Air quality in Waltham Forest

We have a duty to monitor and review air quality in Waltham Forest under the Environment Act 1995. All the reports we have produced since then are listed here. At present, we must produce an annual status report by 31 May each year. This reviews air quality in the borough in the previous calendar year.

• Review and assessment stage one (PDF)
• Review and assessment stage two (PDF)
• Review and assessment stage three (PDF)
• Stage 4 Review and Assessment Report (PDF)
• Council's Air Quality Action Plan (PDF)
• 2004 Updating and Screening Assessment Report (PDF)
• 2004 Air Quality Progress Report (PDF)
• Air Quality progress report 2005 and review and assessment report 2005 (PDF)
• 2006 updating and screening assessment (PDF)
• 2006 progress report (PDF)
• The additional commentary report 2006 (PDF)
• 2007 Air Quality Progress Report and Review and Assessment Report (PDF)
• 2008 Review and Assessment Report and Air Quality Action Progress Report(PDF)
• The 2009 Updating and Screening Assessment (PDF)
• The 2008-2009 Air Quality Action Plan Progress Report (PDF)
• Review and Assessment Report 2010-2011 and Air Quality Action Plan Progress Report 2010-2011 (PDF)
• 2012 Air quality updating and screening assessment (PDF)
• 2013-2014 Air Quality Progress Report for the London Borough of Waltham Forest (Word)
• 2015 Updating and Screening Assessment (Word)
• 2016 Air Quality Annual status report (PDF)
• 2017 Air Quality Annual status report (PDF)
• 2018 Air Quality Annual status report (PDF)
• 2019 Air Quality Annual status report (PDF)
• 2020 Air Quality Annual status report (PDF)
• 2021 Air Quality Annual Status report (PDF)
• 2023 Air Quality Action Plan (PDF)
• 2022 Air Quality Annual Status report (PDF)
• 2023 Air Quality Annual Status Report (PDF)

Download Waltham Forest Council NLCG Modelling Assessment 2009 (PDF)

The following are modelled pollutant maps for the London boroughs and districts of the North London Cluster Group. This includes the areas of Haringey, Enfield, Barnet, Harrow, Hertsmere, Epping Forest and Waltham Forest. (7 boroughs/districts):

• Map1 - NO2 annual mean concentrations (PDF)
• Map2 - PM10 annual mean concentrations (PDF)
• Map3 - Number of PM10 daily means > 50 ug/m3 (PDF)

We've commissioned research into air pollution in the borough. This includes an evaluation of some of the measures taken to try to improve air quality. The reports are below:

• The King's College London air quality report (PDF)
• The King's College London health benefits report (PDF)
• Detailed modelling of nitrogen dioxide in the London Borough of Waltham Forest (PDF)
• Addendum to Waltham Forest detailed modelling (PDF)
• Population exposure comparison 2007 and 2017 (PDF)