Renfrewshires Local Air Quality Management Update - Full Report
Renfrewshire Council · 19 March 2025
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___________________________________________________________________ To: Infrastructure, Land and Environment Policy Board On: 19 March 2025 ___________________________________________________________________ Report by: Director of Environment, Housing and Infrastructure ___________________________________________________________________ Heading: Renfrewshire’s Local Air Quality Management Update – 2024 Air Quality Annual Progress Report & Revocation of Renfrewshire’s Air Quality Management Areas ___________________________________________________________________ 1. Summary 1.1 This report provides an update on air quality within Renfrewshire including the findings of the Council’s most recent Local Air Quality Management report (Renfrewshire’s 2024 Annual Progress Report) and the proposal to revoke all three of the Council’s Air Quality Management Areas. 1.2 Following the introduction of the Environment Act 1995, all local authorities have been required to comply with a statutory Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) regime, including undertaking a regular review and assessment of air quality within their area and submitting the findings to the Scottish Government. The Act and associated regulations specify objectives for air quality pollutants which must not be exceeded. Where exceedances are identified, local authorities must declare the area an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) and thereafter prepare an air quality action plan containing action measures aimed at improving air quality within the area. 1.3 There are currently three Air Quality Management Areas within Renfrewshire located in Paisley, Johnstone and Renfrew. A Renfrewshire Council Air Quality Action Plan was produced following declaration of these areas and approved by this Policy Board in March 2019, with a subsequent update of the Plan in April 2024.
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1.4 Since implementation of the 2019 Air Quality Action Plan and the action measures contained therein, a steady improvement of air quality across Renfrewshire has been recorded, with the last exceedance of any air quality objective level occurring in 2019. 1.5 The 2024 Annual Progress Report reviewed air quality monitoring data from 2023 and confirmed there continues to be no exceedances and that monitored concentrations of both nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM) continue to show a downward trend across Renfrewshire. As such, it is now the Council’s intention to revoke all three Air Quality Management Areas. 1.6 A Revocation Report, which provides evidence in favour of the revocations was prepared and submitted to the Scottish Government and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) in November 2024. Both statutory consultees have approved the report supporting the revocations. 1.7 The Revocation Report, titled ‘Revocation of Renfrewshire’s Air Quality Management Areas’ and the Air Quality Management Area Revocation Orders are now brought to the Environment Policy Board in final form for consideration and approval. If approved, the Revocation Orders shall be widely publicised through local media to the public and local businesses. The Report and Orders are attached as appendices to this Board Report. ___________________________________________________________________ 2. Recommendations It is recommended that the Infrastructure, Land and Environment Policy Board: 2.1 Notes the outcome of Renfrewshire’s 2024 Air Quality Annual Progress Report and that there were no exceedances of any quality objectives identified within Renfrewshire during 2023. 2.2 Notes the contents of the attached ‘Revocation of Renfrewshire’s Air Quality Management Areas’ report. 2.3 Approves the following Revocation Orders – ‘Renfrewshire Council, Paisley Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025’ ‘Renfrewshire Council, Johnstone Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025’ ‘Renfrewshire Council, Renfrew Town Centre Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025’ ___________________________________________________________________
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3. Background 3.1 Air quality is directly related to a number of key Scottish Government National Outcomes and policy priorities, notably those focussed on the environment, sustainable places, environmental impact and healthier lives. 3.2 In accordance with the Local Air Quality Management statutory regime introduced by the Environment Act 1995, all local authorities are required to undertake a regular review and assessment of air quality within their area and submit their findings by means of an Annual Progress Report to the Scottish Government by the end of June each year for approval. The Act and associated regulations specify statutory air quality objective levels for local air quality pollutants which must not be exceeded. Where exceedances are identified, the relevant local authority must declare an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) and thereafter produce an air quality action plan which sets out measures aimed at improving air quality. 3.3 Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Services has been reviewing air quality in Renfrewshire since 1998 and currently monitors nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10) concentrations via continuous automatic analysers and a network of NO2 diffusion tube sites located throughout the council area. 3.4 Results from this monitoring are assessed and an Annual Progress Report (APR) is produced each year in line with statutory guidance and submitted to the Scottish Government and SEPA for approval. The APR provides an overview of air quality within the council area during the previous calendar year including a review of pollutant monitoring data and atmospheric emissions sources within Renfrewshire. 3.5 Previous monitoring and modelling studies had identified exceedances of the air quality objectives over the years resulting in the declaration of the three AQMAs; Paisley Town Centre in 2009 and Johnstone High Street and Renfrew Town Centre in 2016. A Renfrewshire wide Air Quality Action Plan was published in 2019 encompassing all three AQMAs. Since implementation of the Plan and the action measures contained therein, there has been a steady improvement of air quality across Renfrewshire Council. As such, measured concentrations of NO2 and particulate matter have consistently been below the air quality objective levels for several consecutive years, with the last exceedance being in 2019 (4 years of compliance).
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3.6 The most recent APR, the 2024 Annual Progress Report, concludes that there continues to be no exceedances of either the NO2 or PM10/PM2.5 air quality objectives at any of the automatic and passive monitoring locations within Renfrewshire following a review of the 2023 monitoring data. This APR is attached as Appendix 1. 3.7 The last exceedance of any air quality objective occurred in 2019 and was located within the Renfrew AQMA at a diffusion tube site, recording a marginally exceedance level of 41.1µg/m3 (after bias adjustment and distance correction) for NO2. Within the Johnstone High Street AQMA there have been no exceedances since 2017 (6 years compliant) and within the Paisley Town Centre AQMA, since 2014 (9 years compliant). 3.8 As set out under section 83(2) of the Environment Act 1995 Act, local authorities may amend or revoke an AQMA where it appears, following an air quality review, that the air quality objectives are being achieved and will continue to do so. Whilst there are no set criteria on which an amendment or revocation decision should be based, it is expected that a minimum requirement will normally be at least three consecutive years where the objectives of concern are being achieved and where monitoring data indicates that further exceedances of the objectives are unlikely to occur. 3.9 Based on the length of time since any exceedances have been reported, it is now the intention to revoke all three Air Quality Management Areas. In accordance with the Local Air Quality Management regime a Revocation Report, detailing evidence in favour of the revocations, has been prepared by officers and is attached in Appendix 2. The report details air quality monitoring levels and trends over previous years which provides evidence in favour of the revocations. Given the significant length of time where compliance with air quality objective levels has been achieved, together with the general downward trend in monitoring data, Renfrewshire Council are confident that future exceedances of air quality objectives are unlikely. 3.10 The Revocation Report was submitted to the Scottish Government and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) in November 2024. Both statutory consultees have approved the report and are in support of the revocation decision. 3.11 The Revocation Report and the final Air Quality Management Area Revocation Orders are now brought to the Environment Policy Board in final form for consideration and approval prior to being published. If approved, the Revocation Orders shall be widely publicised to the public and local businesses, through local media. The Revocation Orders are detailed within Appendices 3 to 5.
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3.12 Following revocation of an AQMA, the Scottish Government recommends that the local authority should consider replacing the Air Quality Action Plan (which has served its purpose) with a local air quality strategy, although there is no statutory obligation to do so. Adopting such a strategy would ensure air quality retains a high public profile and measures remain in place to continue to improve air quality in the area and prevent any future deterioration towards exceedances of the air quality objectives. It is the intention of Renfrewshire Council to incorporate the measures contained within the 2019 and 2024 Air Quality Action Plan Update into a Renfrewshire Council local air quality strategy. This demonstrates the Council’s commitment to improving the air quality within the council area thereby positively impacting on the health and quality of life of residents, workers and visitors to the area. This Air Quality Strategy will be brought to a future meeting of this Policy Board for consideration. ___________________________________________________________________ Implications of the Report 1. Financial - None 2. HR & Organisational Development - None 3. Community/Council Planning – • Our Renfrewshire is well - by reviewing and assessing air quality throughout Renfrewshire we aim to improve air quality and provide a clean and safe environment for all of Renfrewshire’s residents, workers and visitors. • Creating a sustainable Renfrewshire for all to enjoy - improving air quality will have a beneficial impact on Renfrewshire’s natural environment. 4. Legal - None 5. Property/Assets - None 6. Information Technology - None 7. Equality & Human Rights - The Recommendations contained within this report have been assessed in relation to their impact on equalities and human rights. No negative impacts on equality groups or potential for infringement of individuals’ human rights have been identified arising from the recommendations contained in the report. 8. Health & Safety - None 9. Procurement - None 10. Risk - None 11. Privacy Impact - None
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12. Climate Risk - The interactions between air pollution and climate change are complex which is recognised within the Scottish Government’s 2015 air quality strategy Cleaner Air for Scotland – The Road to a Healthier Future (CAFS). An action measure within this government strategy recommends all Scottish local authorities which have or are currently developing a Sustainable Energy Action Plan to ensure that air quality considerations are also covered. 13. Childrens Rights - None 14. COSLA Policy Position – None ___________________________________________________________________ List of Background Papers None ___________________________________________________________________ Author: Colin Hunter, Environmental Health and Community Safety Manager Email: colin.hunter@renfrew.gov.uk
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Appendix 1 Renfrewshire Council Annual Progress Report (APR) 2024 Air Quality Annual Progress Report (APR) for Renfrewshire Council In fulfilment of Part IV of the Environment Act 1995, as amended by the Environment Act 2021 Local Air Quality Management June, 2024
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Renfrewshire Council Information Renfrewshire Council Details Local Authority Officer Karen McIndoe Department Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Address Renfrewshire Council, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley PA1 1BR Telephone 0300 300 0380 E-mail e-prot.es@renfrewshire.gov.uk Report Reference Number RenAPR2024 Date June 2024
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 i Executive Summary: Air Quality in Our Area Air Quality in Renfrewshire Council There are currently three Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) within Renfrewshire Council. The AQMAs are located within Paisley Town Centre (PTC), Johnstone High Street (JHS) and Renfrew Town Centre (RTC). The AQMAs were declared in 2009 and 2016 respectively, due to exceedances of the air quality objective (AQO) levels for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10, PTC only). However, there has since been a steady improvement of air quality across Renfrewshire Council and as such there have been no exceedances of any air quality objectives within Renfrewshire since 2019. As reported in this Annual Progress Report (APR), there continues to be no exceedances of either the NO2 or PM10 AQOs at any of the automatic and passive monitoring locations within Renfrewshire following a review of the 2023 monitoring data. Due to the length of time since the previous exceedance of a relevant AQO, the recently published 2024 AQAP Update report makes it clear that the aim is to revoke the three AQMA’s within Renfrewshire Council’s jurisdiction by the end of 2024. Renfrewshire Council monitor NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 at a number of locations. Automatic (continuous) monitoring was undertaken at three sites during 2023 – REN1 (Renfrew Cockels Loan), REN02 (Renfrewshire Johnstone) and REN03 (Renfrew Inchinnan Road). REN1 and REN03 monitor NO2 while REN02 monitors PM10 and PM2.5. The monitored concentrations of NO2 overall show a slight increase compared to previous years downwards trends following bias adjustment and application of distance correction, however there were no exceedances of the relevant AQOs reported during 2023. The bias adjustment factor used this year was significantly higher than for previous years (1.31) and is a likely cause for most of the observed increases in NO2 concentrations since the 2023 APR. Concentrations of the annual mean and relevant short-term objectives for PM10 and PM2.5 recorded at all automatic monitoring sites during 2023 were also below AQO levels. There was a total of 60 diffusion tube monitoring sites across Renfrewshire in 2023, this is the same as last year.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 ii Actions to Improve Air Quality Throughout 2023, several sustainable travel-based measures detailed within the 2024 Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) have been progressed to improve air quality throughout Renfrewshire, all measures and their progress are discussed in Section 2.3 Implementation of Air Quality Action Plan(s) and/or measures to address air quality. In 2023, Renfrewshire Council were awarded funding for a number of their proposed measures, including, but not limited to, a £250,000 investment to support the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, a £2 million investment to support the Council’s Cycle Strategy & Action Plan that encourages members of the public to make the switch to more sustainable transport methods, and funding for a traffic management improvement scheme in Spring 2023 that saw 30 junctions across the council area upgraded to an externally hosted Urban Traffic Control (UTC) system to improve traffic flows. Nine measures are within the 2024 AQAP, and they cover the following topic categories: • Transport Planning and Infrastructure; • Traffic Management; • Promoting Travel Alternatives; • Promoting Low Emission Transport; • Freight and Delivery Management; • Vehicle Fleet Efficiency; and • Policy Guidance and Development Control; Local Priorities and Challenges Renfrewshire Council’s priorities following the publication of the 2024 APR are as follows: • Progress with the significant new road and cycle infrastructure projects which are part of the City Deals and AMIDS South projects; • Publication of a new Renfrewshire Local Transport Strategy and development of a Paisley Town Centre Transport Strategy; • Continuation of the upgrade and development of the cycling network as per the Renfrewshire Council Cycle Strategy priorities;
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 iii • Improvement of the Council’s fleet, funded via the Council’s Vehicle Replacement Capital (VRC) Programme. £2.2 million has been set aside for the VRC Programme in 2023-24 for the purchase of new fleet vehicles. This includes the replacement of older fossil vehicles with newer fleet vehicles with better emission standards and the introduction of HVO as an alternative fuel for some of the fleet; • Continue with promotion of active travel measures, encouraging people to travel actively and sustainably with a view to supporting longer term behaviour shift; • Continue to monitor NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 at relevant locations throughout Renfrewshire; • Prepare and submit to consultees a revocation for the three AQMAs; and • Submit the 2025 Annual Progress Report. Renfrewshire Council has no comment on challenges faced as air quality in the area has been steadily improving over the years. How to Get Involved The general public can find further information about air quality within Renfrewshire on the Renfrewshire Council website https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/airquality.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 iv Table of Contents Executive Summary: Air Quality in Our Area ................................................................... i Air Quality in Renfrewshire Council .............................................................................................. i Actions to Improve Air Quality ..................................................................................................... ii Local Priorities and Challenges ................................................................................................... ii How to Get Involved ....................................................................................................................iii 1 Local Air Quality Management ................................................................................... 1 2 Actions to Improve Air Quality ................................................................................... 2 2.1 Air Quality Management Areas .............................................................................................. 2 2.2 Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 ...................................................................................................... 3 2.2.1 Placemaking – Plans and Policies................................................................................................... 4 2.2.2 Transport – Low Emission Zones .................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Implementation of Air Quality Action Plan(s) and/or measures to address air quality ............. 5 3 Air Quality Monitoring Data and Comparison with Air Quality Objectives .......... 15 3.1 Summary of Monitoring Undertaken .................................................................................... 18 Automatic Monitoring Sites ........................................................................................................ 18 Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites ................................................................................................ 18 Other Monitoring Activities ......................................................................................................... 19 3.2 Individual Pollutants ............................................................................................................. 25 3.2.1 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) ................................................................................................................... 25 3.2.2 Particulate Matter (PM10) ................................................................................................................ 26 3.2.3 Particulate Matter (PM2.5) ............................................................................................................... 27 3.2.4 Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) .................................................................................................................... 27 3.2.5 Carbon Monoxide, Lead and 1,3-Butadiene ................................................................................... 27 4 New Local Developments ......................................................................................... 28 4.1 Road Traffic Sources ........................................................................................................... 28 4.2 Other Transport Sources ..................................................................................................... 28 4.3 Industrial Sources ................................................................................................................ 28 4.4 Commercial and Domestic Sources ..................................................................................... 29
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 v 4.5 New Developments with Fugitive or Uncontrolled Sources .................................................. 29 5 Planning Applications ............................................................................................... 30 6 Conclusions and Proposed Actions ........................................................................ 32 6.1 Conclusions from New Monitoring Data ............................................................................... 32 6.2 Conclusions relating to New Local Developments ............................................................... 32 6.3 Proposed Actions ................................................................................................................ 33 Appendix A: Monitoring Results .................................................................................... 35 Appendix B: Full Monthly Diffusion Tube Results for 2023 ......................................... 65 Appendix C: Supporting Technical Information / Air Quality Monitoring Data QA/QC ........................................................................................................................................... 72 New or Changed Sources Identified Within Renfrewshire Council During 2023 ......................... 72 Additional Air Quality Works Undertaken by Renfrewshire Council During 2023........................ 72 QA/QC of Diffusion Tube Monitoring ......................................................................................... 72 Diffusion Tube Annualisation ................................................................................................................... 73 Diffusion Tube Bias Adjustment Factors ................................................................................................. 73 NO2 Fall-off with Distance from the Road ................................................................................................ 74 QA/QC of Automatic Monitoring ................................................................................................ 75 PM10 and PM2.5 Monitoring Adjustment ................................................................................................... 75 Automatic Monitoring Annualisation ........................................................................................................ 75 NO2 Fall-off with Distance from the Road ................................................................................................ 75 Glossary of Terms ........................................................................................................... 79 References ....................................................................................................................... 81
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 vi List of Tables Table 1.1 – Summary of Air Quality Objectives in Scotland ................................................. 1 Table 2.1 – Declared Air Quality Management Areas .......................................................... 3 Table 2.2 – Progress on Measures to Improve Air Quality................................................... 7 Table A.1 – Details of Automatic Monitoring Sites ............................................................. 35 Table A.2 – Details of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites ..................................................... 36 Table A.3 – Annual Mean NO2 Monitoring Results: Automatic Monitoring (µg/m3) ............ 44 Table A.4 – Annual Mean NO2 Monitoring Results: Non-Automatic Monitoring (µg/m3) .... 45 Table A.5 – 1-Hour Mean NO2 Monitoring Results, Number of 1-Hour Means > 200µg/m3 ........................................................................................................................................... 59 Table A.6 – Annual Mean PM10 Monitoring Results (µg/m3) .............................................. 60 Table A.7 – 24-Hour Mean PM10 Monitoring Results, Number of PM10 24-Hour Means > 50µg/m3 ............................................................................................................................. 62 Table A.8 – Annual Mean PM2.5 Monitoring Results (µg/m3) ............................................. 63 Table B.1 – NO2 2023 Monthly Diffusion Tube Results (µg/m3) ......................................... 65 Table C.1 – Bias Adjustment Factor .................................................................................. 74 Table C.2 – Annualisation Summary (concentrations presented in µg/m3) ........................ 76 Table C.3 – Local Bias Adjustment Calculations ............................................................... 76 Table C.4 – NO2 Fall off With Distance Calculations (concentrations presented in µg/m3) 78 List of Figures Figure 1. Map of Automatic Monitoring Sites ..................................................................... 20 Figure 2. Map of Non-Automatic Sites in Renfrew ............................................................. 21 Figure 3. Map of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites in Paisley ............................................. 22 Figure 4. Map of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites in Kilbarchan and Johnstone ............... 23 Figure 5. Map of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites in Lochwinnoch .................................... 24 Figure 6. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Automatic Monitoring Sites ....................... 52
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 vii Figure 7. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Urban Centre, Urban Background, Kerbside) ............................................................................... 53 Figure 8. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 1) ....................................................................................................................................... 54 Figure 9. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 2) ....................................................................................................................................... 55 Figure 10. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 3) ....................................................................................................................................... 56 Figure 11. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 4) ....................................................................................................................................... 57 Figure 12. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 5) ....................................................................................................................................... 58 Figure 13. Annual Mean PM10 Concentrations at Automatic Monitoring Sites ................... 61 Figure 14. Annual Mean PM2.5 Concentrations at Automatic Monitoring Sites ................... 64
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 1 1 Local Air Quality Management This report provides an overview of air quality in Renfrewshire Council during 2023. It fulfils the requirements of Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) as set out in Part IV of the Environment Act (1995), as amended by the Environment Act (2021), and the relevant Policy and Technical Guidance documents. The LAQM process places an obligation on all local authorities to regularly review and assess air quality in their areas, and to determine whether or not the air quality objectives are likely to be achieved. Where an exceedance is considered likely the local authority must declare an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) and prepare an Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) setting out the measures it intends to put in place in pursuit of the objectives. This Annual Progress Report (APR) summarises the work being undertaken by Renfrewshire Council to improve air quality and any progress that has been made. Table 1.A – Summary of Air Quality Objectives in Scotland Pollutant Air Quality Objective Concentration Air Quality Objective Measured as Date to be Achieved by Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) 200 µg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 18 times a year 1-hour mean 31.12.2005 Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) 40 µg/m3 Annual mean 31.12.2005 Particulate Matter (PM10) 50 µg/m3, not to be exceeded more than 7 times a year 24-hour mean 31.12.2010 Particulate Matter (PM10) 18 µg/m3 Annual mean 31.12.2010 Particulate Matter (PM2.5) 10 µg/m3 Annual mean 31.12.2021 Sulphur dioxide (SO2) 350 µg/m3, not to be exceeded more than 24 times a year 1-hour mean 31.12.2004 Sulphur dioxide (SO2) 125 µg/m3, not to be exceeded more than 3 times a year 24-hour mean 31.12.2004 Sulphur dioxide (SO2) 266 µg/m3, not to be exceeded more than 35 times a year 15-minute mean 31.12.2005 Benzene 3.25 µg/m3 Running annual mean 31.12.2010 1,3 Butadiene 2.25 µg/m3 Running annual mean 31.12.2003 Carbon Monoxide 10.0 mg/m3 Running 8-Hour mean 31.12.2003
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 2 2 Actions to Improve Air Quality 2.1 Air Quality Management Areas Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) are declared when there is an exceedance or likely exceedance of an air quality objective. After declaration, the authority must prepare, publish, and implement an Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) within the shortest possible time and no later than 12 months of the date of AQMA Designation Order. The AQAP must set out measures the local authority intends to put in place in pursuit of the objectives within the shortest possible time. Measures should be provided with milestones and a final date for completion. The action plan itself should have a timescale for completion and for revocation of the AQMA. Where measures to reduce air pollution may require a longer timescale an action plan shall be reviewed and republished within five years of initial publication and then five-yearly thereafter. A summary of AQMAs declared by Renfrewshire Council can be found in Table 2.1 . Further information related to declared or revoked AQMAs, including maps of AQMA boundaries are available online at https://www.scottishairquality.scot/laqm/aqma?id=382#!/la/462. Following declaration of the Johnstone High Street and Renfrew Town Centre AQMAs in 2016, Renfrewshire Council published a Renfrewshire wide AQAP in 2019 (inclusive of the 2009 Paisley Town Centre AQMA). This was recently updated by the 2024 AQAP Update which was officially approved by the Council’s Infrastructure, Land & Environment (I,L&E) Policy Board and published in May 2024. Given the improvements in air quality over recent years, the update makes it clear that the aim is to revoke the three AQMA’s within Renfrewshire Council’s jurisdiction by the end of 2024. Below is a passage from the report: ‘Given the length of time since exceedances of the objectives, revocation of the three AQMAs is now under consideration by the Council and, in accordance with the requirements of the Scottish Government’s Local Air Quality Management Policy Guidance 2023 (PG(S)(23)), Renfrewshire Council expects the Paisley Town Centre, Renfrew Town Centre and Johnstone High Street AQMAs to be revoked no later than December 2024.’
