Air pollution
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council continues to promote good air quality. We monitor the current levels of air quality against National Objectives at a number of locations across the Borough.
Our 3 automatic monitoring stations are at:
- Eaglescliffe School, monitoring for NO2, PM2.5 and PM10
- Nelson Terrace, monitoring for NO2 and PM2.5
- Cowpen Depot, monitoring for NO2
During the 2022 monitoring period, we did not report any pollutants over the annual mean objective at any monitoring location across the Borough.
The most recent data shows a general trend of reductions for NO2 at all automatic sites compared to 2021.
The levels of PM2.5 have increased slightly from 8.3µg/m3 in 2021 to 8.6µg/m3 at Eaglescliffe, whilst at Stockton A1305 the levels have also increased slightly from 7.9µg/m3 in 2021 to 8.7µg/m3 in 2022.
PM10 at Eaglescliffe also increased slightly from 13.5µg/m3 in 2021 to 14.4µg/m3 in 2022. The annual objective for this pollutant is 40µg/m3 therefore the annual objective is not exceeded.
The increase in particulate matter has been attributed to 'high pollution episodes' in March 2022 due to high levels of particulate matter arriving from Europe.
This data and analysis has been fully ratified and confirmed by Defra.
A copy of the latest 2023 Air Quality Annual Status Report can be requested from the Environmental Health team by emailing Environmental.Health@stockton.gov.uk or calling 01642 526575.
Clean Air Day
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council is a supporter of Clean Air Day, the UK's largest campaign on air pollution.
Visit Global Action Plan's Clean Air Hub for everything you need to know about air pollution:
- what air pollution is and how it affects your health
- what you can do to protect yourself and others
- what you can do to reduce your contribution to air pollution
You can also check forecasts for Air Quality levels in your area at DEFRA Clean Air.