Air Quality and Development Control

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management is pleased to offer a new suite of Air Quality short courses. This new suite consists of five one day courses covering the following topics:

•        Air Quality Management
•        Air Quality Monitoring
•        Air Quality Dispersion Modelling
•        Air Quality and Development Control
•        Air Quality Action Planning

Individuals are invited to book on as many or few of the days as they wish. The courses are accredited by the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) and the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) and CPD certificates are available on completion.

What does it cover?

This course looks at the relationship between local planning processes and local air quality management focusing upon the role of the local planning process in air quality management and the implementation and evaluation of Air Quality Assessments in the local planning process, with specific reference to the Environmental Protection UK guidance 'Development Control: Planning for Air Quality'.

This course would be of value to anyone interested or involved in preparing or evaluating Air Quality Assessments for developments, including air quality and planning professionals.

Who is it for?

The courses will be of interest to practitioners and policy makers involved in air quality management in:

•         Environmental health/protection
•         Public health
•         Transport
•         Land-use planning

"Informative and interactive! Accessible and interesting!"

Content

This course will cover the following areas:

• Introduction to planning for air quality professionals
• Implications of the National Planning Policy Framework
• Rationale for air quality as a material consideration
• Supplementary Planning Documents
• What is required in an Air Quality Assessment
• Assessing significance
• Evaluation of Air Quality Assessments
• Planning conditions
• Planning appeals

 

Assessment

You will receive a certificate of attendance on completion of the course.

Supplementary fee information

Please see the table below for current fees and discounts available. All prices are VAT exempt.

Discounts can not be used in conjunction with each other. The greatest discount available will be applied at your booking confirmation.

 

Cohort	Full Fee	Early Bird Discount
February 2019	£200	£180
Payment Deadline		Thursday 13 December 2018

Course fees include course materials, car parking, lunch and refreshments.

Course dates

Cohort	Date	Time
February 2019	Thursday 7 February 2019	09.30 - 16.30

Location

UWE Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY

How to find UWE Bristol

How to apply

To make a full or provisional booking for this course, please complete the relevant online booking form below:

Cohort
February 2019	Book Now	Enquire Now

For further information

• Email: For all queries, please complete the on-line enquiry form above.
• Telephone: +44 (0)117 32 86927