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 3 Table 2.A – Declared Air Quality Management Areas AQMA Name Pollutants and Air Quality Objectives City / Town Description Action Plan Paisley Town Centre (PTC) NO2 annual mean NO2 1-hour mean PM10 24- hour mean Paisley An area encompassing a large part of central Paisley and extending a short distance along some radial roads Renfrewshire Council Air Quality Action Plan 2019: http://www.renfrewshire .gov.uk/airquality Johnston e High Street (JHS) NO2 annual mean Johnst one From the junction of High Street and Peockland Place; thence along High Street to the junction of Barrochan Road and Napier Street Renfrewshire Council Air Quality Action Plan 2019: http://www.renfrewshire .gov.uk/airquality Renfrew Town Centre (RTC) NO2 annual mean NO2 1-hour mean Renfre w From the junction of Paisley Road, Inchinnan Road, Hairst Street and Glebe Street; thence along Glebe Street to property number 4 Glebe St; thence along Paisley Road to the junction of Donaldson Drive; thence along Inchinnan Road to the junction of Longcroft Drive; thence along Hairst Street to the junction with Canal Street and High Street; thence along Canal St to the junction with Ferry Road Renfrewshire Council Air Quality Action Plan 2019: http://www.renfrewshire .gov.uk/airquality 2.2 Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 – Towards a Better Place for Everyone (CAFS2) is Scotland’s second air quality strategy. CAFS2 sets out how the Scottish Government and its partner organisations propose to further reduce air pollution to protect human health and fulfil
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 4 Scotland’s legal responsibilities over the period 2021 – 2026. CAFS2 was published in July 2021 and replaces Cleaner Air for Scotland – The Road to a Healthier Future (CAFS), which was published in 2015. CAFS2 aims to achieve the ambitious vision for Scotland "to have the best air quality in Europe". A series of actions across a range of policy areas are outlined, a summary of which is available on the Scottish Government’s website. Progress by Renfrewshire Council against relevant actions for which local authorities are the lead delivery bodies within this strategy is demonstrated below. 2.2.1 Placemaking – Plans and Policies Local authorities with support from the Scottish Government will assess how effectively air quality is embedded in plans, policies, City Deals and other initiatives, and more generally in cross departmental working, identifying, and addressing evidence, skills, awareness and operational gaps. Renfrewshire Council has relevant initiatives in Transport and Climate Change, as detailed below: Transport – Avoiding Travel – T1 The Council has filled a permanent Active Travel Officer post within the Council’s Transportation and Development Team within the last couple of years. The post was created to assist delivery on a wide range of priority active travel and public transport infrastructure related projects within Renfrewshire as well as develop and deliver a Renfrewshire Active Travel Strategy. This will be aimed at all residents, business etc. across Renfrewshire and not solely for staff as per the Corporate Travel Plan. In September 2023, a consultant was appointed to undertake a strategic environment assessment (SEA) scoping report for a new Local Transport Strategy (LTS), which is expected to be completed in Summer 2024. The new LTS for Renfrewshire will be called Renfrewshire 2035 and will set out the Council’s local transport and travel priorities over the next 10 years. Steering group meetings are due to commence in June 2024 and will include officers from Environmental Health who have already provided comments on the SEA Scoping report with regards to air quality. Climate Change – Effective co-ordination of climate change and air quality policies to deliver co-benefits – CC2
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 5 The Scottish Government expects any Scottish local authority which has or is currently developing a Sustainable Energy Action Plan to ensure that air quality considerations are covered. In addition to the Council’s 2014 Carbon Management Plan and as discussed in the Council’s AQAP, Renfrewshire Council commissioned a study during 2019 to review the AQAP measures in line with CAFS objectives. As such, it was found that within the 16 AQAP measures listed, the decarbonising transport and low emission vehicle use aspects were strongly aligned with the CAFS strategy. Renfrewshire’s Net Zero Strategy was produced and approved in August 2022 with key themes including sustainable transport and clean energy. This measure also sets out plans for annual updates on the Council’s emission modelling processes to inform future targets and present data in interactive ways. The measure also includes the development of a carbon budget for Renfrewshire Council with a projected completion date of April 2024. 2.2.2 Transport – Low Emission Zones Local authorities working with Transport Scotland and SEPA will look at opportunities to promote zero-carbon city centres within the existing LEZs structure. Renfrewshire Council has no LEZs established within the Local Authority area. Renfrewshire Council undertook a National Low Emission Framework Stage 1 Screening Appraisal as part of the 2020 APR and determined that the proposed air quality measures were sufficient as declared AQMAs either reported no exceedances in 2019, or LEZs were not considered appropriate due to AQMAs being restricted along a stretch of road. This position is not considered to have changed since the appraisal and LEZs remain to not be considered appropriate in Renfrewshire. 2.3 Implementation of Air Quality Action Plan(s) and/or measures to address air quality In order to ensure that local authorities implement the measures within an action plan by the timescales stated within that plan, the Scottish Government expects authorities to submit updates on progress through the APR process. Renfrewshire Council has taken forward a number of measures within the action plan during the current reporting year of
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 6 2023 in pursuit of improving local air quality and meeting the air quality objectives within the shortest possible time. Details of all measures completed, in progress or planned are set out in Table 2.2. More detail on these measures can be found in the Air Quality Action Plan relating to each AQMA. Key projects that were successfully delivered through the 2019 AQAP include: • City Deals Projects - GAIA (Glasgow Airport Investment Area) works completed and infrastructure in use; • City Deals Projects - two AMIDS (Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland) buildings are now complete and occupied; • Upgrades & Improvements to the Council’s Urban Traffic Control (UTC) system – faults identified, repairs undertaken, validation of traffic signals and updates to traffic controllers to ensure full optimisation of traffic signals in order to reduce congestion; • Continual improvements to the Council fleet via the annual vehicle replacement capital programme and the increase of electric vehicles and associated charging infrastructure; • Introduction of Renfrewshire Council’s Corporate Sustainable Travel Planning Scheme including the provision of staff pool cars with the majority of these (approximately 50) being electric vehicles; • Vehicle Idling Awareness Raising - regular targeted campaigns including a School Parking Campaign which by August 2019, all 49 Primary schools in Renfrewshire were engaged in; • Cycle Strategy – construction of various infrastructure projects as per the Cycle Strategy priorities including the Paisley to Renfrew and Inchinnan Active Travel Routes. Provision of the Cycle to Work Scheme for Council employees; and • Upgrading of the fleet tracking telemetric system was completed 2023/24. UK Telematics Ltd awarded contract in April 2023 with system now fully utilised and UK Telematics is now installed in all council vehicles (including hires).
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 7 Table 2.B – Progress on Measures to Improve Air Quality Measure No. Measure Category Expected/Actual Completion year Measure Status Funding Status Key Milestones Progress Barriers to implementation 1 Glasgow City Region City Deal Projects - Clyde Waterfront & Renfrew Riverside Project (CWRR) - Glasgow Airport Investment Area Project (GAIA) UK Government Levelling Up Fund Project - Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) South Transport Planning and Infrastructure - Active travel Public transport improvements Traffic Management - Strategic highway improvements Promoting Travel Alternatives - Promotion of cycling Promotion of walking CWRR – expected completion early 2025 GAIA – completed 2022 AMIDS South – anticipated construction commencing 2025 with completion 2027 CWRR – in progress GAIA – completed AMIDS South – in progress Partially funded UK Government funding 85% of the capital costs of the projects. Renfrewshire council contribution is 15% of costs. Government funding will be unlocked in 5 yearly Gateway Reviews. If the City Deal meets agreed outputs and outcomes at each review, the full £1 billion of funding from the UK and Scottish Governments will be unlocked. AMIDS South Funding via the UK Government Levelling Up Fund. Funding provided for 90% of the capital cost with CWRR Nov 2018 – planning consent granted Autumn 2019 – tenders published Nov 2021 – Contract Start Date Early 2025 – Anticipated construction completion GAIA Nov 2017 – planning consent granted Spring 2019 – tender contracts awarded June 2019 – start of construction March 2022 – Works opened to the public AMIDS South CWRR The bridge associated with the Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside (CWRR) project was delivered to the site in April/May 2024 for installation. The CWRR project is now due to be completed ahead of schedule and be fully operational for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists in Autumn 2024. GAIA The Glasgow Airport Investment Area project was completed in October 2022 AMIDS South Renfrewshire Council is currently going through the process of a Compulsory Purchase Order under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 in order to progress this development AMIDS South The Council are still awaiting the outcome of the Compulsory Purchase Order under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 processes.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 8 Renfrewshire council contribution of 10%. March 2023 – planning consented Nov 2022 to 2024 – Contractor procurement and land acquisition 2025 - 2027 – Construction period 2 Council Fleet Improvements - Continue to improve the standard of fleet - Increase numbers of electric vehicles (EVs) & associated charging infrastructure - Continue to work in line with the Scottish Government’s Net Zero policy with regards to fleet vehicles - EV Fleet Strategy Feasibility Study Promoting Low Emission Transport Company Vehicle Procurement - Prioritising uptake of low emission vehicles Procuring alternative refuelling infrastructure to promote low emission vehicles Ongoing. There is an annual vehicle replacement programme (VRP) whereby vehicles at the end of their service life are replaced with an improved EURO standard or an electric alternative. The Council will continue to introduce EVs & charging points where opportunities and funding permits. As technology evolves the Council will extend the EV Fleet Strategy to include all vehicles including HGVs and buses. In progress Phasing out need for new petrol or diesel light commercial vehicles by 2030 Local Authority - Fleet improvements funded via the Council’s capital VRP. Partial funding towards charging infrastructure from Transport Scotland’s Switched On Fleets funding The Council fleet consists of approx. 400 vehicles of which >78% are of EURO V or VI standard. There are approx. 80 HGV vehicles, 32 of which are EURO VI standard with the remaining 48 being of EURO V. The EURO V HGVs are prioritised for replacement with EURO VI vehicles. First Council EVs and charging points purchased and installed in 2012. The Council now have 115 EVs (cars/vans) in the fleet or 27% of overall fleet. As of the start of 2024, there are now 73 EV chargers for public usage (146 charging bays) and 48 EV chargers for council fleet vehicles (89 charging bays) across 14 council depots /buildings. Contract awarded for £250,000 investment in the council’s Underwood Road Waste & Fleet Depot In October 2021, Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) sought expressions of interest from local authorities to undertake a business case to explore alternative delivery models for public EV charging through private sector investment. Renfrewshire Council was successful in their application and received £60k funding towards the development of the business case which was undertaken by a consultant and completed in March 2023. The business case sets out how the Glasgow City Region partners could work together to expand the EV charging infrastructure network to meet projected EV demand over the next three to four years
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 9 during 2023 with a new 2.3MVA power supply and transformer to support the further expansion of EV charging infrastructure for light vans, HGVs and refuse collection vehicles. In addition to EV pool cars, the council have 10 electric pool bikes for staff to use for business travel as part of the Business Travel Hierarchy 3 UTC Improvements - Replacement of previous Urban traffic Control (UTC) system with externally hosted UTC-X system from Yunex with guaranteed updates for the next 10 years. Traffic Management (UTC, congestion management, traffic reduction) Expected completion year – 2023/24 In progress The work to replace life-expired traffic signals continues. Not funded (from external sources) Spring 2023 - 66 sites across 30 junctions throughout the council area have been upgraded to an externally hosted UTC system between 2020 and 2023. This is then followed with a 10-year maintenance contract at these sites to ensure signals remain as efficient as possible There is a 10-year maintenance contract at these sites to ensure signals remain as efficient as possible. 4 Vehicle Fleet Tracking System - UK Telematics for all fleet vehicles Freight and Delivery Management Route management plans/ Strategic routing strategy for HGV's Vehicle Fleet Efficiency (other) UK Telematics Ltd awarded contract in April 2023 with system now fully utilised. Completed Not funded (from external sources) UK Telematics now installed in all council vehicles (including hires). Training has been provided for user departments in report writing and system functionality.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 10 5 Renfrewshire’s Local Transport Strategy - Publication of a new Local Transport Strategy (LTS) for the period 2025-2035 to replace the Council’s existing 2007 LTS. Policy Guidance and Development Control (Other policy) Transport Planning and Infrastructure Public transport improvements Traffic Management (various) Promoting Travel Alternatives (various) Summer 2024 In progress Not funded (from external sources) Contract awarded in Sept 2023. Completion date expected to be summer 2024 (approx. 9 months after award). 6 Renfrewshire Council Cycle Strategy & Action Plan 2016-2025 - The strategy contains a Cycling Action Plan which sets out a programme of activities and network interventions for the ten-year period, including upgrades and expansion of cycle networks, upgrading the Council’s facilities for cyclists and updating the Council’s Travel Plan. Promoting Travel Alternatives Promotion of cycling Intensive active travel campaign & infrastructure School Travel Plans Traffic Management Strategic highway improvements, re- prioritising road space away from cars The current Cycle Strategy and Action Plan runs for the period 2016-2025. Upgrades and development of the cycling network is ongoing as per the strategy priorities. Expected completion year is dependent on each measure, some are ongoing, and some have funding until end of 2023/24. In progress Measures contained within the action plan will be implemented dependant on funding. Funding status depends on each project but can be fully funded / partially funded / not funded/ annual or ongoing funding required. Renfrewshire used 49.4% of CWSR budget in 2022/23 on new infrastructure to encourage cycling. Projects included construction of Paisley to Renfrew and Inchinnan Active Travel Routes. The £2 Million Transport Scotland Active Travel Transformation Funding awarded in 2023 for four Renfrewshire projects is a significant investment which aims to create high-quality active travel infrastructure that will support people to make the switch to more sustainable transport methods and reduce emissions. Expected There are several other cycling infrastructure projects which are currently at concept design /public consultation design stage. The routes for these are: 1. Southolm Roundabout Erskine 2. Linside Avenue 3. Hawkhead Rd/ Glasgow Rd junction 4. Linclive Roundabout 5. Inchinnan Business Park 6. Barnsford Road, Glasgow Airport
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 11 completion of these projects is summer 2024. 7 Active Travel Projects - Not Far? Leave the Car - Beat the Street - Living Streets WOW Project - School Bikeability & Scootability Training -School travel Plans - Carshare Promoting Travel Alternatives Promotion of cycling Promotion of walking Intensive active travel campaign & infrastructure School Travel Plans Alternatives to private vehicle use Car & lift sharing schemes Dependant on measure. Some are ongoing and some have funding until end of 2023/24 Ongoing Funding status depends on each project but can be fully funded / partially funded / not funded/ annual or ongoing funding required. Not Far? Leave the Car Headline results for the project from March 2023 to December 2023 include: 654 users out of 917 replaced their last car journey with an active travel option; 75.9% of respondents agreed they used the car less than usual to get from place to place; 73% of respondents agreed they would likely use the car less to get from place to place in the future; 75.2% of respondents said they are more likely to walk or cycle to get from place to place in the future; 66.4% of respondents said they are likely to use public transport to get from place to place in future; and 76.7% of respondents said that the scheme has made them leave the car at home All Primary 5 - 7 classes across Renfrewshire will be invited to undertake their Bikeability training (funding dependent). Bikeability Is funded by Cycling Scotland and is led by OneRen within the Renfrewshire Council area. Primary Schools have been invited to work with the Council’s Road Safety team and establish Junior Road Safety Officers where they will assist in keeping the school areas less congested thus resulting in improved air quality. School travel Plans: all schools will be invited to complete a school travel plan and work with the Council’s Road Safety team and Junior Road Safety Officers to complete this.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 12 Living Streets WOW Project Headline results for the project during the period September 2023 – December 2023 include: The Number of children engaged in the Project: 5470 The number of sustainable and active travel journeys: 121,832 (86%) The number of badges earned: 5,987. Number of Schools actively engaged: 19 schools. 86% of pupils engaged are choosing to be active in going to school Beat the Street During 2023/24 the game took place in Renfrewshire North, covering the areas of Paisley North, Inchinnan, Renfrew, Erskine and Langbank. Headline results include: 7604 players took part, 118,459 miles covered in Renfrewshire. The Council are part of Carshare and promote car share journeys for all
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 13 Renfrewshire employees. 8 Renfrewshire’s Plan for Net Zero Strategy Renfrewshire Council declared a climate emergency in June 2019 with a commitment to work towards net zero by 2030. Renfrewshire’s Net Zero Strategy was produced and approved in August 2022 with key themes including: - Sustainable Transport - Clean Energy - Resilient Place Action Measures for these themes will also align with improving air quality levels within Renfrewshire. Policy Guidance and Development Control The Net Zero Strategy is ongoing until 2030 with action measures implemented as per the strategy priorities which the Council will continue to monitor to 2045 in line with national targets and beyond. Ongoing Not funded (from external sources). Verifying, adopting and updating the emissions modelling tool: quantification of the impact of the phased actions, to inform future targets and present data in an interactive way - Annual updates on this will be provided from April 2024. Developing a carbon budget for Renfrewshire Council - projected completion date April 2024. Detailed Phased Road Map to 2030 and Quantified Delivery Plans being developed. 9 Renfrewshire’s Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy Policy Guidance and Development Control Strategy approved at Board in January 2024. Ongoing Partially funded. However, it is hoped that the LHEES will also act as a prospectus for Renfrewshire’s LHEES approved in January 2024. . Delivery Plans being developed throughout 2024
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 14 The Strategy designates the most appropriate energy efficiency and heat decarbonisation options within Renfrewshire government funding and external investment using a robust evidence and place-based approach.
