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
Broxtowe Borough Council: A good report with strong justification to use the national bias factor instead of the local bias factor shows a high level of technical understanding. The colour coded system for explaining missing results in the monthly results is creative and a very helpful way to provide extra detail. The report is descriptive and informative throughout with each section providing a significant amount of detail.
Broxtowe Borough Council ASR 2025
Released: (PDF, 2 MB, 118 pages)
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council: The report contains excellent mapping of the monitoring locations including the AQMA boundary in addition to clear graphs considering the air quality objectives.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council ASR 2025
Released: (PDF, 2 MB, 65 pages)
East Suffolk Council: A well structured report which was signed off by the relevant Director for Public Health. The Council have included indicative monitoring results of the OPCube air quality sensors within the relevant chapters of the ASR and in the appendix. It is commended that the Council included a separate Appendix with the OPCube results to keep them separate to the MCERTS certified monitoring. The Council have also done their due diligence in regard to the erroneous diffusion tube data provided by SOCOTEC in December 2024 which is highlighted in the QAQC chapter.
East Suffolk Council ASR 2025
Released: (PDF, 7 MB, 150 pages)
High Peak Borough Council: A good example of the council providing detailed evidence of progress against last years priorities and the upcoming year. The inclusion of reference to the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) indicator for fractions of mortality attributable to PM2.5 emissions and Defra background maps for additional context regarding base PM levels in the district, is good practice. It is evident that the council is dedicated to maintaining good air quality within the area through continuous reviewal of their monitoring network, adding additional monitoring locations in areas of high concentrations.
High Peak Borough Council ASR 2025
Released: (PDF, 2 MB, 82 pages)
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council: A good example of the council providing clear evidence of several key actions to improve air quality which have been completed during the current reporting year. In addition, the Council have clearly listed their priorities for the coming year. This is commended and indicative of good practice.
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council ASR 2025
Released: (DOCX, 16.9 MB, 65 pages)
South Kesteven District Council: A well structured report with extensive measures detailed in Table 2.2. The Council have provided detailed trends of NO2 concentrations within the borough over recent monitoring years which has been split into regions within the borough for focused discussion of pollution levels and their effects. This is commended and this level of detail should be carried forward into future ASRs.
South Kesteven District Council ASR 2025
Released: (PDF, 3 MB, 85 pages)
West Lancashire Borough Council: A well structured report with extensive trend analysis along with graphs. The comments on the previous appraisal, removal of erroneous data and review of the monitoring network are considered good practice.
West Lancashire Borough Council ASR 2025
Released: (PDF, 2MB, 64 pages)
London Annual Status Reports (L-ASRs)
City of London Corporation: An overall good quality report which demonstrates a good discussion around Diffusion Tube Monitoring results. The report includes detailed trend graphs which is commended.
City of London Corporation 2024 ASR
Released: September 2024 (DOCX, 2 MB, 75 pages)
Scotland Annual Progress Reports (APRs)
Falkirk Council: A good example of a report with a detailed QA/QC section. Falkirk has also published an AQS which is welcomed and the report includes detailed monitoring network maps.
Falkirk APR 2025
Released: June 2024 (PDF, 8 MB, 139 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)
