Updating and Screening Assessment

Executive Summary

This is the Updating and Screening Assessment (U&SA) required under The Environment Act 1995 and subsequent regulations.  The Act requires Local authorities conduct a Review and Assessment of air quality in their area to assess compliance with the objectives set out in the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 2000, the Air Quality Regulations 2000 and Air Quality (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002.

• Contents (PDF, 225KB)
• Appendix 1 Correspondence (PDF, 78KB)
• Appendix 2 Figure 1 The Moray Council Area (PDF, 2,544KB)
• Appendix 2 Figure 2 Location of NO2 and SO2 Diffusion Tubes (PDF, 2,416KB)
• Appendix 2 Figure 3 Roads featured in the DMRB Assessment (PDF, 2,486KB)
• Appendix 2 Figure 4 Location of High Density Coal Burning (PDF, 2,129KB)
• Appendix 3 NETCEN Background Pollution Concentration Maps (PDF, 1,781KB)
• Appendix 4 Road Traffic Counts (PDF, 121KB)
• Appendix 5 Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) PDF, (88KB)
• Appendix 6 Inventory of SEPA Regulated Industrial Processes (PDF, 77KB)

Updating and Screening Assessment - 2015

An updating and screening assessment took place in Moray during 2015 PDF, (55 pages, 5.12 MB)

Updating and Screening Assessment  - 2012

An updating and screening assessment took place in Moray during 2012 PDF, (51 pages, 7.45 MB)

Updating and Screening Assessment  - 2009

An updating and screening assessment took place in Moray during 2009  (PDF,5 pages, 5.71 MB)

This report concludes  that NO2 concentrations measured by Moray Council during 2008 were below the National Air Quality Strategy annual mean objective for NO2 at all monitoring locations.  However, NO2 concentrations at West Park Court, Elgin were close to the objective in 2008.  As a result, additional monitoring of NO2 is to take place in Elgin and to consider air quality impacts of new developments of traffic management proposals for the area.

Updating and Screening Assessment (U&SA) - Update 2006

• Updating and Screening Assessment (U&SA) - Entire Document Including Appendixes (PDF 9.4MB)
• Updating and Screening Assessment - Text (PDF 265KB)
• Updating and Screening Assessment - Appendix 1 (PDF 9.1MB) 
• Updating and Screening Assessment - Appendix 2  (PDF 67KB)

Adobe Acrobat Reader is free software and can be downloaded  here to enable you to view PDF documents