Air quality monitoring and reporting

We are responsible for monitoring and safeguarding air quality. 

We measure nitrogen dioxide levels associated with road traffic at sites around Darlington.

Legal air quality reviews

Councils must produce periodic reviews and assessments of local air quality.

Air pollution is compared with standards and objectives set out in the National Air Quality Strategy.

If these objectives are not met then an 'Air Quality Management Area' (AQMA) must be declared. We would prepare an action plan setting out how we will improve in specified timescales.

There are no declared AQMAs in the Darlington area at this time.

Read Darlington Borough Council’s first Air Quality Strategy 2024-2029 [pdf document]. 

The latest Air Quality Annual Status Report can be found below:

• 2025 Air Quality Annual Status Report [pdf document]

Earlier versions of the Annual Status Report are available on request by emailing [email protected].

UK Air

Further information and air pollution data can be found on Defra's UK Air website [external link]