Overview
The below examples of Annual Review and Assessment Reports (ASRs, L-ASRs, APRs and PRs) demonstrate a range of good practice approaches taken by local authorities. They cover a range of local authority areas all varying in size, extent of monitoring network, and range of emission sources present. The examples have been split into the following regions:
The appraisal team has accepted all of the reports as appropriate and deemed them as meeting the required standard. Their inclusion here as Examples of Good Practice are made on the basis of the overall approach to the annual report taken by the authority, which may prove useful to other authorities embarking on their own Annual Review and Assessment Reporting process.
Please note that some of the example documents provided may not have been made fully accessible. Please contact the relevant local authority if you require an accessible copy.
Documents
England (non-London) ASRs
Bradford City Council: Bradford City Council have provided a good description of current AQAP measures and have included these in Table 2.2. Colour coding to highlight the expected impact of measures, or implementation time is useful. A detailed description of the appropriate QA/QC measures has been provided. This includes evidence of both distance-correction and annualisation calculations.
Bradford City Council 2024 ASR
Released: (DOCX, 21MB, 205 pages)
Broxtowe Borough Council: The report is descriptive and informative throughout with each section providing a significant amount of detail, this is appreciated and encouraged to continue in future ASRs. Overall this report is an example of good practice due to the required information and significant detail provided throughout.
Broxtowe Borough Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 4MB, 146 pages)
Central Bedfordshire Council: The report includes a thorough and detailed assessment for the revocation of AQMA 1. In light of the results, Central Bedfordshire Council included a new monitoring location. It is good practice and it is commended that Central Bedfordshire Council are doing their due diligence by adding a new monitoring location.
Central Bedfordshire Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 4MB, 148 pages)
East Cambridgeshire District Council: Overall, this is a very well written and detailed ASR. The Public Health Outcomes Framework D01 indicator is included within their report, as well as a comparison to England and the Eastern Region. This is an example of good practice and helps provide context for measures that tackle PM2.5 which the council have laid out in good detail. Good detailed figures are provided in Appendix D which clearly show the locations of each monitoring site.
East Cambridgeshire District Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 2.4MB, 41 pages)
Elmbridge Borough Council: The Council have continued to provide clear evidence of several key actions to improve air quality during the current reporting year. One key example is the new “Let’s go Zero” Initiative launched in 2023 to help local schools achieve net zero by 2030 through Elmbridge Borough Council’s partnership with Surrey Air Alliance. The Council have provided excellent mapping of all monitoring locations within the Borough and included AQMA boundaries, which is commended. The Council have also provided clear evidence of local engagement, which is welcomed.
Elmbridge Borough Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 2.4MB, 41 pages)
Hart District Council: An overall good quality report including detailed figures of monitoring locations
Hart District Council ASR 2024
Released: (DOCX, 2.4MB, 41 pages)
Luton Borough Council: Good and well structured report. Luton Borough Council have included additional figures and maps to detail the locations of exceedances. The detailed additional appendices regarding the continuous monitoring network are considered good practice.
Luton Borough Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 31MB, 230 pages)
Malvern Hills District Council: Malvern Hills District Council acknowledged and addressed public concerns by adding an additional diffusion tube location to their monitoring schedule. MHDC are commended for engaging with the public when there are air quality concerns within their jurisdiction. Also included is a comprehensive discussion of PM2.5 concentrations within their jurisdiction. It is commended that they have included background concentrations for PM2.5 within their jurisdiction and have discussed these results with the PM2.5 target.
Malvern Hills District Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 1MB, 43 pages)
North Kesteven District Council: A clear and concise discussion is commended including comparisons between the reporting year 2022 concentrations.
North Kesteven District Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 2MB, 48 pages)
North Warwickshire Borough Council: Maps detailing passive monitoring locations are clearly presented in Appendix D.
North Warwickshire Borough Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 1MB, 54 pages)
Rugby Borough Council: Trends of annual mean NO2 concentrations are clearly presented in detail through both graphs and discussion within the text. A robust comparison with air quality objectives is provided. There are clear maps of the monitoring locations across the council’s area of jurisdiction, including the AQMA boundary.
Rugby Borough Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 1MB, 62 pages)
South Kesteven District Council: The Council have continued to provide clear evidence of several key actions to improve air quality during the current reporting year. One key example is the source apportionment exercise to support the updated AQAP.
South Kesteven District Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 3MB, 72 pages)
Southend Borough Council: The council has included a clear and detailed QA/QC section which includes all the relevant information and calculations.
Southend Borough Council ASR 2024
Released: (PDF, 5MB, 52 pages)
Waverley Borough Council: Clear maps are included and a good QA/QC section.
Waverley Borough Council ASR 2024
Released: (DOCX, 6MB, 91 pages)
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council: A very good ASR, example of good practice
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Released: (DOCX, 28MB, 117 pages)
London Annual Status Reports (L-ASRs)
London Borough of Richmond: Demonstrates a good discussion around Diffusion Tube Monitoring results, monitoring trends and how local influencing factors such as the LEZ have affected local pollutant levels. It includes discussions regarding both London-wide and borough specific measures.
London Borough of Richmond 2019 L-ASR
Released: July 2019 (PDF, 2.3 MB, 68 pages)
London Borough of Sutton: Useful visualisation of data by presenting colour coded maps showing monitoring sites above the Air Quality Objective. Trend analysis is clear and well documented. The report includes a detailed section on management and mitigation measures progress with clearly signposted and well linked references to further information.
London Borough of Sutton 2019 L-ASR
Released: June 2019 (PDF, 1.3 MB, 34 pages)
Scotland Annual Progress Reports (APRs)
Angus Council: A good example of a report where monitored levels of pollutants are comfortably below relevant objectives. A good breakdown of new developments including biomass is included.
Angus Council 2019 APR
Released: July 2019 (PDF, 0.7 MB, 36 pages)
Argyll & Bute Council: Contains a good example of a concise executive summary to give a good overall picture of air quality within the local authority. Good example of how to analyse trends in NO2 in urban areas. The maps contained within the report are well labelled and supported by an overview of all locations and more detailed maps of areas of monitoring.
Argyll & Bute Council 2019 APR
Released: June 2019 (PDF, 3.4 MB, 37 pages)
Dundee City Council: Good example of presenting a large number of measures concisely. The report provides a useful reference for those Councils with exceedances which monitor multiple pollutants. Good analysis of monitoring trends.
Dundee City Council 2019 APR
Released: June 2019 (PDF, 7.4 MB, 132 pages)
East Renfrewshire Council: A good example of an authority which does not have any monitored exceedances of air quality objectives but is putting measures in place to further reduce pollutant levels.
East Renfrewshire Council 2019 APR
Released: June 2019 (PDF, 3.6 MB, 36 pages)
Moray Council: Good example of analysis of Biomass sources and supporting monitoring commentary. Good example of a concise report for where pollutant levels are comfortably below the relevant thresholds.
Moray Council 2019 APR
Released: June 2019 (DOC, 0.6 MB, 43 pages)
Wales Annual Progress Reports (APRs)
North Wales Collaborative Authorities: A good example of a report for combined local authorities.
North Wales Collaborative Authorities 2019 APR
Released: September 2019 (PDF, 3.8 MB, 116 pages)
Northern Ireland Progress Reports (PRs)
Belfast City Council: The report template is followed well with detailed discussion in each section relating to local factors which may influence concentrations. Helpful discussion of planning applications with a summary of how local air quality effects have been assessed and their conclusions.
Belfast City Council 2019 PR
Released: June 2019 (PDF 2.0 MB, 85 pages)
