About Air Dust Odour
Chartered environmental professionals delivering expert air quality, dust, odour, noise and lighting services with integrity and precision.
Chartered Expertise, Without the Big-Firm Overheads
Air Dust Odour was founded on a simple idea: planning applications shouldn’t need a large multi-disciplinary firm just to clear an air quality, dust or odour condition. A chartered specialist who picks up the phone, scopes the work honestly and delivers proportionate, defensible reports does the job better — and faster.
We work with planning consultants, regional housebuilders, architects, EIA teams, contractors, hospitality operators and local authorities across the UK. From screening assessments for single-plot developments to detailed ADMS-Roads dispersion modelling for major infrastructure schemes, every project is led personally by a Chartered Environmentalist.
Our approach is straightforward: scope the assessment proportionately, work to your planning timetable, write reports the planning officer can actually read, and stand behind the conclusions when consultees ask questions. No unnecessary upselling, no surprise fees, no jargon for jargon’s sake.
What Sets Us Apart
Chartered Expertise
Our team holds Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) status and are Members of the Institute of Air Quality Management (MIAQM), ensuring the highest professional standards on every project.
Quality Reports
Every report is technically rigorous, clearly written and presented to the standard that planning authorities expect. We take pride in the quality of our work.
Client Focused
We build lasting relationships with our clients through honest advice, responsive communication and a genuine commitment to helping your project succeed.
Meet the Experts
Our team combines technical expertise with practical experience to deliver outstanding environmental consultancy.
Malcolm Pounder
Founder & Chartered Environmentalist
Malcolm Pounder founded Air Dust Odour to deliver chartered-quality environmental consultancy with the responsiveness and clarity that smaller projects rarely get from larger firms. He has over a decade of hands-on experience in air quality assessment, dust impact assessment and odour assessment for planning applications across the UK.
Malcolm leads every project personally — scoping, modelling, fieldwork and report writing — using ADMS-Roads, ADMS-Urban and AERMOD for dispersion modelling, and the latest IAQM 2024 V2.2 methodology for dust impact assessments. His clients include planning consultants, regional housebuilders, EIA teams, hospitality operators and local authorities.
Malcolm believes good environmental consultancy reads as plainly as it can without losing technical rigour. Reports are written for the planning officer who has to read them, not just for the file. Quotes are fixed, fees transparent, and timescales honest from the outset. Malcolm read for his degree at Newcastle University.
Malcolm Pounder Sr.
Accounts & Operations
Malcolm Pounder Sr. heads accounts and operations at Air Dust Odour, overseeing invoicing, supplier payments, payroll and the day-to-day financial administration that keeps the consultancy running smoothly. He brings decades of professional experience to the role.
A County Durham resident and the father of the firm’s founder, Malcolm Sr. is the quiet engine behind every quote sent, invoice raised and statement reconciled — freeing the technical team to focus on the work that wins planning consent for clients across the UK.
Outside of work, Malcolm Sr. enjoys time with family on the Durham Heritage Coast.
Areas of Expertise
A snapshot of the project types Malcolm regularly delivers across the UK — from screening notes for delegated decisions through to EIA chapters and committee-level support.
Air Quality Assessments for Planning
Screening and detailed AQAs for residential, mixed-use and commercial schemes — including sites in or near Air Quality Management Areas, with bespoke ADMS-Roads dispersion modelling and DEFRA background data.
Dust Impact Assessments (IAQM 2024)
DIAs aligned to the latest IAQM 2024 V2.2 thresholds — demolition, earthworks, construction and trackout — with site-specific risk categorisation, mitigation matrices and embedded Dust Management Plans.
CEMP Air Quality & NRMM Compliance
Construction Environmental Management Plan air quality sections, dust suppression specifications and Stage V NRMM compliance strategies for pre-commencement condition discharge.
Restaurant & Kitchen Odour (EMAQ+)
EMAQ+ kitchen extract odour assessments for hospitality fit-outs and Use Class E conversions — with bespoke filtration specifications and discharge stack negotiations through architects.
Dispersion Modelling (Industrial & Traffic)
ADMS-Roads, ADMS-Urban and AERMOD modelling for road schemes, biomass boilers, energy centres, waste facilities and process emissions — with monitoring calibration where required.
Workplace Air Quality & Occupational Surveys
Workplace exposure assessments for COSHH, dust monitoring against WELs and HSE methodology, with samples analysed by UKAS-accredited specialist laboratories (IOM and equivalent).
Accreditations & Memberships
Our professional memberships and accreditations demonstrate our commitment to the highest environmental standards.
Member of the Institute of Air Quality Management
Professional body for air quality practitioners in the UK, setting standards for assessment and monitoring.
Chartered Environmentalist
The internationally recognised benchmark for environmental professionals, demonstrating knowledge, experience and commitment.
Institution of Environmental Sciences
Full Member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences, the leading professional body for environmental science practitioners in the UK.