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Find out how we measure air quality to ensure it meets legal standards, where smoke control areas are located, and how you can help improve air quality.
Good air quality is essential for our health, quality of life and the environment.
We have a legal duty to monitor key pollutants and report annually on air quality across the region. In areas where the National Air Quality Objectives set by the Government are not being met, we declare these as Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs).
Air quality action plans are produced for each AQMAs which show how we will tackle air pollution and improve the air quality. These plans are submitted to DEFRA every year.
There are several ways to help reduce air pollution and make the environment safer and healthier for us all:
There are several smoke control areas within North Yorkshire. These areas have restrictions on producing smoke from domestic chimneys and require you to burn authorised fuel or use certain appliances.
To check if your property falls under a smoke control area please use the following local area search tool below.
For information on air quality in your area and to view any local air quality action plans please use the following local area search tool: