Planning expectations have tightened again — and air quality is now a planning, legal, health, and programme-delay risk for nearly every development type.
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Educational guide — for the service itself, see the linked service page below.

Planning expectations have tightened again — and air quality is now a planning, legal, health, and programme-delay risk for nearly every development type.
Full content for this guide is coming soon. Contact us for more information about this topic.

From June 2026, Westminster will require real-time API dust monitoring, mandatory Section 61 consent and 40-day pre-start approvals on every major site. If you're building in Westminster, you need to read this before submitting your next CMP or SEMP.

75 serious pollution incidents. 2,735 downgraded without a site visit. Digital waste tracking mandatory from October 2026. 1.26 million fly-tipping incidents. A £733k pollution fine. Here's what it means for your compliance program.

The Environment Agency quietly scores how credible your emissions monitoring is — not how high or low your emissions are. That score is the Operator Monitoring Assessment (OMA). Strong OMA = less regulatory pressure.
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