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Air Quality Screening

IAQM/EPUK land-use planning guidance — screening, damage cost, and mitigation assessment

🏗 Development Details
Leave as 0 if not applicable
Gross Internal Area in square metres
Additional vehicle movements per day (both directions)
📍 Site Context
A road, motorway, or major traffic corridor
Default: 20 μg/m³ (UK average)
Default: 10 μg/m³ (UK average)
💨 Proposed Emission Sources
🏘 Sensitive Receptors (within 200m)
🛡 Proposed Mitigation Measures
✓ Screening Assessment
📊 Predicted Air Quality at Site
🚗 Development Emission Impact
💰 DEFRA Damage Cost Calculation
⚖ IAQM Effect Descriptor
✨ Mitigation Assessment
📋 Recommendations

About this tool: Air Quality

IAQM/EPUK screening for NO₂ and PM2.5 exposure, DEFRA damage costs, AQMA context, construction dust risk, and mitigation requirements.

When to use it

Use when your site is in or near an Air Quality Management Area, on a busy road, or when your development generates significant traffic or emissions.

Policy and guidance it draws on

NPPF living conditions policy P3, IAQM/EPUK Guidance

Part of Site Intelligence

Use these tools early in your project to understand what environmental, heritage, and ecological constraints affect your site. The results will determine which technical reports you need and shape your application strategy.

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Guidance to help you prepare — not formal planning advice. Check the current policy text and your council's local plan before relying on it.

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