This Council also agrees to request that:

·           The Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee explores investing in a city-wide real-time AQ monitoring system with information available in real-time via a website for residents, councillors and officers.

·           The Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee considers amending planning policy to ensure that all residential and business developments that come to planning committee install and maintain an AQ monitor with data available to BHCC.

 

31.4         The Deputy Mayor confirmed that the motion had been carried  unanimously.