Air Quality Action Plan

Improving air quality in Dudley borough is important in order to meet national targets on reducing air pollution.

We have a legal responsibility as a council to monitor and report on air quality in our borough. In areas where national air quality objectives are not met, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) are declared to improve air quality. There is currently one Air Quality Management Area declared for the whole of Dudley borough.

To continue our work to improve air quality across the borough, we have produced a new draft Air Quality Action Plan.

This plan outlines the action we will take between 2024 and 2030 (or until the NO₂ air quality objective is achieved throughout Dudley borough), including new infrastructure like the Dudley to Brierley Hill metro connection and encouraging the use of vehicles with lower emissions.

Air pollution cannot be dealt with by Dudley Council alone. Each person visiting, living, working, or studying in the borough can help to reduce harmful emissions and the risk of exposure to pollutants.

We recently held a consultation for people who live, work, visit or study in Dudley borough to share their views on the draft Air Quality Action Plan.

The consultation period has now closed. We will review the responses in the coming weeks and an updated action plan will follow later this year.

Related documents

The draft Air Quality Action Plan remains available to read, pending these updates:

The feedback gathered in the consultation will be used to make any necessary amendments to the action plan. It will also be used to inform stakeholders, including Defra, of public opinion regarding the changes needed to improve local air quality.