Air pollution
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council continues to promote good air quality. We monitor the current levels of air quality against National Objectives at a number of locations across the Borough.
Our two automatic monitoring stations are at:
- Eaglescliffe School, monitoring for NO2, PM2.5 and PM10
- Nelson Terrace, monitoring for NO2 and PM2.5
During the 2023 monitoring period, we did not report any pollutants over the annual mean objective at any monitoring location across the Borough.
Stockton A1305 automatic monitoring site recorded an annual mean level for Nitrogen Dioxide at 15.1 µg/m3, and Eaglescliffe recorded 10.2 µg/m3. These levels have slightly increased since 2022, however, do not exceed the annual objective of 40 µg/m3. Billingham automatic monitoring site recorded a mean annual level of 12.4µg/m3 which is a decrease from 2022 which recorded 12.9 µg/m3.
Data from the diffusion tubes show a reduction in Nitrogen Dioxide at ten out of thirteen sites. The highest reading was recorded as 33µg/m3 which does not exceed the annual objective of 40µg/m3.
During 2023, monitoring for PM2.5 at both the Eaglescliffe and Stockton A1305 sites recorded the lowest levels since monitoring at these locations began in 2016 and 2014. The annual mean recorded at Stockton A1305 was 7.1µg/m3, compared to 8.7µg/m3 in 2022, and the annual mean recorded at Eaglescliffe was 7.8µg/m3 compared to 8.6 µg/m3 in 2022.
The Eaglescliffe site recorded an annual mean of 14µg/m3 for PM10, which has decreased from 2022, where the recorded levels were 14.4µg/m3. The annual objective for this pollutant is 40 µg/m3.
This data and analysis has been fully ratified and confirmed by Defra.
A copy of the latest 2024 Air Quality Annual Status Report can be requested from the Environmental Health team by emailing Environmental.Health@stockton.gov.uk or calling 01642 526575.
Clean Air Day
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council is a supporter of Clean Air Day, the UK's largest campaign on air pollution.
Visit Global Action Plan's Clean Air Hub for everything you need to know about air pollution:
- what air pollution is and how it affects your health
- what you can do to protect yourself and others
- what you can do to reduce your contribution to air pollution
You can also check forecasts for Air Quality levels in your area at DEFRA Clean Air.
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