Pollution From Construction - sustainable build
Effects of Urban Sprawl in Cities and Towns Explained
Especially when it comes to air pollution:
Futures Forum: Air pollution: "So, are we facing up to what's being called an urgent public health crisis?"
It seems that building houses on a massive scale has to be done with caution...
This is from Camden:
Planning and air quality
The land-use planning system plays an important role in to the long-term improvement of air quality. Air quality considerations relating to land use and its development are a material planning consideration.
In determining a planning application, we will determine the development’s likely effect, not only in terms of the air pollution it may cause directly, but also in terms of any increase or decrease in traffic it generates. Development proposals will be considered for their effect on air quality and the exposure of people to air pollutants.
In dealing with planning applications, consideration should be given to the site and area characteristics. This is particularly relevant as the whole of Camden has been declared an Air Quality Management Area for breaching of the annual mean air quality standards for particulate matter (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide(NO2). Some schemes may be more sensitive to air pollution than others, for example children’s play areas and housing should be located away from busy roads where air pollution levels are highest.
And this is from Canterbury:
4,000 HOME PLANNING APPLICATION GOES TO JUDICIAL REVIEW BECAUSE OF AIR POLLUTION EFFECT
11 MAY 2017
“A campaign group has gained permission to take a controversial planning decision in Canterbury to judicial review.
Sustainable Ways Integral to Canterbury’s Health (Switch) has objected to the 4,000 homes Mountfield Park development, which also includes 70,000 square metres of employment space, two schools and a reserve site for the Kent & Canterbury Hospital, together with a 1,000 spaces park and ride site.
Switch has argued that the application by developer Corinthian Land should on air pollution grounds have been rejected, or called in by Communities Secretary Sajid Javid.
Campaigners said they sought to raise £25,000 but would be represented by Robert McCracken QC for “a cut-rate price because he cares about Canterbury”.
Switch said Canterbury had been in breach of air quality laws since 2010 and that 100 people a year died in the city due to air pollution, which would be worsened by the development adding some 28,000 extra vehicular journeys daily.
A Canterbury City Council statement said: “It is disappointing that the judicial review application challenging the secretary of state’s decision not to call the Mountfield Park planning approval in has been allowed to proceed.
“Any involvement we now have in this process will mean spending taxpayers’ cash, which we would far rather spend on services for residents.”
It said Mountfield Park was “crucial to the delivery of our local plan and our vision for providing the homes and jobs for people who want to live and work here”, and had been the subject of extensive consultation.”
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