Air Quality Review and Assessment

The council completed Air Quality Updating and Screening Assessments for Eastbourne in 2003 and 2004, following an initial Review and Assessment completed in June 2000.

These assessments were carried out by the council's Environmental Health service, with technical assistance from the Sussex Air Quality Steering Group.

This group consists of representatives from:

• Councils in East and West Sussex

• NHS Primary Care Trusts in Sussex

• Environment Agency

• University of Sussex

• University of Brighton

The group was set up to provide a means of pooling resources and expertise of the various agencies in the region and agreeing a Sussex Strategy Framework.

The work in the Borough was carried out in accordance with Government guidance, as required by the Environment Act 1995.

Initial work in 2000 identified that the air quality objectives of the National Air Quality Strategy (NAQS) were likely to be met in the required timescales and that no further work was required at that stage.