AQMA Checker UK

Check whether an address or postcode anywhere in the UK is in an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA), and whether a planning application there is likely to need an air quality assessment. Ask things like: - Is my house in an AQMA? Is my postcode in an Air Quality Management Area? - What's the nearest AQMA to this site, and how far away is it? - Do I need an air quality assessment for planning here? - Will the council want an air quality assessment for 12 flats at this address? For each location you get: - Whether it's inside an AQMA, and which one - The nearest AQMA within 1 km and roughly how far away it is - The local authority - Whether an air quality assessment is likely to be needed for major, minor or householder development, in plain English - The EPUK & IAQM traffic screening thresholds that apply on roads in or next to an AQMA - Links to an AQMA map and to Defra's AQMA register Who it's for: architects, planning agents and developers screening a site before they apply, homeowners and buyers who want to know what an AQMA means for their address, and anyone looking for an AQMA map check by postcode. Covers England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with London sites also pointed to the GLA's Air Quality Focus Areas. Limitations: - AQMA boundaries are a snapshot (March 2026). Councils declare, amend and revoke AQMAs, so the council's latest Annual Status Report is the authority. - It checks a single point (the address point, or the centre of the postcode). It doesn't use your site boundary. - It doesn't give live air pollution levels or forecasts, and doesn't cover Clean Air Zones or ULEZ charges. - It's an indicative screening, not an air quality assessment. Published by Air & Flood Consultants, a UK consultancy that prepares air quality assessments, Air Quality Neutral assessments and ventilation strategies for planning applications. Each result links to an interactive AQMA map, a guide to when an air quality assessment is needed and, where one may be needed, a way to ask us about it.