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 15 Progress of measures for this reporting year that will be detailed in the 2024 AQAP update include the following: • Measure 1 – Planning was consented for the AMIDS South project in March 2023; • Measure 1 – The bridge associated with the Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside (CWRR) project was delivered to the site in April/May 2024 for installation; • Measure 2 - £250,000 contract for the Council’s Underwood Road Waste & Fleet Depot; • Measure 2 - The Council have recently introduced Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as an alternative fuel for some of the fleet; • Measure 2 - Renfrewshire Council was successful in their application and received £60k funding towards the development of the business case which was undertaken by a consultant and completed in March 2023; • Measure 3 – 10-year maintenance programme been awarded at installed sites to ensure signals remain as efficient as possible; • Measure 4 - UK Telematics Ltd awarded contract in April 2023 with system now fully utilised; • Measure 5 – Contract awarded to consultant in September 2023 for an SEA scoping report; • Measure 6 - 23/24 - £2.55 million funding spread across two separate projects; • Measure 7 – The ‘Not Far? Leave the Car’ headline results from March 2023 to December 2023 include: • 654 users out of 917 replaced their last car journey with an active travel option; • 75.9% of respondents agreed they used the car less than usual to get from place to place; • 73% of respondents agreed they would likely use the car less to get from place to place in the future; • 75.2% of respondents said they are more likely to walk or cycle to get from place to place in the future; • 66.4% of respondents said they are likely to use public transport to get from place to place in future; and • 76.7% of respondents said that the scheme has made them leave the car at home.
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 16 • The Living Streets WOW headline results from September 2023 – December 2023 include: • The number of children engaged in the project: 5470 • The number of sustainable and active travel journeys: 121,832 (86%) • The number of badges earned: 5,987. • Number of schools actively engaged: 19 schools. • 86% of pupils engaged are choosing to be active in going to school. • During 2023/24, the Beat the Street game took place in Renfrewshire North, covering the areas of Paisley North, Inchinnan, Renfrew, Erskine and Langbank. Headline results include: • 7604 players took part, • 118,459 miles covered in Renfrewshire. • Other headlines for this measure include: • The Council are part of Carshare and promote car share journeys for all Renfrewshire employees. • All Primary 5 - 7 classes across Renfrewshire will be invited to undertake their Bikeability training (funding dependent). Bikeability is funded by Cycling Scotland and is led by OneRen within the Renfrewshire Council area. • Primary schools have been invited to work with the Council’s Road Safety team and establish Junior Road Safety Officers where they will assist in keeping the school areas less congested thus resulting in improved air quality. • School travel plans: all schools will be invited to complete a school travel plan and work with the Council’s Road Safety team and Junior Road Safety Officers to complete this. • Measure 8 - Verifying, adopting and updating the emissions modelling tool: quantification of the impact of the phased actions, to inform future targets and present data in an interactive way. Annual updates on this will be provided from April 2024; and • Measure 9 – Strategy approved by Board in January 2024. Progress on the following measures has been slower than expected due to:
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 17 • Measure 1 – Renfrewshire Council is still awaiting the outcome of a Compulsory Purchase Order in order to progress this development. Measures included in the 2019 AQAP that have stalled include: • Measure 6 – Phase 3 is ongoing but has been delayed due to the impact the pandemic has had on the number of staff working from home; and • Measure 11 – Further meeting will be undertaken with local bus operators as part of the 2024 AQAP. Renfrewshire Council expects the following measures to be completed over the course of the next reporting year: • Measure 1 – The CWRR project is expected to be completed ahead of schedule with it being fully operational in autumn 2024; • Measure 5 – Completion date expected to be summer 2024; • Measure 6 – Expected completion of the projects is summer 2024; • Measure 6 – Working with Transport Scotland to introduce 20mph zones by 2025 to make some communities safer; and • Measure 8 - Developing a carbon budget for Renfrewshire Council - projected completion date April 2024.
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 18 3 Air Quality Monitoring Data and Comparison with Air Quality Objectives 3.1 Summary of Monitoring Undertaken Automatic Monitoring Sites This section sets out what monitoring has taken place and how local concentrations of the main air pollutants compare with the objectives. Renfrewshire Council undertook automatic (continuous) monitoring at three sites during 2023. Table A.1 in Appendix A shows the details of the sites. National monitoring results are available at https://www.scottishairquality.scot/data. Two sites monitor NO2 – REN1 Renfrew Cockels Loan and REN03 Renfrew Inchinnan Road, with the final site REN02 Renfrewshire Johnstone monitoring PM2.5 and PM10. No exceedances of the relevant air quality objectives were recorded for any pollutant at any automatic monitoring station in 2023. No changes occurred to Renfrewshire Council’s automatic monitoring network in 2023. Gordon Street automatic continuous monitor was decommissioned in November 2021. The continuous monitor was old and required continual repairs and experienced issues with its main electrical feed prior to closure. No exceedances had been recorded in Paisley Town Centre for over five years, from either this continuous monitoring site or diffusion tube monitoring sites. Therefore, it was decided that this site was to be decommissioned rather than paying for continual repairs. Maps showing the location of the monitoring sites are provided in Figure 1. Further details on how the monitors are calibrated and how the data has been adjusted are included in Appendix C. Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites Renfrewshire Council undertook non- automatic (passive) monitoring of NO2 at 60 sites during 2023, including three triplicate sites. Table A.2 in Appendix A shows the details of the sites.
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 19 Of the 60 diffusion tube monitoring sites across Renfrewshire in 2023, following bias adjustment and application of distance correction, there were no exceedances of the NO2 annual mean air quality objective recorded in 2023. Maps showing the location of the monitoring sites are provided in Figure 2 to Figure 5. Further details on Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) and bias adjustment for the diffusion tubes are included in Appendix C. Other Monitoring Activities No other monitoring activities have been undertaken.
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 20 Figure 1. Map of Automatic Monitoring Sites
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 21 Figure 2. Map of Non-Automatic Sites in Renfrew
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 22 Figure 3. Map of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites in Paisley
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 23 Figure 4. Map of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites in Kilbarchan and Johnstone
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 24 Figure 5. Map of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites in Lochwinnoch
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 25 3.2 Individual Pollutants The air quality monitoring results presented in this section are, where relevant, adjusted for annualisation and bias. Further details on adjustments are provided in Appendix C. 3.2.1 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) were consulted before a bias factor was applied to the raw diffusion tube monitoring data as explained in more detail in Appendix C. In summary, the two automatic monitoring locations within Renfrewshire with co-located diffusion tubes recorded an overall data capture of <90% in 2023. In this case, the national bias factor would be chosen instead of the local factor, however there was a large disparity between the two bias factors (national bias factor of 0.74 and local bias factor of 1.31, equating to a 0.57 difference). Due to this large disparity, and because the automatic monitoring site used for calculating the local bias had an 89.7% valid data capture, SEPA recommended using the local bias factor for a more conservative, worst- case approach. This is a likely contribution towards the slight increases in NO2 concentrations during 2023 compared to the previous year’s downwards trends. Table A.3 in Appendix A compares the ratified monitored NO2 annual mean concentrations for the past five years with the air quality objective of 40 µg/m3 at automatic monitoring sites. Both automatic monitoring sites recorded NO2 concentrations under the air quality objective of 40 µg/m3. Recorded concentrations were similar to those in 2022, Ren1 decreasing by 2.1 µg/m3 (after annualisation) and Ren03 increasing by 3.9 µg/m3. Table A.4 in Appendix A compares the adjusted monitored NO2 annual mean concentrations for the past five years with the air quality objective of 40 µg/m3 at non automatic monitoring sites. For diffusion tubes, the full 2023 dataset of monthly mean values is provided in Appendix B. One diffusion tube (Paisley103) recorded a data capture below 25% and therefore could not be annualised, however this data is still shown in Table B.1. One diffusion tube required annualisation as their data capture was between 25% and 75% – Renfrew70. Distance correction was undertaken for three monitoring sites so that the concentrations recorded were representative for a receptor close to the monitoring location, with
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 26 calculations provided in Table C.4 – Renfrew 8, Paisley21 (triplicate site) and Renfrew48. All diffusion tube monitoring locations in Renfrewshire Council achieved NO2 AQO compliance in 2023. The highest concentration was 37.7 µg/m3 reported at Renfrew8. There was an overall increase in concentrations for the majority of monitoring sites in 2023 following bias adjustment and application of distance correction. The bias adjustment factor used this year was significantly higher than for previous years (1.31) and is a likely cause for most of the observed increases in NO2 concentrations since the 2023 APR. Only 8 sites experienced a decrease in annual mean NO2 concentration from 2022 to 2023, compared to 51 sites experiencing an increase. The sites that experienced a decrease were Paisley 2, Renfrew 17, Paisley 19, Paisley 43, Johnstone 59, Kilbarchan 66, Paisley 83 and Paisley 96. These decreases ranged from -0.05 µg/m3 at Paisley 43 to -1.9 µg/m3 from 2022 and 2023. The sites that experienced an increase in NO2 ranged from +10.3 µg/m3 at Renfrew 69 to +0.04 µg/m3 at Paisley 79. Despite these increases, there were no exceedances of the air quality objective of 40 µg/m3 at any automatic or non-automatic sites in 2023. Broadly, since 2019, the majority of the diffusion tube monitoring sites have shown a decrease in NO2 concentrations. Table A.5 in Appendix A compares the ratified continuous monitored NO2 hourly mean concentrations for the past five years with the air quality objective of 200 µg/m3, not to be exceeded more than 18 times per year. No exceedances of the hourly mean air quality objective for NO2 were recorded at any of the automatic monitoring sites. None of the diffusion tube monitoring sites reported concentrations exceeding 60 µg/m3 which indicates that there are no exceedances of the short-term air quality objective. 3.2.2 Particulate Matter (PM10) Table A.6 in Appendix A compares the ratified and adjusted monitored PM10 annual mean concentrations for the past five years with the air quality objective of 18 µg/m3 showing the ratified data and the ratified corrected data for REN02 (Renfrewshire, Johnstone), following the Scottish Government Guidance Note in relation to the measurement of ambient Particulate Matter (PM) and the LAQM reporting of measured concentrations issued in May 2023. REN02 (Renfrewshire, Johnstone) has shown variations in concentrations ranging from 10.2 µg/m3 to 16.3 µg/m3 for the ratified data and 11.3 µg/m3 to 17.9 µg/m3 in the ratified corrected data in the past five years. It should be noted that the PM10 annual mean in 2020 and 2021 may have been impacted by COVID-19 related
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 27 lockdowns. The concentration in 2023 is an increase of 0.5 µg/m3 compared to the concentration recorded in 2022. This site has not recorded an exceedance of the annual mean AQO since at least 2018. Table A.7 in Appendix A compares the ratified continuous monitored PM10 daily mean concentrations for the past five years with the air quality objective of 50 µg/m3, not to be exceeded more than seven times per year. In 2023, REN02 (Renfrewshire Johnstone) monitor reported three instances of 24-hour mean AQO exceedances. 3.2.3 Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Table A.8 in Appendix A compares the ratified and adjusted monitored PM2.5 annual mean concentrations for the past five years with the air quality objective of 10 µg/m3. In 2023, REN02 (Renfrewshire Johnstone) recorded a concentration of 6.9 µg/m3 or a corrected value of 7.3 µg/m3, these both show a slight increase (+0.8 µg/m3 and +0.8 µg/m3 respectively) compared to the concentration reported in 2022 (6.1 µg/m3 and 6.5 µg/m3 respectivey) but a reduction compared to the concentrations in 2019 (7.9 µg/m3 for the ratified annual mean and 8.4 µg/m3 for the corrected annual mean). However, it should be noted that the PM2.5 annual mean in 2020 and 2021 may have been impacted by COVID- 19 related lockdowns. The site has not recorded an exceedance of the annual mean AQO since at least 2018. 3.2.4 Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) No monitoring of SO2 was undertaken in 2023. 3.2.5 Carbon Monoxide, Lead and 1,3-Butadiene No monitoring of Carbon Monoxide, Lead or 1,3-Butadiene was undertaken in 2023.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 28 4 New Local Developments 4.1 Road Traffic Sources • 22/0363/PP - Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) South project. Formation of 2 lane road, including a bridge crossing over the White Cart Water, road and footpath upgrades and other associated works. Site Linking Inchinnan Road and Harbour Road with Abercorn Street, Paisley. Two detailed air quality assessments were submitted for the application – the first being a Preliminary Air Quality Assessment relating to the construction phase of the development and then an Air Quality Addendum report for the operational phase road traffic impacts of the scheme. Both reports were found to be satisfactory with mitigation measures recommended in order to address potential dust issues from the construction phase. Development approved January 2023. • 22/0345/PP - Erection of residential development comprising eighty flats and thirty-nine dwellinghouses and formation of roads, infrastructure, and open space amenity. Site On Southern Edge of Roundabout Junction with Laymoor Avenue, King's Inch Road, Renfrew. A detailed air quality assessment was submitted with the application and found to be satisfactory. The assessment concluded there were no significant effects on air quality as a result of the development and therefore no requirement for mitigation measures. Development approved April 2023. 4.2 Other Transport Sources No planning applications were received by Renfrewshire Council during 2023 that identified any new or significantly changed other transport sources. 4.3 Industrial Sources A statutory consultation notification was received from SEPA in November 2023 for the following:
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 29 • Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012 – Combustion of Fuels. Application for a New Pollution Prevention and Control, Part B Permit Application by: Entserv UK Limited. Site address: MCP, Erskine, Ferry Road, Erskine, Bishopton, Renfrewshire, PA7 5PP. 4.4 Commercial and Domestic Sources No planning applications were received by Renfrewshire Council during 2022 that identified any new or significantly changed commercial and domestic sources. 4.5 New Developments with Fugitive or Uncontrolled Sources There are two developments that have been submitted to SEPA with a ‘Substantial Variation’ application type within the local authority that may affect air quality. The following developments that will affect emissions from ‘Waste’ sources are outlined below: • 03/07/2023 – Clyde Metal Recycling Limited. Authorisation activity ‘Waste- End of Life Vehicles (ELV). Authorisation number: WML/L/1026111 • 15/12/2023 – Enva Scotland Limited. Authorisation activity ‘Waste – Other Waste Storage and Treatment Sites. Authorisation number: WML/W/0020110
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 30 5 Planning Applications Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) South The transport project within Paisley town centre known as AMIDS South was granted planning approval in January 2023. The project will create new routes between Paisley town centre and the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) and Glasgow Airport. The project involves a road bridge crossing the White Cart and an east- west link road, all with accompanying walking and cycling options. This is 90% funded by the UK Government Levelling Up Fund, with the rest paid by Renfrewshire Council. Two detailed air quality assessments were submitted with the application, a Preliminary Air Quality Assessment relating to the construction phase of the development and an Air Quality Addendum report for the operational phase road traffic impacts of the scheme. Both reports were found to be satisfactory. With regards to the operational phase, the assessment determines that there will be no exceedances of air quality objectives as a result of the development. There will also be a beneficial effect on annual mean NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations at the majority of locations assessed. In terms of public support for the development, more than 260 people completed a public survey with their thoughts on the project proposals. The survey found: • 90% would use the riverside route; • 86% confirmed that they would be more likely to walk or cycle here following the infrastructure improvements; • More than two-thirds of people would use the walking and cycling route between Gallowhill Road and Inchinnan Road; and • 70% indicated that they would consider leaving the car at home and walk or cycle instead. Renfrewshire Council is currently going through the process of a Compulsory Purchase Order under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 in order to progress this development. The Council are still awaiting the outcome of this process.
