Policy information sourced from the Watford Local Plan 2021-2038.
CC8.4: Managing Air Quality
Development will be supported where it minimises emissions that would contribute towards a worsening of existing air quality and seeks to improve existing air quality. Appropriate mitigation measures will be required to address any potential impact on air quality, along with encouraging the provision of electric vehicle charging points where parking is provided.
All major developments and other forms of development that are considered to be at risk of impacts resulting from significant emissions or pollutants will need to consider air quality. This includes, but is not limited to, development where the occupiers/ users may be sensitive to poor air quality and development in close proximity to an Air Quality Management Area. Proposals will be required to consider the cumulative impacts in conjunction with other developments in the vicinity and include mitigation measures where necessary.
- Where a development would cause harm to air quality, planning permission will not be granted unless appropriate mitigation measures are proposed, which demonstrate that:Public exposure to the pollution source has been minimised;
- Sensitive development has been located an appropriate distance away from the source of exposure; and
- The development would not lead to the creation of a new street canyon or a building configuration that inhibits effective pollution dispersion.
For more information, please see the Watford Local Plan 2021-2038.