Deadline: 23-Sep-23
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) is inviting applications for its Air quality grant scheme for local authorities to bid for support on measures to improve air quality.
The scheme helps local authorities to make air quality improvements and to meet their statutory duties under the Environment Act 1995. It has awarded more than £81 million in funding to a variety of projects since it started in 1997.
The money, from the Government’s Air Quality Grant, helps councils develop and implement measures to benefit schools, businesses and communities and reduce the impact of dirty air on people’s health.
Funding Information
The grant will be competitive and will award at least £7 million to English local authorities.
Eligibility Criteria
Local authorities in England can now apply for the air quality grant 2022 to 2023.
Criteria
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The criteria for this grant period will prioritise 3 areas that will be split into 2 application lots.
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Lots
- Lot 1: Projects which reduce air pollutant exceedances (primarily for nitrogen dioxide) especially in those areas that are projected to remain in exceedance of the UK’s legal targets. Defra will give priority to local authorities where Defra’s national air quality assessment identified or projected an exceedance, or that have one or more Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs).
- Lot 2: Projects that will improve knowledge and information about air quality and steps individuals can take to reduce their exposure to air pollution, and/or projects that include measures that deal with particulate matter.
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Lots
For more information visit Air quality grant scheme.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/air-quality-grant-programme