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 31 Further information on AMIDS South can be found at https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/transport-links-amids-south-paisley 23/0283/PP The council has received plans for the erection of a secondary school and community campus with associated external amenities including: landscaping, access, parking, and sports pitches. This application was granted in January 2024. An initial desk top AQA was submitted which was satisfactory and showed no risk of AQOs being exceeded, however, a detailed AQA has been requested prior to commencement of any construction works. Should the detailed AQA identify any exceedances, then mitigation shall be implemented. 22/0569/PP Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 2, 4 and 6 of planning permission in principle approval 18/0638/PP, for the erection of a residential development comprising of 180 dwellinghouses. An AQA was submitted and was deemed satisfactory, however the planning application was refused and is now being appealed by the developers.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 32 6 Conclusions and Proposed Actions 6.1 Conclusions from New Monitoring Data There were no AQO exceedances identified in Renfrewshire Council during 2023. 85% of existing diffusion tube sites recorded an increase in annual mean NO2 concentrations from 2022 to 2023. The remaining sites experienced a decrease in NO2 concentrations. As explained in Section 3 and Appendix C: Supporting Technical Information / Air Quality Monitoring Data QA/QC, the local bias factor of 1.31 was applied to the raw NO2 diffusion tube data as a conservative, worst-case approach, and is a likely contribution to the increases seen between 2022 and 2023. With regards to the automatic monitoring stations, PM10 annual mean concentrations at REN02 – Renfrewshire Johnstone increased from 2022 to 2023 by 0.5 µg/m3 for the raw and corrected annual mean concentrations. REN02 – Renfrewshire Johnstone also records PM2.5 and experienced an increase (+0.8 μg/m3 for the ratified annual mean concentrations and for the corrected annual mean concentrations) from 2022 to 2023, both pollutants monitored at REN02 recorded concentrations below their respective annual mean AQOs. The 2024 AQAP update makes it clear that the aim is to revoke the three AQMA’s within Renfrewshire Council’s jurisdiction by the end of 2024. 6.2 Conclusions relating to New Local Developments Any new developments that are likely to impact local air quality, or potentially introduce new receptors into areas of poor air quality, have been adequately assessed during the planning process. No planning applications were received by Renfrewshire Council in 2023 that identified any new or significantly changed Non-Road, Industrial, Commercial or Domestic Sources or developments with fugitive or uncontrolled sources that had any human health concerns or impacts on vegetation or ecosystems.
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 33 The planning application reports relating to AMIDS South project were found to be satisfactory and the Council are currently going through the process of a Compulsory Purchase Order under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 in order to progress this development. The application for the erection of a school and community campus was granted in January 2024. An initial desk top AQA was submitted which was satisfactory and showed no risk of AQOs being exceeded, however, a detailed AQA has been requested prior to commencement of any construction works. An AQA for a housing development site was submitted and was deemed satisfactory, however the planning application was refused and is now being appealed by the developers. There are no AQA’s for any developments listed in Section 4.3 Industrial Sources or Section 4.5 New Developments with Fugitive or Uncontrolled Sources. 6.3 Proposed Actions Renfrewshire Council’s proposed actions following the publication of the 2023 APR are as follows: • Progress with the significant new road and cycle infrastructure projects which are part of the City Deals and AMIDS South projects; • Publication of a new Renfrewshire Local Transport Strategy and development of a Paisley Town Centre Transport Strategy; • Continuation with the upgrade and development of the cycling network as per the Renfrewshire Council Cycle Strategy priorities; • Improvement of the council’s fleet, funded via the Council’s Vehicle Replacement Capital Programme. £2.2 million has been set aside for the VRC Programme in 2023-24 for the purchase of new fleet vehicles. This includes the replacement of older fossil vehicles with newer fleet vehicles with better emission standards and the introduction of HVO as an alternative fuel for some of the fleet; • Continue with promotion of active travel measures, encouraging people to travel actively and sustainably with a view to supporting longer term behaviour shift;
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 34 • Continue to monitor NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 at relevant locations throughout Renfrewshire; • Prepare and submit to consultees a revocation for the three AQMAs; and • Submit the 2025 Annual Progress Report.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 35 Appendix A: Monitoring Results Table A.1 – Details of Automatic Monitoring Sites Site ID Site Name Site Type X OS Grid Ref Y OS Grid Ref Pollutants Monitored In AQMA? Which AQMA? Monitoring Technique Distance to Relevant Exposure (m) (1) Distance to kerb of nearest road (m) (2) Inlet Height (m) REN1 Renfrew, Cockels Loan Roadside 250464 665933 NO, NO2 N Chemiluminescent 5 18 2.2 REN02 Renfrewshire, Johnstone Roadside 242984 663178 PM2.5, PM10 Y – JHS FIDAS 200 0.5(3) 2.9 1.9 REN03 Renfrew, Inchinnan Road Roadside 250567 667558 NO, NO2 Y – RTC Chemiluminescent 7.1 3.9 1.6 Notes: (1) 0m if the monitoring site is at a location of exposure (e.g. installed on the façade of a residential property). (2) N/A if not applicable. (3) The distance of 0.5 m is to the façade of the closest building, these are commercial units at ground level and residential units on the first floor.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 36 Table A.2 – Details of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites Site ID Site Name Site Type X OS Grid Ref Y OS Grid Ref Pollutants Monitored In AQMA? Which AQMA? Distance to Relevant Exposure (m) (1) Distance to kerb of nearest road (m) (2) Tube co- located with a Continuous Analyser? Tube Height (m) Paisley1 Gilmour Street Urban Centre 248350 664082 NO2 Y - PTC 70.0 68.0 No 2.7 Paisley2 Oakshaw Street Urban Background 247925 664052 NO2 Y - PTC 11.0 35.0 No 2.4 Paisley3 Lochfield Drive Urban Background 249002 662138 NO2 N 8.0 1.5 No 2.4 Renfrew8 Inchinnan Road Kerbside 250589 667547 NO2 Y - RTC 0.1 2.6 No 2.4 Renfrew17 Tanar Way Roadside 251524 666287 NO2 N 0.0 28.0 No 2.3 Paisley19 Linwood Road Roadside 245701 663603 NO2 N 5.0 2.5 No 2.5 Johnstone20 High Street Kerbside 242675 663286 NO2 Y - JHS 0.5 1.4 No 2.3 Paisley21 Causeyside Street (triplicate) Roadside 248316 663612 NO2 Y - PTC -6.3 9.9 No 2.3
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 37 Site ID Site Name Site Type X OS Grid Ref Y OS Grid Ref Pollutants Monitored In AQMA? Which AQMA? Distance to Relevant Exposure (m) (1) Distance to kerb of nearest road (m) (2) Tube co- located with a Continuous Analyser? Tube Height (m) Paisley33 76 Causeyside Street Roadside 248277 663524 NO2 Y - PTC 1.1 2.8 No 2.8 Paisley35 Old Sneddon Street Roadside 248360 664272 NO2 Y - PTC 0.4 3.4 No 2.7 Paisley36 Caledonia Street Roadside 247948 664774 NO2 Y - PTC 4.5 3.3 No 2.5 Renfrew40 Hairst Street Roadside 250763 667631 NO2 Y - RTC 0.3 6.2 No 2.5 Paisley43 Smithhills Street (East) Roadside 248481 664154 NO2 Y - PTC 0.0 2.5 No 2.5 Paisley44 Love Street Roadside 248209 664474 NO2 Y - PTC 0.2 2.2 No 2.5 Renfrew45 Xscape Kerbside 251803 667365 NO2 N 18.0 2.0 No 2.5 Renfrew48 Glen Sax Drive Roadside 251264 666217 NO2 N -22.0 45.0 No 2.6
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 38 Site ID Site Name Site Type X OS Grid Ref Y OS Grid Ref Pollutants Monitored In AQMA? Which AQMA? Distance to Relevant Exposure (m) (1) Distance to kerb of nearest road (m) (2) Tube co- located with a Continuous Analyser? Tube Height (m) Paisley50 Renfrew Road Roadside 248985 665494 NO2 N 7.0 12.0 No 2.5 Renfrew52 Glasgow Road 2 Roadside 251515 666955 NO2 N 4.0 3.0 No 2.3 Renfrew56 Paisley Road Roadside 250579 667488 NO2 Y - RTC 3.5 4.5 No 2.4 Renfrew57 Paisley Road Roadside 250597 667473 NO2 N 1.2 6.0 No 2.4 Johnstone59 High Street Kerbside 242656 663281 NO2 Y - JHS 0.1 1.7 No 2.5 Paisley60 Underwood Rd Roadside 247525 664326 NO2 N 7.8 0.5 No 2.4 Kilbarchan61 High Barholm Roadside 240584 663007 NO2 N 0.1 1.1 No 2.4 Renfrew62 Cockels Loan (triplicate) Roadside 250463 665934 NO2 N 5.0 18.0 Yes 3.0
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 39 Site ID Site Name Site Type X OS Grid Ref Y OS Grid Ref Pollutants Monitored In AQMA? Which AQMA? Distance to Relevant Exposure (m) (1) Distance to kerb of nearest road (m) (2) Tube co- located with a Continuous Analyser? Tube Height (m) Paisley63 Renfrew Road Roadside 249159 665710 NO2 N 6.8 3.7 No 2.4 Kilbarchan65 High Barholm Roadside 240599 663000 NO2 N 0.4 2.0 No 2.2 Kilbarchan66 High Barholm Roadside 240573 663021 NO2 N 0.4 1.6 No 2.2 Kilbarchan67 High Barholm Roadside 240512 663027 NO2 Y - RTC 1.8 3.0 No 2.3 Renfrew68 Paisley Road Roadside 250522 667419 NO2 Y - RTC 0.2 3.0 No 2.3 Renfrew69 Inchinnan Road Roadside 250537 667602 NO2 Y - RTC 0.1 2.9 No 2.0 Renfrew70 Inchinnan Road Roadside 250599 667561 NO2 N 4.5 3.7 No 2.0 Renfrew71 Braille Drive Roadside 251729 666360 NO2 Y - RTC 0.0 26.5 No 2.0
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 40 Site ID Site Name Site Type X OS Grid Ref Y OS Grid Ref Pollutants Monitored In AQMA? Which AQMA? Distance to Relevant Exposure (m) (1) Distance to kerb of nearest road (m) (2) Tube co- located with a Continuous Analyser? Tube Height (m) Johnstone72 High St Roadside 243080 663140 NO2 Y - JHS 0.5 3.0 No 2.3 Paisley73 Lawn Street Roadside 248566 664072 NO2 Y - PTC 0.2 2.0 No 2.5 Paisley74 Causeyside Street Roadside 248313 663621 NO2 Y - PTC 0.2 3.3 No 2.2 Renfrew75 Canal Street Roadside 250853 667747 NO2 N 0.2 5.0 No 2.5 Paisley78 Neilston Road Roadside 248339 662576 NO2 Y 0.2 2.6 No 2.5 Paisley79 Incle Street Roadside 248632 664212 NO2 N 0.2 2.8 No 2.2 Paisley80 Glasgow Road Roadside 249653 664123 NO2 N 1.9 2.1 No 2.4 Paisley82 Well Street Roadside 247513 664024 NO2 Y - PTC 0.2 2.3 No 2.4
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 41 Site ID Site Name Site Type X OS Grid Ref Y OS Grid Ref Pollutants Monitored In AQMA? Which AQMA? Distance to Relevant Exposure (m) (1) Distance to kerb of nearest road (m) (2) Tube co- located with a Continuous Analyser? Tube Height (m) Paisley83 Wellmeadow Street Kerbside 247671 663913 NO2 N 0.4 3.3 No 2.5 Paisley84 Ferry Village Roadside 251254 667876 NO2 Y - PTC 18.0 0.5 No 2.4 Johnstone85 High Street Roadside 242622 663306 NO2 Y - JHS 0.6 1.1 No 2.4 Johnstone86 High Street Roadside 242495 663358 NO2 Y - JHS 0.1 2.7 No 2.4 Paisley89 Abercorn Street Roadside 248467 664303 NO2 Y - PTC 0.1 3.5 No 2.3 Renfrew90 (triplicate) Renfrew Monitor Roadside 250567 667558 NO2 Y - RTC 7.0 3.9 Yes 1.6 Lochwin92 Newton of Barr Roadside 234904 658634 NO2 N 0.5 2.0 No 2.4 Lochwin93 Main St, Lochwinnoch Roadside 235280 658877 NO2 N 0.4 1.2 No 2.6
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 42 Site ID Site Name Site Type X OS Grid Ref Y OS Grid Ref Pollutants Monitored In AQMA? Which AQMA? Distance to Relevant Exposure (m) (1) Distance to kerb of nearest road (m) (2) Tube co- located with a Continuous Analyser? Tube Height (m) Paisley94 New St Roadside 248186 663925 NO2 Y - PTC 2.1 0.5 No 2.4 Paisley96 McDonalds Renfew Rd Roadside 248998 665204 NO2 N 19.0 2.2 No 2.2 Renfrew97 Inchinnan Road Kerbside 250610 667534 NO2 Y - RTC 2.1 0.6 No 2.4 Johnstone99 High Street Roadside 242584 663307 NO2 Y - JHS 0.5 1.3 No 2.4 Johnstone100 High Street Roadside 242643 663285 NO2 Y - JHS 0.1 1.9 No 2.2 Renfrew101 Glebe Street Roadside 250656 667457 NO2 N 4.5 2.5 No 2.3 Paisley102 Orchard Street Roadside 248363 663752 NO2 Y - PTC 0.6 2.3 No 2.1 Paisley103 Greenock Road Roadside 247486 665285 NO2 N 18.0 0.8 No 2.2
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 43 Site ID Site Name Site Type X OS Grid Ref Y OS Grid Ref Pollutants Monitored In AQMA? Which AQMA? Distance to Relevant Exposure (m) (1) Distance to kerb of nearest road (m) (2) Tube co- located with a Continuous Analyser? Tube Height (m) Paisley105 Central Road 2 Roadside 248425 664192 NO2 Y - PTC 55.0 4.0 No 2.3 Paisley106 Smithhills Street Roadside 248477 664189 NO2 Y - PTC 2.6 0.3 No 2.0 Johnstone107 High Street Roadside 242503 663335 NO2 Y - JHS 6.0 2.8 No 2.2 Paisley108 Central Road Roadside 248355 664180 NO2 Y - PTC 8.4 4.6 No 2.4 Notes: (1) 0m if the monitoring site is at a location of exposure (e.g. installed on/adjacent to the façade of a residential property). (2) N/A if not applicable. PTC – Paisley Town Centre, RTC – Renfrew Town Centre, JHS – Johnstone High Street
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 44 Table A.3 – Annual Mean NO2 Monitoring Results: Automatic Monitoring (µg/m3) Site ID Site Type Monitoring Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2023 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 REN1 Roadside Automatic 43.6 43.6 31.1 20.9 24.5 22.4 20.3 REN03 Roadside Automatic 89.7 89.7 24.1 19.9 19.0 19.7 23.6 Notes: Exceedances of the NO2 annual mean objective of 40µg/m3 are shown in bold. NO2 annual means exceeding 60µg/m3, indicating a potential exceedance of the NO2 1-hour mean objective are shown in bold and underlined. Means for automatic monitoring sites have been corrected for bias. All means have been “annualised” as per LAQM.TG22 if valid data capture for the full calendar year is less than 75%. See Appendix C for details. (1) Data capture for the monitoring period, in cases where monitoring was only carried out for part of the year. (2) Data capture for the full calendar year (e.g. if monitoring was carried out for 6 months, the maximum data capture for the full calendar year is 50%).
