Purpose

The Oxfordshire County
Council Air Quality Strategy has a Route Map with
actions.  In order to ensure the actions
remain up to date and relevant some have been completed, removed,
amended or new ones added.

Content

The Chair approved the recommendations subject
to the following amendments to the list of actions in the Route
Map.
 

1.   
The reinstatement of this action:
 

Deliver parking controls, traffic reduction schemes and congestion
management measures to reduce private car use and improve local air
quality.
 

2.   
Revision of five actions as follows:
a.   
Work to reduce air pollution from waste disposal including
development of the circular economy strategy.
 
Removed as complete as a
programme of actions to reduce air pollution included in waste
disposal activities and air quality expertise involved in
development of the County Councils Circular Economy strategy.
 
b.   
Work with local partners to deliver the Oxfordshire Energy
Strategy and supporting projects.
 
Removed as complete as
the council has recruited to a new post to support addressing
energy challenges.  Partners continue to work on delivery of
the Oxfordshire Energy Strategy. 
 
c.   
Ensure air quality impacts are included as a consideration in
county council planning consultation responses including in Health
Impact Assessments of strategic developments and major
infrastructure schemes, particularly where this is related to
county council functions such as transport.

 
An audit of planning
application responses by the Public Health service was carried out
in the summer of 2024 and air quality impacts were considered so
this action removed as complete as ongoing.
 
d.   
Ensure air quality is included as a potential health impact when
conducting HIAs on major transport schemes or plans and any adverse
impacts on local air quality are effectively mitigated.
 
Removed as complete as
the HIA guidance available on Oxfordshire Healthy Place Shaping

webpages which includes air quality as a potential health
impact.
 
 
e.   
Work with our Air Quality Partners to understand current
monitoring in Oxfordshire and develop a joined up, integrated
approach to local air quality monitoring.
 
Removed as complete as
University of Birmingham completed a review of air quality monitors
and monitoring sites are included on the Oxonair
website