Issue - meetings

Report number:     CAB/WS/24/012

Portfolio holder: Councillor Gerald Kelly

Lead officer: Jen Eves

Resolved:

That the proposed update of the Great Barton Air Quality Action Plan, for the period January 2024 to January 2029, as set out in Appendix A to Report number CAB/WS/24/012, be adopted.

(Report number CAB/WS/24/012)

The Cabinet considered this report, which was recommending the adoption of the proposed update of the Great Barton Air Quality Action Plan for the period to January 2029 (as set out in Appendix A to Report number CAB/WS/24/012).

Councillor Gerald Kelly, Portfolio Holder for Governance and Regulatory, drew relevant issues to the attention of the Cabinet and explained that inaccordance with legislation, West Suffolk Council was required to have an Air Quality Action Plan for Great Barton, which stipulated the actions that would be taken to improve air quality in this area, setting out the target to show consistently reduced levels of pollution over the course of five years. The Great Barton Air Quality Action Plan had been in place since 2018 and had registered a consistent reduction in air pollution, but not for the requisite five-year period. 

The proposed Action Plan covered three main priorities:

1.   To reduce the number of heavy good vehicles (HGVs) and light goods vehicles (LGVs) travelling through Great Barton, where possible.

2.   To improve the flow of traffic along the A143.

3.   To ensure that new developments contributed positively to local air quality.

Therefore, the Council must renew and update the Great Barton Air Quality Action Plan for a further five year period.

Resolved:

That the proposed update of the Great Barton Air Quality Action Plan, for the period January 2024 to January 2029, as set out in Appendix A to Report number CAB/WS/24/012, be adopted.