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 45 Table A.4 – Annual Mean NO2 Monitoring Results: Non-Automatic Monitoring (µg/m3) Diffusion Tube ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2022 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Paisley1 248350 664082 Urban Centre 82.7 82.7 21.3 16.1 14.9 13.5 15.2 Paisley2 247925 664052 Urban Background 90.4 90.4 14.6 10.9 9.6 11.9 10.0 Paisley3 249002 662138 Urban Background 92.3 92.3 11.6 8.9 7.4 6.8 8.8 Renfrew8 250589 667547 Kerbside 100.0 100.0 41.4 40.2 29.8 30.2 37.7 Renfrew17 251524 666287 Roadside 100.0 100.0 32.0 26.3 22.9 23.5 22.1 Paisley19 245701 663603 Roadside 100.0 100.0 24.9 24.1 22.5 17.9 17.4 Johnstone20 242675 663286 Kerbside 100.0 100.0 28.7 25.5 20.2 19.3 23.5 Paisley21 (1), Paisley21 (2), Paisley21 (3) 248316 663612 Roadside 100.0 100.0 27.6 25.7 21.9 18.6 19.1 Paisley33 248277 663524 Roadside 100.0 100.0 28.8 27.7 24.1 19.4 22.2 Paisley35 248360 664272 Roadside 100.0 100.0 31.1 31.5 25.7 21.9 26.2
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 46 Diffusion Tube ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2022 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Paisley36 247948 664774 Roadside 100.0 100.0 28.2 27.7 26.5 20.5 24.4 Renfrew40 250763 667631 Roadside 100.0 100.0 25.8 21.6 18.7 16.4 18.0 Paisley43 248481 664154 Roadside 92.3 92.3 26.7 20.4 20.5 15.0 14.9 Paisley44 248209 664474 Roadside 100.0 100.0 21.9 16.3 16.1 15.5 17.6 Renfrew45 251803 667365 Kerbside 92.3 92.3 21.5 20.3 18.4 14.9 18.4 Renfrew48 251264 666217 Roadside 100.0 100.0 29.1 24.8 20.9 17.7 21.6 Paisley50 248985 665494 Roadside 100.0 100.0 24.3 21.8 17.9 17.3 18.7 Renfrew52 251515 666955 Roadside 100.0 100.0 25.3 24.9 21.2 17.3 19.7 Renfrew56 250579 667488 Roadside 100.0 100.0 26.3 24.4 20.9 19.5 22.6 Renfrew57 250597 667473 Roadside 100.0 100.0 24.4 18.1 19.0 12.9 16.8 Johnstone59 242656 663281 Kerbside 100.0 100.0 37.9 39.5 34.4 30.9 29.9
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 47 Diffusion Tube ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2022 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Paisley60 247525 664326 Roadside 100.0 100.0 33.6 30.1 24.5 22.3 25.3 Kilbarchan61 240584 663007 Roadside 100.0 100.0 30.2 26.0 26.1 18.7 21.1 Renfrew62 (1), Renfrew62 (2), Renfrew62 (3) 250463 665934 Roadside 100.0 100.0 34.3 30.5 25.3 21.9 24.9 Paisley63 249159 665710 Roadside 92.3 92.3 29.4 25.2 25.2 20.9 23.5 Kilbarchan65 240599 663000 Roadside 92.3 92.3 30.3 25.8 20.9 16.9 19.4 Kilbarchan66 240573 663021 Roadside 100.0 100.0 22.3 18.1 15.9 14.1 13.8 Kilbarchan67 240512 663027 Roadside 100.0 100.0 17.5 18.6 13.2 10.3 11.0 Renfrew68 250522 667419 Roadside 100.0 100.0 23.8 21.0 16.4 17.4 19.5 Renfrew69 250537 667602 Roadside 100.0 100.0 29.9 25.0 32.4 25.3 35.6 Renfrew70 250599 667561 Roadside 40.4 40.4 25.4 26.9 17.4 18.1 20.6 Renfrew71 251729 666360 Roadside 100.0 100.0 29.2 26.2 24.4 19.1 23.8
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 48 Diffusion Tube ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2022 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Johnstone72 243080 663140 Roadside 100.0 100.0 23.4 20.2 19.9 13.6 17.2 Paisley73 248566 664072 Roadside 100.0 100.0 26.1 27.0 22.5 17.7 22.8 Paisley74 248313 663621 Roadside 100.0 100.0 27.8 28.6 23.0 18.7 19.3 Renfrew75 250853 667747 Roadside 100.0 100.0 22.1 21.1 20.2 13.9 16.1 Paisley78 248339 662576 Roadside 100.0 100.0 26.6 24.4 24.0 16.8 19.2 Paisley79 248632 664212 Roadside 100.0 100.0 27.8 32.0 24.6 20.0 20.0 Paisley80 249653 664123 Roadside 90.4 90.4 23.9 23.7 18.4 14.9 17.2 Paisley82 247513 664024 Roadside 100.0 100.0 28.9 36.1 28.1 24.3 28.3 Paisley83 247671 663913 Kerbside 100.0 100.0 33.2 25.1 22.7 21.8 21.6 Paisley84 251254 667876 Roadside 100.0 100.0 23.1 16.8 14.9 13.1 14.6 Johnstone85 242622 663306 Roadside 100.0 100.0 25.0 30.2 24.5 19.9 26.9
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 49 Diffusion Tube ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2022 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Johnstone86 242495 663358 Roadside 100.0 100.0 27.0 29.9 19.0 19.2 24.7 Paisley89 248467 664303 Roadside 100.0 100.0 30.4 24.9 23.2 20.0 23.2 Renfrew90 (1), Renfrew90 (2), Renfrew90 (3) 250567 667558 Roadside 100.0 100.0 24.4 21.4 20.1 17.2 22.8 Lochwin92 234904 658634 Roadside 100.0 100.0 - 14.8 14.3 13.5 13.7 Lochwin93 235280 658877 Roadside 100.0 100.0 - 14.1 16.7 11.1 12.3 Paisley94 248186 663925 Roadside 92.3 92.3 - 21.0 19.0 17.9 18.8 Paisley96 248998 665204 Roadside 90.4 90.4 - 24.2 21.2 16.9 16.7 Renfrew97 250610 667534 Kerbside 100.0 100.0 - - 30.5 28.5 30.9 Johnstone99 242584 663307 Roadside 100.0 100.0 - - 35.4 25.7 32.7 Johnstone10 0 242643 663285 Roadside 100.0 100.0 - - 31.8 24.3 28.8 Renfrew101 250656 667457 Roadside 100.0 100.0 - - 19.5 17.8 20.0
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 50 Diffusion Tube ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2022 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Paisley102 248363 663752 Roadside 100.0 100.0 - - - 19.1 19.6 Paisley103 247486 665285 Roadside 7.7 7.7 - - - 13.1 - Paisley105 248425 664192 Roadside 92.3 92.3 - - - 16.6 19.9 Paisley106 248477 664189 Roadside 90.4 90.4 - - - 17.7 26.5 Johnstone10 7 242503 663335 Roadside 92.3 92.3 - - - 20.6 26.7 Paisley108 248355 664180 Roadside 92.3 92.3 - - - 14.7 18.0 ☒ Annualisation has been conducted where data capture is <75% and >25% in line with LAQM.TG22 ☒ Diffusion tube data has been bias adjusted. ☒ Reported concentrations are those at the location of the monitoring site (bias adjusted and annualised, as required), i.e. prior to any fall-off with distance correction. Notes: Exceedances of the NO2 annual mean objective of 40µg/m3 are shown in bold. NO2 annual means exceeding 60µg/m3, indicating a potential exceedance of the NO2 1-hour mean objective are shown in bold and underlined. Means for diffusion tubes have been corrected for bias. All means have been “annualised” as per LAQM.TG(22) if valid data capture for the full calendar year is less than 75%. See Appendix C for details.
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 51 (3) Data capture for the monitoring period, in cases where monitoring was only carried out for part of the year. (4) Data capture for the full calendar year (e.g. if monitoring was carried out for 6 months, the maximum data capture for the full calendar year is 50%).
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 52 Figure 6. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Automatic Monitoring Sites 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Annual Mean NO2 Concentration (µg/m 3 ) Year Annual Mean Air Quality Objective REN1 REN03
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 53 Figure 7. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Urban Centre, Urban Background, Kerbside) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Annual Mean NO2 Concentration (µg/m 3 ) Year Annual Mean Air Quality Objective Paisley1 Paisley2 Paisley3 Renfrew8 Johnstone20 Renfrew45 Johnstone59 Paisley83 Renfrew97
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 54 Figure 8. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 1) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Annual Mean NO2 Concentration (µg/m 3 ) Year Annual Mean Air Quality Objective Renfrew17 Paisley19 Paisley21 (1), Paisley21 (2), Paisley21 (3) Paisley33 Paisley35 Paisley36 Renfrew40 Paisley43 Paisley44 Renfrew48 Paisley50
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 55 Figure 9. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 2) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Annual Mean NO2 Concentration (µg/m 3 ) Year Annual Mean Air Quality Objective Renfrew52 Renfrew56 Renfrew57 Paisley60 Kilbarchan61 Renfrew62 (1), Renfrew62 (2), Renfrew62 (3) Paisley63 Kilbarchan65 Kilbarchan66 Kilbarchan67
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 56 Figure 10. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 3) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations (µg/m 3 ) Year Annual Mean Air Quality Objective Renfrew68 Renfrew69 Renfrew70 Renfrew71 Johnstone72 Paisley73 Paisley74 Renfrew75 Paisley78 Paisley79
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 57 Figure 11. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 4) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Annual Mean NO2 Concentration (µg/m 3 ) Year Annual Mean Air Quality Objective Paisley80 Paisley82 Renfrew84 Johnstone85 Johnstone86 Paisley89 Renfrew90 (1), Renfrew90 (2), Renfrew90 (3) Lochwin92 Lochwin93 Paisley94
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 58 Figure 12. Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 5) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations (µg/m 3 ) Year Annual Mean Air Quality Objective Paisley96 Johnstone99 Johnstone100 Renfrew101 Paisley102 Paisley103 Paisley105 Paisley106 Johnstone107 Paisley108
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 59 Table A.5 – 1-Hour Mean NO2 Monitoring Results, Number of 1-Hour Means > 200µg/m3 Site ID Site Type Monitoring Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2023 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 REN1 Roadside Automatic 43.6 43.6 0 0 0 0 0 (91.3) REN03 Roadside Automatic 89.7 89.7 0 0 0 0 0 Notes: Exceedances of the NO2 1-hour mean objective (200 µg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 18 times/year) are shown in bold. If the period of valid data is less than 85%, the 99.8th percentile of 1-hour means is provided in brackets. (1) Data capture for the monitoring period, in cases where monitoring was only carried out for part of the year. (2) Data capture for the full calendar year (e.g. if monitoring was carried out for 6 months, the maximum data capture for the full calendar year is 50%).
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 60 Table A.6 – Annual Mean PM10 Monitoring Results (µg/m3) Site ID Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2023 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 REN02 Roadside 98.9 98.9 16.3 10.2 13.7 12.9 13.4 REN02 Corrected Roadside 98.9 98.9 17.9 11.3 15.1 14.2 14.7 Notes: Exceedances of the PM10 annual mean objective of 18 µg/m3 are shown in bold. All means have been “annualised” as per LAQM.TG(22), valid data capture for the full calendar year is less than 75%. See Appendix C for details. (1) Data capture for the monitoring period, in cases where monitoring was only carried out for part of the year. (2) Data capture for the full calendar year (e.g. if monitoring was carried out for 6 months, the maximum data capture for the full calendar year is 50%).
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 61 Figure 13. Annual Mean PM10 Concentrations at Automatic Monitoring Sites 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Annual Mean PM10 Concentration (µg/m 3 ) Year Annual Mean Air Quality Objective REN02 REN02 Corrected
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 62 Table A.7 – 24-Hour Mean PM10 Monitoring Results, Number of PM10 24-Hour Means > 50µg/m3 Site ID Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2023 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 REN02 Roadside 99.0 99.0 14 0 1 0 3 Notes: Exceedances of the PM10 24-hour mean objective (50 µg/m3 not to be exceeded more than seven times/year) are shown in bold. If the period of valid data is less than 85%, the 98.1st percentile of 24-hour means is provided in brackets. (1) Data capture for the monitoring period, in cases where monitoring was only carried out for part of the year. (2) Data capture for the full calendar year (e.g. if monitoring was carried out for 6 months, the maximum data capture for the full calendar year is 50%).
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 63 Table A.8 – Annual Mean PM2.5 Monitoring Results (µg/m3) Site ID Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2023 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 REN02 Roadside 99.0 99.0 7.9 5.5 6.0 6.1 6.9 REN02 Corrected Roadside 99.0 99.0 8.4 5.9 6.3 6.5 7.3 Notes: Exceedances of the PM2.5 annual mean objective of 10 µg/m3 are shown in bold. All means have been “annualised” as per LAQM.TG(22), valid data capture for the full calendar year is less than 75%. See Appendix C for details. (1) Data capture for the monitoring period, in cases where monitoring was only carried out for part of the year. (2) Data capture for the full calendar year (e.g. if monitoring was carried out for 6 months, the maximum data capture for the full calendar year is 50%).
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 64 Figure 14. Annual Mean PM2.5 Concentrations at Automatic Monitoring Sites 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Annual Mean PM2.5 Concentrations (µg/m 3 ) Year Annual Mean Air Quality Objective REN02 REN02 Corrected
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 65 Appendix B: Full Monthly Diffusion Tube Results for 2023 Table B.1 – NO2 2023 Monthly Diffusion Tube Results (µg/m3) DT ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Mean: Raw Data Annual Mean: Annualised and Bias Adjusted (1.31) Annual Mean: Distance Corrected to Nearest Exposure Comment Paisley1 248350 664082 - 16.6 18.0 8.9 3.3 6.6 4.9 - 8.6 17.5 17.4 13.9 11.6 15.2 Paisley2 247925 664052 10.3 9.8 14.2 4.6 2.3 2.0 3.1 - 5.1 9.1 15.1 8.1 7.6 10.0 Paisley3 249002 662138 8.9 8.1 10.1 3.6 2.1 4.3 - 4.2 4.8 8.5 11.5 7.5 6.7 8.8 Renfrew8 250589 667547 44.5 42.0 34.1 15.2 11.2 22.7 17.5 25.9 24.9 23.6 55.4 28.3 28.8 37.7 37.4 Renfrew17 251524 666287 30.7 26.0 31.4 9.6 7.9 12.0 7.7 14.9 12.8 14.6 15.4 19.8 16.9 22.1 Paisley19 245701 663603 21.7 15.9 17.2 10.5 6.2 9.3 9.3 11.3 11.3 12.7 18.3 15.8 13.3 17.4 Johnstone20 242675 663286 22.6 18.3 30.0 14.6 9.2 19.5 11.7 12.6 14.4 18.2 26.1 18.0 17.9 23.5 Paisley21 (1) 248316 663612 22.9 - 16.8 12.5 5.8 12.7 15.0 12.1 15.3 17.7 21.6 2.1 - - Triplicate Site with Paisley21 (1), Paisley21 (2) and Paisley21 (3) - Annual data provided for Paisley21 (3) only
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 66 DT ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Mean: Raw Data Annual Mean: Annualised and Bias Adjusted (1.31) Annual Mean: Distance Corrected to Nearest Exposure Comment Paisley21 (2) 248316 663612 25.3 18.0 18.2 12.2 5.9 14.6 11.2 13.1 9.9 15.6 24.7 5.1 - - Triplicate Site with Paisley21 (1), Paisley21 (2) and Paisley21 (3) - Annual data provided for Paisley21 (3) only Paisley21 (3) 248316 663612 22.0 23.7 20.9 12.8 5.7 10.9 8.6 7.1 12.2 18.1 19.5 14.5 14.6 19.1 22.3 Triplicate Site with Paisley21 (1), Paisley21 (2) and Paisley21 (3) - Annual data provided for Paisley21 (3) only Paisley33 248277 663524 24.5 16.6 26.0 15.0 9.4 9.6 15.0 15.0 15.4 16.0 27.1 13.8 17.0 22.2 Paisley35 248360 664272 29.3 22.6 27.9 14.6 10.0 22.4 15.2 17.5 18.1 20.8 23.3 18.6 20.0 26.2 Paisley36 247948 664774 29.3 22.5 27.2 13.1 13.2 16.5 11.7 11.9 18.1 20.2 23.3 16.7 18.6 24.4 Renfrew40 250763 667631 24.4 18.1 20.5 9.5 5.1 7.2 8.8 11.5 11.7 10.2 22.5 15.3 13.7 18.0 Paisley43 248481 664154 20.5 14.2 19.7 9.5 4.4 7.2 3.7 8.4 9.8 13.3 14.8 - 11.4 14.9 Paisley44 248209 664474 17.6 14.5 22.3 11.8 6.3 10.3 9.3 9.6 8.6 13.2 18.5 19.1 13.4 17.6 Renfrew45 251803 667365 24.4 13.5 15.9 - 7.1 11.2 10.2 12.3 11.7 17.1 15.3 15.5 14.0 18.4 Renfrew48 251264 666217 27.7 21.5 26.4 12.0 6.4 12.6 8.3 13.5 8.7 16.4 1.7 42.6 16.5 21.6 25.0
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 67 DT ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Mean: Raw Data Annual Mean: Annualised and Bias Adjusted (1.31) Annual Mean: Distance Corrected to Nearest Exposure Comment Paisley50 248985 665494 25.2 16.0 24.3 10.7 5.0 8.6 8.1 12.1 12.2 14.4 15.7 19.3 14.3 18.7 Renfrew52 251515 666955 29.5 21.9 24.1 10.3 5.8 7.1 8.1 9.5 12.7 11.5 22.0 17.9 15.0 19.7 Renfrew56 250579 667488 29.6 21.1 24.3 9.8 8.9 13.5 14.8 6.8 17.2 19.4 26.2 15.7 17.3 22.6 Renfrew57 250597 667473 21.6 12.8 23.0 9.5 4.7 7.4 8.4 9.9 10.3 16.3 14.7 15.0 12.8 16.8 Johnstone59 242656 663281 43.4 28.4 36.3 19.7 15.3 16.1 10.3 23.0 16.2 20.3 24.9 19.8 22.8 29.9 Paisley60 247525 664326 30.3 23.0 22.8 14.3 10.1 12.5 12.9 17.0 13.2 21.8 37.3 16.6 19.3 25.3 Kilbarchan61 240584 663007 25.8 21.3 26.3 12.0 8.4 13.8 12.4 11.2 11.2 18.3 18.8 13.9 16.1 21.1 Renfrew62 (1) 250463 665934 33.1 15.7 26.2 15.8 9.9 14.1 11.8 16.3 14.2 24.4 23.1 18.4 - - Triplicate Site with Renfrew62 (1), Renfrew62 (2) and Renfrew62 (3) - Annual data provided for Renfrew62 (3) only Renfrew62 (2) 250463 665934 31.6 26.0 26.7 14.5 10.2 12.7 9.2 18.4 13.1 22.5 25.9 20.0 - - Triplicate Site with Renfrew62 (1), Renfrew62 (2) and Renfrew62 (3) - Annual data provided for Renfrew62 (3) only
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 68 DT ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Mean: Raw Data Annual Mean: Annualised and Bias Adjusted (1.31) Annual Mean: Distance Corrected to Nearest Exposure Comment Renfrew62 (3) 250463 665934 33.6 - 29.8 15.1 9.6 12.0 11.1 16.2 13.1 20.4 28.1 19.8 19.0 24.9 Triplicate Site with Renfrew62 (1), Renfrew62 (2) and Renfrew62 (3) - Annual data provided for Renfrew62 (3) only Paisley63 249159 665710 31.4 - 25.0 14.4 12.6 14.2 10.4 2.0 14.2 23.2 25.8 24.5 18.0 23.5 Kilbarchan65 240599 663000 26.1 - 23.7 10.1 9.5 9.0 8.7 11.9 12.1 16.4 22.5 13.1 14.8 19.4 Kilbarchan66 240573 663021 15.7 7.9 18.6 10.5 4.0 7.8 6.6 7.2 6.9 13.0 17.1 10.7 10.5 13.8 Kilbarchan67 240512 663027 14.4 7.7 12.3 6.3 3.3 4.6 6.3 4.9 6.1 12.1 14.2 8.9 8.4 11.0 Renfrew68 250522 667419 35.8 14.3 24.0 10.8 7.1 8.9 10.3 8.3 10.8 15.6 18.3 14.1 14.9 19.5 Renfrew69 250537 667602 49.1 17.8 28.4 15.0 7.0 18.8 13.1 13.4 30.1 26.2 77.1 29.7 27.1 35.6 Renfrew70 250599 667561 25.9 22.3 16.1 11.2 - - - - - 14.3 - - 18.0 20.6 Renfrew71 251729 666360 28.4 25.3 28.1 9.7 5.6 15.1 11.2 13.5 15.1 16.3 25.6 24.0 18.2 23.8 Johnstone72 243080 663140 13.6 11.0 21.8 12.3 6.8 10.6 7.5 8.7 12.0 17.5 20.8 14.5 13.1 17.2 Paisley73 248566 664072 17.9 45.2 21.0 11.7 7.0 9.2 9.9 12.8 13.4 12.1 22.8 25.8 17.4 22.8
