Background to the scheme

Derby City Council was selected as one of an initial group of local authorities to create a Local Roadside NO2 Plan because the Air Quality Limit Value for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) was predicted to exceed limits set by the EU Air Quality Directive (now UK Regulations).

A ministerial direction was issued by the Government in December 2017 and required the Council to deliver a plan to ensure that any predicted exceedances of nitrogen dioxide concentrations would be addressed in the shortest time possible.

The Derby Roadside NO2 Scheme is now part of the UK Government’s wider Clean Air Strategy 2019.