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 69 DT ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Mean: Raw Data Annual Mean: Annualised and Bias Adjusted (1.31) Annual Mean: Distance Corrected to Nearest Exposure Comment Paisley74 248313 663621 17.7 18.9 20.7 18.2 8.1 8.6 11.2 12.2 14.1 17.8 17.5 11.7 14.7 19.3 Renfrew75 250853 667747 16.4 12.7 20.8 9.6 4.9 11.4 9.0 9.7 12.6 6.9 18.6 14.6 12.3 16.1 Paisley78 248339 662576 20.9 19.4 24.3 13.6 6.9 14.1 11.1 11.0 10.7 13.1 17.9 13.3 14.7 19.2 Paisley79 248632 664212 2.1 17.2 25.7 10.8 4.3 12.0 4.9 13.5 16.1 25.7 28.9 22.4 15.3 20.0 Paisley80 249653 664123 15.5 12.6 19.6 10.1 5.6 7.8 9.8 - 12.3 16.9 20.5 13.8 13.1 17.2 Paisley82 247513 664024 23.5 31.9 17.0 14.8 5.0 11.1 14.2 10.7 16.8 40.3 63.3 10.8 21.6 28.3 Paisley83 247671 663913 19.7 21.9 24.8 11.0 7.5 9.6 12.0 13.6 14.7 17.6 26.2 18.9 16.5 21.6 Paisley84 251254 667876 15.6 13.4 14.2 7.8 4.4 5.7 7.1 6.9 9.4 13.2 19.9 16.1 11.1 14.6 Johnstone85 242622 663306 17.8 15.0 33.1 26.9 9.2 15.0 14.9 11.5 21.0 30.9 34.6 16.8 20.6 26.9 Johnstone86 242495 663358 10.7 18.7 30.7 25.8 9.7 21.6 15.2 12.1 15.7 21.9 26.3 17.6 18.8 24.7 Paisley89 248467 664303 19.0 21.6 27.2 20.1 7.2 13.2 14.0 13.3 11.6 15.0 29.3 21.0 17.7 23.2
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 70 DT ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Mean: Raw Data Annual Mean: Annualised and Bias Adjusted (1.31) Annual Mean: Distance Corrected to Nearest Exposure Comment Renfrew90 (1) 250567 667558 14.1 16.3 26.6 22.6 9.4 16.2 12.4 16.0 14.7 14.7 23.7 19.4 - - Triplicate Site with Renfrew90 (1), Renfrew90 (2) and Renfrew90 (3) - Annual data provided for Renfrew90 (3) only Renfrew90 (2) 250567 667558 17.7 14.1 22.4 22.3 10.9 18.5 12.0 18.0 19.3 18.3 19.7 20.3 - - Triplicate Site with Renfrew90 (1), Renfrew90 (2) and Renfrew90 (3) - Annual data provided for Renfrew90 (3) only Renfrew90 (3) 250567 667558 18.0 16.0 26.2 20.4 9.9 12.2 11.8 16.5 15.9 17.4 27.2 15.8 17.4 22.8 Triplicate Site with Renfrew90 (1), Renfrew90 (2) and Renfrew90 (3) - Annual data provided for Renfrew90 (3) only Lochwin92 234904 658634 11.6 8.3 16.8 13.0 5.3 11.0 10.0 7.4 7.4 11.7 12.9 10.2 10.5 13.7 - Lochwin93 235280 658877 12.6 7.6 14.8 11.8 3.3 7.1 6.1 6.0 7.8 10.2 16.6 9.2 9.4 12.3 - Paisley94 248186 663925 14.3 12.4 23.3 20.3 - 10.9 9.8 4.1 9.8 15.5 26.2 11.3 14.4 18.8 - Paisley96 248998 665204 15.7 15.0 20.5 14.7 9.6 4.8 10.8 9.2 12.9 11.0 - 15.8 12.7 16.7 - Renfrew97 250610 667534 24.5 29.0 28.9 24.6 25.6 22.4 20.2 18.0 26.7 20.1 26.4 16.9 23.6 30.9 - Johnstone99 242584 663307 24.3 26.3 31.6 27.3 21.7 24.9 24.4 19.2 22.5 23.8 29.7 23.9 25.0 32.7 -
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 71 DT ID X OS Grid Ref (Easting) Y OS Grid Ref (Northing) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Mean: Raw Data Annual Mean: Annualised and Bias Adjusted (1.31) Annual Mean: Distance Corrected to Nearest Exposure Comment Johnstone100 242643 663285 22.8 23.6 33.0 25.5 21.7 22.2 18.0 15.8 23.8 21.0 15.8 20.3 22.0 28.8 - Renfrew101 250656 667457 18.1 17.5 22.0 16.4 10.5 13.4 10.4 8.2 14.9 14.0 22.7 15.5 15.3 20.0 - Paisley102 248363 663752 15.2 16.2 23.9 15.4 9.5 11.5 9.3 9.6 13.5 18.4 20.6 16.7 15.0 19.6 - Paisley103 247486 665285 11.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Paisley105 248425 664192 14.8 18.3 22.4 18.0 - 13.7 5.6 7.4 12.4 19.2 18.6 16.7 15.2 19.9 - Paisley106 248477 664189 14.1 14.1 - 41.1 10.8 28.9 9.2 32.1 13.0 18.1 25.3 15.4 20.2 26.5 - Johnstone107 242503 663335 18.7 19.4 29.8 23.2 18.5 17.8 16.2 12.1 22.3 19.3 27.3 - 20.4 26.7 - Paisley108 248355 664180 10.2 10.6 18.5 13.0 - 13.6 5.9 8.3 10.1 16.8 23.3 21.2 13.8 18.0 - ☒ All erroneous data has been removed from the NO2 diffusion tube dataset presented in Table B.1. ☒ Annualisation has been conducted where data capture is <75% and >25% in line with LAQM.TG22. ☒ Local bias adjustment factor used. ☐ National bias adjustment factor used. ☒ Where applicable, data has been distance corrected for relevant exposure in the final column. ☒ Renfrewshire Council confirm that all 2023 diffusion tube data has been uploaded to the Diffusion Tube Data Entry System Notes: Exceedances of the NO2 annual mean objective of 40µg/m3 are shown in bold. NO2 annual means exceeding 60µg/m3, indicating a potential exceedance of the NO2 1-hour mean objective are shown in bold and underlined. See Appendix C for details on bias adjustment and annualisation.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 72 Appendix C: Supporting Technical Information / Air Quality Monitoring Data QA/QC New or Changed Sources Identified Within Renfrewshire Council During 2023 Renfrewshire Council has not identified any new sources relating to air quality within the reporting year of 2023. Additional Air Quality Works Undertaken by Renfrewshire Council During 2023 Renfrewshire Council has not completed any additional works within the reporting year of 2023. QA/QC of Diffusion Tube Monitoring The diffusion tubes for the reporting year of 2023 were supplied and analysed by Glasgow Scientific Services (GSS) using the 20% TEA in water preparation method. All results have been bias adjusted and annualised (where required) before being presented in Appendix A: Monitoring Results. GSS is a UKAS accredited laboratory and participates in the AIR-PT Scheme (a continuation of the Workplace Analysis Scheme for Proficiency (WASP)) for NO2 tube analysis and the Annual Field Inter-Comparison Exercise. These provide strict performance criteria for participating laboratories to meet, thereby ensuring NO2 concentrations reported are of a high calibre. The latest AIR-PT results were as follows: • AIR-PT AR037 (May – June 2020) – No Results (NR) • AIR-PT AR039 (July – August 2020) – No Results (NR) • AIR-PT AR040 (September – October 2020) – 100% • AIR-PT AR042 (January – February 2021) – 50% • AIR-PT AR043 (May – June 2021) – 100%
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 73 • AIR-PT AR045 (July – August 2021) – 100% • AIR-PT AR046 (September – October 2021) – No Results (NR) • AIR-PT AR049 (January – February 2022) – 100% • AIR-PT AR050 (May – June 2022) – 100% • AIR-PT AR052 (July – August 2022) – 100% • AIR-PT AR053 (September – October 2022) – 100% • AIR-PT AR055 (January 2023 – February 2023) – 100% • AIR-PT AR056 (May – June 2023) – 100% • AIR-PT AR058 (July – August 2023) – 100% • AIR-PT AR059 (September – October 2023) – 100% Diffusion Tube Annualisation One diffusion tube monitoring location within Renfrewshire Council required annualisation as its data capture was less than 75% but greater than 25%: Renfrew70, details are provided in Table C.2. One diffusion tube monitoring location recorded a data capture below 25% and therefore could not be annualised: Paisley103. The remainder of the sites recorded a data capture greater than 75% and therefore did not require annualisation. Diffusion Tube Bias Adjustment Factors Renfrewshire Council have applied a local bias adjustment factor of 1.31 to the 2023 monitoring data. A summary of bias adjustment factors used by Renfrewshire Council over the past five years is presented in Table C.1. The 2023 national bias adjustment factor was taken from the National Diffusion Tube Bias Adjustment Factor Spreadsheet (version 03/24) of which reports one study analysed by Glasgow Scientific Services in 2023 to give a national bias adjustment factor of 0.74. Both automatic monitoring locations with co-located diffusion tubes recorded an overall data capture of <90% in 2023. As per the Defra Diffusion Tube Data Processing Tool v4.0, this is determined as ‘Poor Overall Data Capture’ and warns that the local bias adjustment factor, which was 1.31 from Renfrew Inchinnan Road, should be treated with caution. The data from the Cockel’s Loan automatic monitoring site was disregarded in the local bias calculations because of its very low data capture (43.6%). Following the LAQM.TG(22)
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 74 guidance, the usual procedure would be to apply the national bias adjustment factor of 0.74 to 2023 monitoring data. However, due to the large disparity between the local and national factors, and because the overall data capture of the Inchinnan Road automatic monitoring site was just 0.3% under the ‘Good Overall Data Capture’ threshold, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) were contacted in order to provide additional guidance for which bias adjustment factor would be best to use. SEPA recommended using the local adjustment factor, as it was much larger than the national adjustment factor and was considered to provide a more conservative, worst-case approach; this is consistent with the Council’s previous years’ choice of bias adjustment factors. Bias adjustment was carried out using the Defra Diffusion Tube Data Processing Tool v4.0 (https://laqm.defra.gov.uk/air-quality/air-quality-assessment/diffusion-tube-data- processing-tool/). Table C.1 – Bias Adjustment Factor Year Local or National If National, Version of National Spreadsheet Adjustment Factor 2023 Local - 1.31 2022 Local - 1.06 2021 National 03/22 1.12 2020 Local - 1.20 2019 Local - 0.89 NO2 Fall-off with Distance from the Road Three monitoring sites (Renfrew8, Paisley21 and Renfrew48) were not representative of exposure and so the NO2 fall-off with distance calculator was used to adjust the NO2 concentration so that it was representative for a receptor close to the monitoring location. The calculations are shown in Table C.4. NO2 Fall-off with Distance from the Road was carried out using the Defra Diffusion Tube Data Processing Tool (https://laqm.defra.gov.uk/air-quality/air-quality-assessment/diffusion-tube-data- processing-tool/).
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 75 QA/QC of Automatic Monitoring Automatic monitoring of NOX, PM10 and PM2.5 is completed within Renfrewshire using Chemiluminescence (NOX) and FIDAS 2000 (PM2.5 and PM10) analysers. Local Site Operator (LSO) duties are carried out by an Officer from Renfrewshire Council on a monthly basis. Automatic monitoring data is available on the Scottish Air Quality website (https://www.scottishairquality.scot/) both in real-time and following ratification by Ricardo Energy and Environment to AURN standards. The continuous monitoring sites are audited every six monthly by Ricardo and are serviced every six months by ACOEM who maintain the Service and Maintenance Contract. REN1 and REN03 NO2/NOx monitors are visited and calibrated once a month by an LSO from Renfrewshire Council and reports from these calibrations are sent to Ricardo to use in the QA/QC process. PM10 and PM2.5 Monitoring Adjustment PM10 and PM2.5 data have been corrected in line with the Scottish Government Guidance Note in relation to the measurement of ambient Particulate Matter (PM) and the LAQM reporting of measured concentrations, issued in May 2023. PM10 data have been corrected by dividing the ratified data by 0.909. PM2.5 data have been corrected by multiplying the ratified data by 1.06. Both the corrected and uncorrected values have been reported for completeness, as per the Scottish Government Guidance Note. Automatic Monitoring Annualisation One automatic monitoring location within Renfrewshire Council required annualisation as its data capture was less than 75% but greater than 25%: Ren1- Cockels Loan, details are provided in Table C.2. NO2 Fall-off with Distance from the Road No automatic NO2 monitoring locations within Renfrewshire Council required distance correction during 2023.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 76 Table C.2 – Annualisation Summary (concentrations presented in µg/m3) Site ID Annualisation Factor Glasgow Anderston Annualisation Factor Glasgow Townhead Annualisation Factor Site 3 Name Annualisation Factor Site 4 Name Average Annualisation Factor Raw Data Annual Mean Annualised Annual Mean Comments Renfrew70 0.8888 0.8654 0.8771 18.0 15.8 Ren1 0.9403 0.9307 0.9355 21.7 20.3 Table C.3 – Local Bias Adjustment Calculations Local Bias Adjustment 1 (Inchinnan Road Local Bias Adjustment 2 Renfrew Cockels Loan Local Bias Adjustment Input 3 Local Bias Adjustment Input 4 Local Bias Adjustment Input 5 Periods used to calculate bias 9 4 Bias Factor A 1.31 (1.12 - 1.6) 1.03 (0.7 – 1.97) Bias Factor B -24% (-37% - -10%) -3% (-49% - 43%) Diffusion Tube Mean (µg/m3) 17.8 21.3 Mean CV (Precision) 9.1% 4.4% Automatic Mean (µg/m3) 23.4 22.0 Data Capture 100% 100% Adjusted Tube Mean (µg/m3) 23 (20 - 28) 22 (15-42) Notes: Local bias adjustment input 2 (Renfrew Cockels Loan) has been disregarded due to a very poor diffusion tube data capture (43.6%) so a single local bias adjustment factor (Inchinnan Road) has been used to bias adjust the 2023 diffusion tube results. The diffusion tube data
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 77 capture was also ‘poor’ (<90%) for Inchinnan Road but was still deemed representative. The data capture for Inchinnan Road was 89.7%.
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 78 Table C.4 – NO2 Fall off With Distance Calculations (concentrations presented in µg/m3) Site ID Distance (m): Monitoring Site to Kerb Distance (m): Receptor to Kerb Monitored Concentration (Annualised and Bias Adjusted) Background Concentration Concentration Predicted at Receptor Comments Renfrew8 2.6 2.7 37.7 11.1 37.4 Predicted concentration at Receptor within 10% the AQS objective. Paisley21 (1), Paisley21 (2), Paisley21 (3) 9.9 3.6 19.1 10.7 22.3 Renfrew48 45.0 23.0 21.6 15.6 25.0 Receptor is more than 20m further from the kerb than the monitor - treat result with caution.
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 79 Glossary of Terms Abbreviation Description AMIDS Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland South APR Air Quality Annual Progress Report AQAP Air Quality Action Plan - A detailed description of measures, outcomes, achievement dates and implementation methods, showing how the LA intends to achieve air quality limit values’ AQMA Air Quality Management Area – An area where air pollutant concentrations exceed / are likely to exceed the relevant air quality objectives. AQMAs are declared for specific pollutants and objectives AQO Air Quality Objective AURN Automatic Urban and Rural Network (UK air quality monitoring network) CAFS2 Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 CWRR Clyde Waterfront & Renfrew Riverside DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DMRB Design Manual for Roads and Bridges – Air quality screening tool produced by Highways England EV Electric Vehicle FDMS Filter Dynamics Measurement System GAIA Glasgow Airport Investment Area GSS Glasgow Scientific Services HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle HVO Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil I,L&E Infrastructure, Land & Environment JHS Johnstone High Street LA Local Authority LAQM Local Air Quality Management
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Renfrewshire Council LAQM Annual Progress Report 2023 80 LEZ Low Emission Zone LSO Local Site Operator LTS Local Transport Strategy NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide NOx Nitrogen Oxides PM10 Airborne particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10µm (micrometres or microns) or less PM2.5 Airborne particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5µm or less PTC Paisley Town Centre REN1 Renfrew Cockels Loan REN02 Renfrewshire Johnstone REN03 Renfrew Inchinnan Road RTC Renfrew Town Centre QA/QC Quality Assurance and Quality Control SEPA Scottish Environment Protection Agency SO2 Sulphur Dioxide SPT Strathclyde Partnership for Transport TEA Triethanolamine TRO Traffic Regulation Order TTRO Temporary Traffic Regulation Order UTC Urban Traffic Control VPR Vehicle Replacement Programme VRC Vehicle Replacement Capital
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LAQM Annual Progress Report 2024 81 References Air Quality in Scotland website (2023 Monitoring data), available at http://www.scottishairquality.co.uk/ AIR-PT-Rounds 37 to 59 (May 2020 to October 2023) available at https://laqm.defra.gov.uk/diffusion-tubes/qa-qc-framework/ AMIDS South - https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/transport-links-amids-south-paisley. Cleaner Air for Scotland 2. July 2021. Published by the Scottish Government. Defra LAQM helpdesk – https://laqm.defra.gov.uk/ Diffusion Tube Data Processing Tool v4.0 available at https://laqm.defra.gov.uk/air- quality/air-quality-assessment/diffusion-tube-data-processing-tool/ Local Air Quality Management Policy Guidance LAQM.PG(S)23. April 2023. Published by the Scottish Government. Local Air Quality Management Technical Guidance LAQM.TG(22). August 2022. Published by Defra in partnership with the Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly Government and Department of the Environment Northern Ireland. National Diffusion Tube Bias Adjustment Factor Spreadsheet version 03/24 available at https://laqm.defra.gov.uk/bias-adjustment-factors/national-bias/ Renfrewshire Air Quality Action Plan 2019. Renfrewshire Air Quality Action Plan 2024 Renfrewshire Council (2019-2023) Annual Progress Reports.
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL Renfrewshire Council Revocation of Renfrewshire’s Air Quality Management Areas In fulfilment of Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 Local Air Quality Management 2024
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL Information RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL Local Authority Officer Gerard Hannah Department Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Address Renfrewshire Council, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley PA1 1BR Telephone 0300 300 0380 E-mail e-prot.es@renfrewshire.gov.uk Report Reference Number RenAQMARevocation2024 Date November 2024
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL Table of Contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 2. Local Air Quality Management ........................................................................ 2 3. Renfrewshire’s Air Quality Management Areas ............................................. 3 3.1 Paisley Town Centre AQMA .................................................................................. 4 3.2 Johnstone High Street AQMA ............................................................................... 5 3.3 Renfrew Town Centre AQMA ................................................................................ 6 4. Local Pollution Sources .................................................................................. 7 4.1 Air Quality Action Plan Measures .......................................................................... 8 5. Local Monitoring Equipment ......................................................................... 10 6. Local Monitoring Data ................................................................................... 11 7. Requirements for Revoking of an AQMA ..................................................... 17 8. Air Quality Strategy ........................................................................................ 18 9. Conclusions .................................................................................................... 20 Appendix A: Monitoring Sites Within AQMAs ...................................................... 22 Appendix B: Monitoring Results ........................................................................... 26 Appendix C: Glossary of Terms ............................................................................ 30 List of Tables Table 1 - Declared Air Quality Management Areas ..................................................... 4 Table 2 - Bias Adjustment Factor .............................................................................. 16 Table 3 - Annual Mean NO2 Monitoring Results: Non-Automatic Monitoring (µg/m3) 26 Table 4 - Annual Mean NO2 Monitoring Results: Automatic Monitoring (µg/m3) ........ 28 Table 5 - Annual Mean PM10 Monitoring Results (µg/m3) .......................................... 29 Table 6 - Annual Mean PM2.5 Monitoring Results (µg/m3) ......................................... 29
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL List of Figures Figure 1 - Paisley Town Centre AQMA ........................................................................ 5 Figure 2 - Johnstone High Street AQMA ..................................................................... 6 Figure 3 - Renfrew Town Centre AQMA ...................................................................... 7 Figure 4 - Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Automatic Monitoring Stations ........ 11 Figure 5 - Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Urban Centre, Urban Background, Kerbside) .......................................... 12 Figure 6 - Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 1) ............................................................................................. 12 Figure 7- Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 2) ............................................................................................. 13 Figure 8 - Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 3) ............................................................................................. 13 Figure 9 - Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 4) ............................................................................................. 14 Figure 10 - Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites (Roadside 5) ............................................................................................. 14 Figure 11 - Annual Mean PM10 Concentrations at Automatic Monitoring Sites .......... 15 Figure 12 - Annual Mean PM2.5 Concentrations at Automatic Monitoring Sites ......... 15 Figure 13 - Map of Automatic Monitoring Sites within Renfrewshire .......................... 22 Figure 14 - Map of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites in Paisley AQMA ...................... 23 Figure 15 - Map of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites in Johnstone AQMA ................. 24 Figure 16 - Map of Non-Automatic Monitoring Sites in Renfrew AQMA .................... 25
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL 1. Introduction This report outlines Renfrewshire Council’s proposal to revoke the three Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) within the council area. It has been developed in recognition of the legal requirement on the local authority to work towards Air Quality Strategy (AQS) objectives under Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 (and relevant regulations made under that part) and to meet the requirements of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) statutory process. Renfrewshire Council currently have three AQMAs - Paisley Town Centre (PTC), Renfrew Town Centre (RTC) and Johnstone High Street (JHS). An Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) encompassing all three AQMAs was published in 2019 with a 2024 Update published in April 2024. Since implementation of the 2019 AQAP and the action measures contained therein, there has been a steady improvement of air quality across Renfrewshire Council. As such there have been no exceedances of any air quality objectives within Renfrewshire since 2019 and it is now the Council’s intention to revoke all three AQMAs. This report details the air quality monitoring levels and trends over the years which provides evidence in favour of the revocations. It shall be submitted to statutory consultees for approval (the Scottish Government and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency) following which the final AQMA Revocation Orders will be submitted to the relevant Council Board for approval by elected members. Thereafter the revocation notice shall be widely publicised through local media to the public and local businesses. Following revocation of the AQMAs it is proposed that the action measures contained within the 2019 and 2024 AQAPs be incorporated into a Renfrewshire Council Local Air Quality Strategy. This demonstrates the Council’s commitment to maintaining and improving air quality further within Renfrewshire, ensuring that air quality action measures remain in place and that air quality retains a significant profile.
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL 2. Local Air Quality Management Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 required the UK Government and devolved administrations to publish a national Air Quality Strategy and establish the process of Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) and air quality objectives (AQOs) for specified pollutants that must not be exceeded. The LAQM process places an obligation on all local authorities to regularly review and assess air quality in their areas, and to determine whether or not the air quality objectives are likely to be achieved. Where an exceedance is considered likely, the local authority must declare an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) and prepare an Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) setting out the measures it intends to put in place in order to improve air quality in that area and achieve and maintain the air quality objectives. Renfrewshire Council fulfils its LAQM duties by monitoring NO2 and particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) via three continuous automatic analysers and a network of approximately sixty NO2 diffusion tube sites located throughout the council area both within and out with the AQMAs. Results from this monitoring are assessed and an Annual Progress Report (APR) is produced each year in line with statutory guidance and submitted to the Scottish Government and SEPA for approval. Previous monitoring and modelling studies had identified exceedances of the air quality objectives over the years resulting in the declaration of the three AQMAs; Paisley Town Centre in 2009 and Johnstone High Street and Renfrew Town Centre in 2016. A Renfrewshire wide AQAP was published in 2019 encompassing all three AQMAs, following which there has been a steady improvement of air quality across all of Renfrewshire. As such there have been no exceedances of any air quality objectives within Renfrewshire since 2019. The most recent APR, the 2024 Annual Progress Report, concludes that there continues to be no exceedances of either the NO2 or PM10/PM2.5 AQOs at any of the automatic and passive monitoring locations within Renfrewshire following a review of the 2023 monitoring data. The APR also detailed the Council’s intention to revoke all three AQMAs based on the monitoring data. The 2024 APR has been approved by
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL the Scottish Government and SEPA and their appraisal comments support this revocation decision. 3. Renfrewshire’s Air Quality Management Areas A summary of Renfrewshire’s AQMAs can be found in Table 1 with a more detailed description of each AQAM in the following sections.
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL Table 1 - Declared Air Quality Management Areas 3.1 Paisley Town Centre AQMA Paisley is Renfrewshire’s largest town with a population in excess of 70,000. The town centre is a mix of historic buildings, commercial and residential premises within a compact area. A ring road around the town centre intercepts all the main routes converging on Paisley. AQMA Name Pollutants and Air Quality Objective s City / Town Description Action Plan Paisley Town Centre (PTC) NO2 annual mean NO2 1- hour mean PM10 24- hour mean Paisley An area encompassing a large part of central Paisley and extending a short distance along some radial roads Renfrewshire Council Air Quality Action Plan 2019: http://www.renfrewshire .gov.uk/airquality Johnstone High Street (JHS) NO2 annual mean Johnsto ne From the junction of High Street and Peockland Place; thence along High Street to the junction of Barrochan Road and Napier Street Renfrewshire Council Air Quality Action Plan 2019: http://www.renfrewshire .gov.uk/airquality Renfrew Town Centre (RTC) NO2 annual mean NO2 1- hour mean Renfrew From the junction of Paisley Road, Inchinnan Road, Hairst Street and Glebe Street; thence along Glebe Street to property number 4 Glebe St; thence along Paisley Road to the junction of Donaldson Drive; thence along Inchinnan Road to the junction of Longcroft Drive; thence along Hairst Street to the junction with Canal Street and High Street; thence along Canal St to the junction with Ferry Road Renfrewshire Council Air Quality Action Plan 2019: http://www.renfrewshire .gov.uk/airquality
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL The PTC AQMA, shown in Figure 1, was declared in August 2009 for exceedances of the annual mean NO2 and PM10 objectives and the 1-hr mean NO2 objective. The last exceedance within the AQMA was in 2014 when the NO2 annual mean objective level of 40µg/m3 was exceeded at five diffusion tube sites, the highest annual mean being 48.1µg/m3. The last exceedance of the NO2 1-hour mean objective (200µg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 18 times/year) was in 2013. The last exceedance of the PM10 annual mean objective (18µg/m3) was in 2014 with a level of 21.2 µg/m3 measured at the Gordon St continuous monitor. Figure 1 - Paisley Town Centre AQMA 3.2 Johnstone High Street AQMA Johnstone is a town with a population of approximately 16,000. The town is set around a traditional grid pattern of streets and public spaces with the High Street running through the centre. Traffic congestion has been a significant issue on the High St and this, combined with a high volume of bus operations and canyon type
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL topography, had previously resulted in several hot spot locations where air quality objectives were being exceeded. The JHS AQMA, shown in Figure 2, was declared in August 2016 for exceedances of the NO2 annual mean objective and extends along the entire High Street. The last exceedance was in 2017 when the NO2 annual mean objective level of 40µg/m3 was marginally exceeded at one diffusion tube site with a level of 40.6µg/m3 (after bias adjustment and distance correction). Figure 2 - Johnstone High Street AQMA 3.3 Renfrew Town Centre AQMA Renfrew is the second largest settlement in Renfrewshire with a population in excess of 20,000. The town centre is compact and comprises of commercial buildings and residential property, mainly in the form of tenement buildings. The RTC AQMA, shown in Figure 3, was declared in August 2016 for exceedances of both the NO2 annual and 1-hour mean objectives. The boundary extends across
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL the main junction within the town centre (Inchinnan Road, Hairst Street, Glebe Street and Paisley Road). This is a complex junction as a result of its physical layout and presents traffic management challenges in terms of signal staging and can result in congestion particularly at peak times. The last exceedance within the Renfrew Town Centre AQMA was in 2019 when the NO2 annual mean statutory objective level of 40µg/m3 was marginally exceeded at one diffusion tube site on Inchinnan Road with a level of 41.1µg/m3 (after bias adjustment and distance correction). Figure 3 - Renfrew Town Centre AQMA 4. Local Pollution Sources A source apportionment study, the process whereby the contribution of different pollutant sources to ambient concentrations is quantified, was undertaken across all three AQMAs in 2015. As previously detailed, the pollutants of concern within Renfrewshire are NO2 and PM10. A variety of sources contribute to the levels of these pollutants within the
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL AQMAs including background pollutant concentrations, transport, commercial and industrial sources. With regards to NO2, the findings from the 2015 study identified the main source (of NOx) across all the AQMAs to be from local road traffic sources. The percentage contribution of road traffic sources varied between 61.1% and up to 90.5%, dependant on location, with background NOx concentrations accounting for the remaining proportion. Of the local traffic sources, cars were identified as the main contributor at all locations other than Smithhills St in Paisley where buses were identified as the main source (this is a main bus stand location within the town centre). With regards to particulate matter (PM10), a significant proportion of this comes from sources outside of the council area and even out with the UK. The source apportionment study confirmed this by identifying background sources as the main source with contributions varying between 62% and 85.7%. PM10 from local road traffic sources accounted for the remaining proportion of which cars and buses were the most significant contributors. For a comprehensive understanding of the study please refer to the original Source Apportionment Study, a copy of which can be requested from Environment, Housing and Infrastructure. 4.1 Air Quality Action Plan Measures The information on pollutant sources obtained from the source apportionment study was then used during selection of the action measures presented within the 2019 Air Quality Action Plan and 2024 Air Quality Action Plan Update. This ensured that action measures were targeted towards the predominant sources of emissions within each AQMA. A total of 16 measures were included within the 2019 AQAP. Some measures were specific to a particular AQMA, and some were generic measures offering Renfrewshire wide air quality improvements. Given the main source of NO2 emissions was identified to be road transport, priority was given to measures aimed at addressing transport planning and infrastructure works, tackling emissions from
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL congestion via various means, promoting low emissions transport and encouraging active travel alternatives. Renfrewshire Council has taken forward a number of the AQAP measures since its publication in 2019 in pursuit of improving local air quality and meeting the air quality objectives within the shortest possible time. Key measures/projects that have been successfully delivered include: • City Deals Projects - GAIA (Glasgow Airport Investment Area) works completed and infrastructure in use. Two AMIDS (Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland) buildings now complete and occupied; • Upgrades & Improvements to the Council’s Urban Traffic Control (UTC) system - to ensure full optimisation of traffic signals in order to reduce congestion; • Continual improvements to the Council fleet via the annual vehicle replacement capital programme and an increase of electric vehicles and associated charging infrastructure; • Introduction of Renfrewshire Council’s Corporate Sustainable Travel Planning Scheme including the provision of staff pool cars with the majority of these (approximately 50) being electric vehicles; • Vehicle Idling Awareness Raising - regular targeted campaigns including a School Parking Campaign which by August 2019, all 49 Primary schools in Renfrewshire were engaged in; • Cycle Strategy – construction of various infrastructure projects as per the Cycle Strategy priorities including the Paisley to Renfrew and Inchinnan Active Travel Routes. Provision of the Cycle to Work Scheme for Council employees; and • Upgrading of the fleet tracking telemetric system completed in 2023/24.
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL 5. Local Monitoring Equipment Renfrewshire Council monitors NO2 and particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) via three continuous automatic analysers and a network of approximately sixty NO2 diffusion tube sites located throughout the council area both within and out with the AQMAs. Automatic analysers are located within the Johnstone High Street AQMA (REN02 - Johnstone), the Renfrew Town Centre AQMA (REN03 - Renfrew Inchinnan Road) and adjacent to the M8 motorway in Renfrew (REN1 - Renfrew Cockels Loan). An automatic continuous monitor located on Gordon St in Paisley was decommissioned in November 2021 due to its age and condition. No exceedances had been recorded in Paisley Town Centre for over five years, from either the continuous monitor or from the numerous diffusion tube sites therefore justifying the decision to decommission the site. Maps showing the location of the monitoring sites relevant to the AQMAs are provided in Appendix A. For full details of the monitoring sites (including site IDs, designation, address, NGR, dates of operation, distance to relevant exposure and distance to kerb of nearest road), please refer to the Council’s most recent 2024 APR.
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL 6. Local Monitoring Data The 2024 Annual Progress Report (APR) concludes that there continues to be no exceedances of either the NO2 or PM10/PM2.5 AQOs at any of the automatic and passive monitoring locations within Renfrewshire following a review of the 2023 monitoring data. The highest NO2 concentration recorded in 2023 was 37.7µg/m3 at a diffusion tube within the Renfrew Town Centre AQMA. After distance correction to the nearest relevant exposure, this concentration was 37.4µg/m3. As such, there have been no exceedances of any air quality objectives at any monitoring locations within Renfrewshire since 2019 (4 years of compliance). The last exceedance within 2019 was located within the Renfrew AQMA at the same diffusion tube site as mentioned above (Renfrew 8), with a marginal exceedance level of 41.1µg/m3 (after bias adjustment and distance correction) for NO2. Within the Johnstone High Street AQMA there have been no exceedances since 2017 (6 years compliant) and within the Paisley Town Centre AQMA since 2014 (9 years compliant). A summary of the monitoring results for each site between 2019 to 2023 is provided in Appendix B and trend graphs for this same period are provided below. Figure 4 - Annual Mean NO2 Concentrations at Automatic Monitoring Stations
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL With regards to the trend graphs, it can be seen from the data that the monitored concentrations of NO2 during 2023 show a slight increase compared to the previous year’s downward trends. This is due to the bias adjustment factor used for 2023 being significantly higher than for previous years (a factor of 1.31) and is the likely cause for most of the observed increases in NO2 concentrations. The reasoning behind the use of this higher bias adjustment factor is detailed within the Council’s 2024 APR but essentially the council decided to choose the local calculated factor of 1.31 rather than the national bias adjustment factor of 0.74, in order to show a worst- case conservative approach. SEPA were consulted on this matter and supported the Council on this decision. For comparison, a summary of bias adjustment factors used by Renfrewshire Council over the past five years is presented in Table 2. Table 2 - Bias Adjustment Factor Year Local or National If National, Version of National Spreadsheet Adjustment Factor 2023 Local - 1.31 2022 Local - 1.06 2021 National 03/22 1.12 2020 Local - 1.20 2019 Local - 0.89 Despite using this conservative bias adjustment factor, there were still no exceedances of NO2 within the council area. Additionally, the annual average concentrations at diffusion tube sites were significantly less than 60 µg/m3. It is therefore highly unlikely that there are any exceedances of the 1-hour mean objective at any of these sites. Concentrations of the annual mean and relevant short-term objectives for PM10 and PM2.5 recorded at all automatic monitoring sites also remain below AQO levels. Given the length of time since any exceedances within the AQMAs and the general downward trend in monitoring data, Renfrewshire Council are confident that future exceedances of air quality objectives are unlikely.
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL 7. Requirements for Revoking of an AQMA Local authorities may amend or revoke an AQMA as set out under section 83(2) of the Environment Act 1995 Act where it appears, following an air quality review, that the air quality objectives are being achieved and will continue to do so. Whilst there are no set criteria on which an amendment or revocation decision should be based, with the Scottish Government considering each request on a case-by-case basis, it is expected that a minimum requirement will normally be at least three consecutive years where the objectives of concern are being achieved and where monitoring data demonstrates that further exceedances of the objectives are unlikely to occur. These requirements are detailed within the Scottish Government’s LAQM Policy and Technical Statutory Guidance documents. LAQM.PG(24) (policy) states: “It is expected to justify an amendment or revocation that a minimum requirement will normally be at least three consecutive years where the objectives of concern are being achieved and where monitoring data demonstrates that further exceedances of the objectives are unlikely to occur”. LAQM.TG(22) (technical) states that: “In some instances if compelling evidence exists, detailed modelling to support the decision to amend/revoke an AQMA may not be necessary and an AQMA may be amended or revoked following a screening assessment or on the basis of robust monitoring evidence.” It is considered that sufficient supporting information and monitoring data to justify the proposed revocation of Renfrewshire’s AQMAs has been included within this report in order to allow approval by the Scottish Government and SEPA. Following approval, Renfrewshire Council will notify all other statutory consultees, businesses, members of the public and other interested parties in the vicinity of the AQMA of the proposed revocation.
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL 8. Air Quality Strategy Following revocation of an AQMA, LAQM.PG(24) recommends that the local authority should consider replacing the AQAP (which has served its purpose) with a local air quality strategy, although there is no statutory obligation to do so. Adopting such a strategy would ensure air quality retains a high public profile and measures remain in place to continue to improve air quality in the area and prevent any future deterioration towards exceedances of the AQOs. Where an air quality strategy is developed, the ongoing measures contained in the final AQAP should form the basis of the relevant content of the strategy, but consideration should also be given to the wider air quality in the local authority area and the strategic approaches required to ensure the authority maintains compliance with the AQOs and continues to reduce emissions. Following revocation of the AQMAs, it is the intention of Renfrewshire Council to incorporate the measures contained within the 2024 AQAP Update into a Renfrewshire Council Air Quality Strategy to demonstrate the Council’s commitment to improving the air quality within Renfrewshire on an ongoing basis to improve health. Priority measures within the Strategy would include: • Continue progress with the significant new road and cycle infrastructure projects which are part of the City Deals and AMIDS South projects, including the opening of the Renfrew bridge and Renfrew North by-pass road in 2025; • Publication of a new Renfrewshire Local Transport Strategy and development of a Paisley Town Centre Transport Strategy; • Continuation with the upgrade and development of the cycling network as per the Renfrewshire Council Cycle Strategy priorities; • Improvement of the council’s fleet, funded via the Council’s Vehicle Replacement Capital Programme. This includes the replacement of older fossil vehicles with newer fleet vehicles with better emission standards, electric where feasible and the introduction of HVO as an alternative fuel for some of the fleet;
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Appendix 2 Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 OFFICIAL 9. Conclusions Renfrewshire Council has been undertaking work to improve air quality and public health for many years. The Council’s Paisley Town Centre AQMA was declared in 2009 and the Johnstone High Street and Renfrew Town Centre AQMAs declared in 2016. A Renfrewshire wide AQAP was published in 2019 and subsequently updated in 2024. Since implementation of the 2019 AQAP and the action measures contained therein, there has been a steady improvement of air quality across Renfrewshire Council. As such, measured concentrations of NO2 and particulate matter have consistently been below the air quality objective levels for several consecutive years with the last exceedance being in 2019. This 2019 exceedance was located within the RTC AQMA when the NO2 annual mean statutory objective level of 40µg/m3 was marginally exceeded at one diffusion tube site with a level of 41.1µg/m3. Within Renfrew there has now been 4 years of compliance with air quality objective levels. Within the JHS AQMA there have been no exceedances since 2017 (6 years compliant) and within the PTC AQMA since 2014 (9 years compliant). The trend graphs detailed in Figures 4 – 12 show a general decreasing trend in pollutant levels, other than a slight increase seen in 2023. However, this has been shown to be due to the significantly higher (more conservative) bias adjustment factor used for this year. The Council have also demonstrated their commitment to ensuring that air quality improvements continue, and actions measures remain in place by noting their intention to produce a Renfrewshire Council Air Quality Strategy incorporating the existing AQAP measures. Taking these matters into consideration, together with the length of time since exceedances of the objectives, revocation of the three AQMAs is now proposed, in accordance with the requirements of the Scottish Government’s Local Air Quality Management Policy Guidance 2023 (PG(S)(23)). The evidence compiled in this report supports this recommendation. Renfrewshire Council is therefore requesting
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Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 22 OFFICIAL Appendix A: Monitoring Sites Within AQMAs Figure 13 - Map of Automatic Monitoring Sites within Renfrewshire
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Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 26 OFFICIAL Appendix B: Monitoring Results Table 3 - Annual Mean NO2 Monitoring Results: Non-Automatic Monitoring (µg/m3) Diffusion Tube ID X OS Grid Ref (Eastin g) Y OS Grid Ref (Northin g) Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Within AQMA 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Paisley1 248350 664082 Urban Centre 82.7 Yes - PTC 21.3 16.1 14.9 13.5 15.2 Paisley2 247925 664052 Urban Background 90.4 Yes - PTC 14.6 10.9 9.6 11.9 10.0 Paisley3 249002 662138 Urban Background 92.3 No 11.6 8.9 7.4 6.8 8.8 Renfrew8 250589 667547 Kerbside 100.0 Yes - RTC 41.4 40.2* 29.8 30.2 37.7 Renfrew17 251524 666287 Roadside 100.0 No 32.0 26.3 22.9 23.5 22.1 Paisley19 245701 663603 Roadside 100.0 No 24.9 24.1 22.5 17.9 17.4 Johnstone20 242675 663286 Kerbside 100.0 Yes - JHS 28.7 25.5 20.2 19.3 23.5 Paisley21 248316 663612 Roadside 100.0 Yes - PTC 27.6 25.7 21.9 18.6 19.1 Paisley33 248277 663524 Roadside 100.0 Yes - PTC 28.8 27.7 24.1 19.4 22.2 Paisley35 248360 664272 Roadside 100.0 Yes - PTC 31.1 31.5 25.7 21.9 26.2 Paisley36 247948 664774 Roadside 100.0 Yes - PTC 28.2 27.7 26.5 20.5 24.4 Renfrew40 250763 667631 Roadside 100.0 Yes - RTC 25.8 21.6 18.7 16.4 18.0 Paisley43 248481 664154 Roadside 92.3 Yes - PTC 26.7 20.4 20.5 15.0 14.9 Paisley44 248209 664474 Roadside 100.0 Yes - PTC 21.9 16.3 16.1 15.5 17.6 Renfrew45 251803 667365 Kerbside 92.3 No 21.5 20.3 18.4 14.9 18.4 Renfrew48 251264 666217 Roadside 100.0 No 29.1 24.8 20.9 17.7 21.6 Paisley50 248985 665494 Roadside 100.0 No 24.3 21.8 17.9 17.3 18.7 Renfrew52 251515 666955 Roadside 100.0 No 25.3 24.9 21.2 17.3 19.7 Renfrew56 250579 667488 Roadside 100.0 Yes – RTC 26.3 24.4 20.9 19.5 22.6 Renfrew57 250597 667473 Roadside 100.0 Yes – RTC 24.4 18.1 19.0 12.9 16.8
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Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 27 OFFICIAL Diffusion Tube ID X OS Grid Ref (Eastin g) Y OS Grid Ref (Northin g) Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Within AQMA 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Johnstone59 242656 663281 Kerbside 100.0 Yes – JHS 37.9 39.5 34.4 30.9 29.9 Paisley60 247525 664326 Roadside 100.0 Yes – PTC 33.6 30.1 24.5 22.3 25.3 Kilbarchan61 240584 663007 Roadside 100.0 No 30.2 26.0 26.1 18.7 21.1 Renfrew62 250463 665934 Roadside 100.0 No 34.3 30.5 25.3 21.9 24.9 Paisley63 249159 665710 Roadside 92.3 No 29.4 25.2 25.2 20.9 23.5 Kilbarchan65 240599 663000 Roadside 92.3 No 30.3 25.8 20.9 16.9 19.4 Kilbarchan66 240573 663021 Roadside 100.0 No 22.3 18.1 15.9 14.1 13.8 Kilbarchan67 240512 663027 Roadside 100.0 No 17.5 18.6 13.2 10.3 11.0 Renfrew68 250522 667419 Roadside 100.0 Yes – RTC 23.8 21.0 16.4 17.4 19.5 Renfrew69 250537 667602 Roadside 100.0 Yes – RTC 29.9 25.0 32.4 25.3 35.6 Renfrew70 250599 667561 Roadside 40.4 Yes - RTC 25.4 26.9 17.4 18.1 20.6 Renfrew71 251729 666360 Roadside 100.0 No 29.2 26.2 24.4 19.1 23.8 Johnstone72 243080 663140 Roadside 100.0 Yes – JHS 23.4 20.2 19.9 13.6 17.2 Paisley73 248566 664072 Roadside 100.0 Yes – PTC 26.1 27.0 22.5 17.7 22.8 Paisley74 248313 663621 Roadside 100.0 Yes – PTC 27.8 28.6 23.0 18.7 19.3 Renfrew75 250853 667747 Roadside 100.0 Yes – RTC 22.1 21.1 20.2 13.9 16.1 Paisley78 248339 662576 Roadside 100.0 No 26.6 24.4 24.0 16.8 19.2 Paisley79 248632 664212 Roadside 100.0 Yes – PTC 27.8 32.0 24.6 20.0 20.0 Paisley80 249653 664123 Roadside 90.4 No 23.9 23.7 18.4 14.9 17.2 Paisley82 247513 664024 Roadside 100.0 Yes – PTC 28.9 36.1 28.1 24.3 28.3 Paisley83 247671 663913 Kerbside 100.0 Yes – PTC 33.2 25.1 22.7 21.8 21.6 Paisley84 251254 667876 Roadside 100.0 No 23.1 16.8 14.9 13.1 14.6 Johnstone85 242622 663306 Roadside 100.0 Yes – JHS 25.0 30.2 24.5 19.9 26.9 Johnstone86 242495 663358 Roadside 100.0 Yes – JHS 27.0 29.9 19.0 19.2 24.7 Paisley89 248467 664303 Roadside 100.0 Yes - PTC 30.4 24.9 23.2 20.0 23.2 Renfrew90 250567 667558 Roadside 100.0 Yes - RTC 24.4 21.4 20.1 17.2 22.8 Lochwin92 234904 658634 Roadside 100.0 No - 14.8 14.3 13.5 13.7 Lochwin93 235280 658877 Roadside 100.0 No - 14.1 16.7 11.1 12.3
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Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 28 OFFICIAL Diffusion Tube ID X OS Grid Ref (Eastin g) Y OS Grid Ref (Northin g) Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Within AQMA 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Paisley94 248186 663925 Roadside 92.3 Yes – PTC - 21.0 19.0 17.9 18.8 Paisley96 248998 665204 Roadside 90.4 No - 24.2 21.2 16.9 16.7 Renfrew97 250610 667534 Kerbside 100.0 Yes – RTC - - 30.5 28.5 30.9 Johnstone99 242584 663307 Roadside 100.0 Yes - JHS - - 35.4 25.7 32.7 Johnstone100 242643 663285 Roadside 100.0 Yes - JHS - - 31.8 24.3 28.8 Renfrew101 250656 667457 Roadside 100.0 No - - 19.5 17.8 20.0 Paisley102 248363 663752 Roadside 100.0 Yes – PTC - - - 19.1 19.6 Paisley103 247486 665285 Roadside 7.7 No - - - 13.1 - Paisley105 248425 664192 Roadside 92.3 Yes – PTC - - - 16.6 19.9 Paisley106 248477 664189 Roadside 90.4 Yes – PTC - - - 17.7 26.5 Johnstone107 242503 663335 Roadside 92.3 Yes – JHS - - - 20.6 26.7 Paisley108 248355 664180 Roadside 92.3 Yes - PTC - - - 14.7 18.0 *Renfrew8 DT - Following distance correction in line with LAQM guidance, DT8 reported just below the AQO at 39.9µg/m3 and therefore not considered an exceedance. Table 4 - Annual Mean NO2 Monitoring Results: Automatic Monitoring (µg/m3) Site ID Site Type Monitoring Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Within AQMA 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 REN1 Roadside Automatic 43.6 No 31.1 20.9 24.5 22.4 20.3 REN03 Roadside Automatic 89.7 Yes - RTC 24.1 19.9 19.0 19.7 23.6
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Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 29 OFFICIAL Table 5 - Annual Mean PM10 Monitoring Results (µg/m3) Site ID Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2023 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 REN02 Roadside 98.9 98.9 16.3 10.2 13.7 12.9 13.4 REN02 Corrected* Roadside 98.9 98.9 17.9 11.3 15.1 14.2 14.7 Table 6 - Annual Mean PM2.5 Monitoring Results (µg/m3) Site ID Site Type Valid Data Capture for Monitoring Period (%) (1) Valid Data Capture 2023 (%) (2) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 REN02 Roadside 99.0 99.0 7.9 5.5 6.0 6.1 6.9 REN02 Corrected* Roadside 99.0 99.0 8.4 5.9 6.3 6.5 7.3 *PM10 and PM2.5 data have been corrected in line with the Scottish Government Guidance Note in relation to the measurement of ambient Particulate Matter (PM) and the LAQM reporting of measured concentrations, issued in May 2023. PM10 data have been corrected by dividing the ratified data by 0.909. PM2.5 data have been corrected by multiplying the ratified data by 1.06. Both the corrected and uncorrected values have been reported for completeness, as per the Scottish Government Guidance Note.
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Renfrewshire Council AQMA Revocation Report 2024 30 OFFICIAL Appendix C: Glossary of Terms Abbreviation Description AQAP Air Quality Action Plan - A detailed description of measures, outcomes, achievement dates and implementation methods, showing how the local authority intends to achieve air quality limit values’ AQMA Air Quality Management Area – An area where air pollutant concentrations exceed / are likely to exceed the relevant air quality objectives. AQMAs are declared for specific pollutants and objectives AQS Air Quality Strategy APR Annual Progress Report LAQM Local Air Quality Management LAQM.PG(24) Local Air Quality Management – Policy Guidance PG (Scotland) (2024) LAQM.TG(22) Local Air Quality Management – Policy Guidance PG (Scotland) (2024) NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide NOx Nitrogen Oxides PM10 Airborne particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10µm (micrometres or microns) or less PM2.5 Airborne particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5µm or less
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Appendix 3 AQMA Revocation Order Renfrewshire Council Environment Act 1995, Part IV, Section 83(2) Renfrewshire Council, Paisley Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025 (Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No.1 (Amended)) Order revoking an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) Whereas Renfrewshire Council (“the Council”) having caused to be conducted a review and assessment of air quality in Paisley is satisfied that the air quality objectives in respect of both the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual mean and one hour mean objectives and the particulate matter (PM10) annual mean objective as specified in the Air Quality (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (as amended by the Air Quality (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 and 2016) will be met in the area described in the Schedule below for reasons of previous, current and projected compliance with the relevant air quality objectives. The Council in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 83(2) of the Environment Act 1995 hereby makes the following Revocation Order for the Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No.1 (Amended) designated in 2009. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. The AQMA known as the Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No. 1 (Amended) designated for a breach/likely breach of both the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual mean and one hour mean objectives and the particulate matter (PM10) annual mean objective and as described in the Schedule below shall be revoked. 2. The Order shall be cited as the Renfrewshire Council, Paisley Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025. 3. The Order shall come into force on 19 March 2025. 4. The Order and Schedule referred to herein may be inspected free of charge at www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/2752/Air-quality-in-Renfrewshire. If you cannot access the documents on-line, please contact the Council on e-prot.es@renfrewshire.gov.uk or by telephone on 0300 300 0380 to request a paper copy. Signed on behalf of Renfrewshire Council, Gerard Hannah Head of Climate, Public Protection and Roads Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Renfrewshire Council, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1BR 19 March 2025
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Appendix 3 Schedule to Renfrewshire Council, Paisley Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025 The designated area shaded in blue on the attached map and known as the Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No.1 (Amended) shall be revoked. The designated area consists of the following locations: The area enclosed within the following boundary line and including all properties within 20 metres measured from the kerb of the boundary roads. Where the boundary transects part of a property, it shall be taken to include the whole of that property (including the building and open space). From the junction of Maxwellton Street, George Street and Canal Street; thence along Maxwellton Street to the junction of Maxwellton Court; thence along Maxwellton Street to the junction of George Street, Maxwellton Street and Canal Street; thence along George Street to the junction of Broomlands St and George Street; thence along Broomlands Street to the junction with Maxwellton Street; thence along the Paisley Ring Road north and then east onto Underwood Road to the junction with St James Street and Caledonia Street; thence along Caledonia Street to the junction with Greenock Road, Murray Street and Albion Street; thence along Albion Street to the junction with Love Street; thence along Love Street to the junction with Inchinnan Road and Springbank Road; thence along Cartvale Lane to New Sneddon Street; thence along New Sneddon Street to the junction with Wallace Street and Carlile Place; thence along Carlile Place and across the White Cart Water at the foot bridge to Abercorn Street; thence along Abercorn Street to the junction with Hamilton Street; thence east along Hamilton Street to the junction with Renfrew Road; thence along Renfrew Road onto Incle Street to the junction with Glasgow Road, Mill Street and Gauze Street and including the properties located at East Buchanan Street, East Buchanan Mews and Garthland Lane; thence along Glasgow Road to the junction with Greenlaw Avenue and McKerrell Street; thence along Glasgow Road to the junction with Mill Street; thence along Mill Street then Gordon Street to the junction with Causeyside Street and Canal St; thence along Causeyside Street to the junction with Espedair Street and Stevenson Street thence along Causeyside Street to the junction with Canal Street; thence along Canal Street to the junction with Maxwellton St and George St.
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Appendix 4 AQMA Revocation Order Renfrewshire Council Environment Act 1995, Part IV, Section 83(2) Renfrewshire Council, Johnstone Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025 (Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No. 2, Johnstone) Order revoking an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) Whereas Renfrewshire Council (“the Council”) having caused to be conducted a review and assessment of air quality in Johnstone is satisfied that the air quality objective in respect of the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual mean objective as specified in the Air Quality (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (as amended by the Air Quality (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 and 2016) will be met in the area described in the Schedule below for reasons of previous, current and projected compliance with the relevant air quality objective. The Council in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 83(2) of the Environment Act 1995 hereby makes the following Revocation Order for the Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No. 2, Johnstone designated in 2016. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. The AQMA known as Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No. 2, Johnstone designated for a breach/likely breach of the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual mean objective and as described in the Schedule below shall be revoked. 2. The Order shall be cited as the Renfrewshire Council, Johnstone Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025. 3. The Order shall come into force on 19 March 2025. 4. The Order and Schedule referred to herein may be inspected free of charge at www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/2752/Air-quality-in-Renfrewshire. If you cannot access the documents on-line, please contact the Council on e-prot.es@renfrewshire.gov.uk or by telephone on 0300 300 0380 to request a paper copy. Signed on behalf of Renfrewshire Council, Gerard Hannah Head of Climate, Public Protection and Roads Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Renfrewshire Council, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1BR 19 March 2025
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Appendix 4 Schedule to Renfrewshire Council, Johnstone Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025 The designated area shaded in blue on the attached map and known as the Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No. 2, Johnstone shall be revoked. The designated area consists of the following locations: The area enclosed within the following boundary line and including all properties within 20 metres measured from the kerb of the boundary roads. Where the boundary transects part of a property, it shall be taken to include the whole of that property (including the building and open space). From the junction of High Street and Peockland Place; thence along High Street to the junction of Barrochan Road and Napier Street.
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Appendix 5 AQMA Revocation Order Renfrewshire Council Environment Act 1995, Part IV, Section 83(2) Renfrewshire Council, Renfrew Town Centre Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025 (Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No. 3, Renfrew Town Centre) Order revoking an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) Whereas Renfrewshire Council (“the Council”) having caused to be conducted a review and assessment of air quality in Renfrew Town Centre is satisfied that the air quality objectives in respect of the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual mean and one hour mean objectives as specified in the Air Quality (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (as amended by the Air Quality (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 and 2016) will be met in the area described in the Schedule below for reasons of previous, current and projected compliance with the relevant air quality objectives. The Council in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 83(2) of the Environment Act 1995 hereby makes the following Revocation Order for the Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No. 3, Renfrew Town Centre designated in 2016. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. The AQMA known as the Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No. 3, Renfrew Town Centre designated for a breach/likely breach of the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual mean and one hour mean objectives and as described in the Schedule below shall be revoked. 2. The Order shall be cited as the Renfrewshire Council, Renfrew Town Centre Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025. 3. The Order shall come into force on 19 March 2025. 4. The Order and Schedule referred to herein may be inspected free of charge at www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/2752/Air-quality-in-Renfrewshire. If you cannot access the documents on-line, please contact the Council on e-prot.es@renfrewshire.gov.uk or by telephone on 0300 300 0380 to request a paper copy. Signed on behalf of Renfrewshire Council, Gerard Hannah Head of Climate, Public Protection and Roads Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Renfrewshire Council, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1BR 19 March 2025
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Appendix 5 Schedule to Renfrewshire Council, Renfrew Town Centre Air Quality Management Area, Revocation Order 2025 The designated area shaded in blue on the attached map and known as the Renfrewshire Air Quality Management Area Order No. 3, Renfrew Town Centre shall be revoked. The designated area consists of the following locations: The area enclosed within the following boundary line and including all properties within 20 metres measured from the kerb of the boundary roads. Where the boundary transects part of a property, it shall be taken to include the whole of that property (including the building and open space). From the junction of Paisley Road, Inchinnan Road, Hairst Street and Glebe Street; thence along Glebe Street to property number 4 Glebe St; thence along Paisley Road to the junction of Donaldson Drive; thence along Inchinnan Road to the junction of Longcroft Drive; thence along Hairst Street to the junction with Canal Street and High Street; thence along Canal St to the junction with Ferry Road.