Expert air quality, dust and odour assessments across Telford and Wrekin. Our chartered professionals support planning applications along the M54 corridor, in Telford town centre, and throughout one of the Midlands' fastest-growing towns.
Telford is one of the UK's most ambitious new towns and a major employment centre for Shropshire and the wider West Midlands, with a population that has grown rapidly since designation and ambitious targets for continued housing and commercial development. Telford and Wrekin Council has declared Air Quality Management Areas covering the M54 motorway corridor and parts of Telford town centre, where traffic-related nitrogen dioxide emissions have exceeded national air quality objectives. The town's manufacturing and logistics sector — which includes major facilities operated by Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover suppliers and food processing companies — generates process emissions that require assessment alongside the traffic-dominated air quality picture that characterises most of the built-up area.
The M54 motorway connecting Telford to the M6 at Wolverhampton is the dominant source of air quality concern along the northern fringe of the town, with junction areas and the adjacent employment and residential zones subject to elevated nitrogen dioxide concentrations. Telford's growth agenda is reflected in a substantial pipeline of housing allocations, employment land releases and town centre regeneration proposals, all of which interact with the air quality constraints imposed by the declared AQMAs and the influence of the motorway network. Telford and Wrekin Council expects air quality assessments for developments that could worsen existing conditions or expose new occupants to concentrations above national objectives, and planning officers work closely with the council's environmental protection team to evaluate submitted reports.
At Air Dust Odour, our Chartered Environmentalists deliver air quality, dust and odour assessments for a wide range of planning and permitting applications across Telford and Wrekin. We understand the local authority's assessment expectations, the character of Telford's mixed industrial and residential land use pattern, and the specific challenges posed by the M54 corridor and the town's declared AQMAs. We produce clear, technically rigorous reports that satisfy planning officers and statutory consultees, and we support clients from pre-application scoping through to condition discharge.
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Request a QuoteScreening and detailed air quality assessments for residential, commercial, industrial and mixed-use developments across Telford and Wrekin. We address the M54 AQMA, town centre air quality constraints and the cumulative context of Telford's growth programme, producing assessments that meet the specific requirements of Telford and Wrekin Council and National Highways.
Learn MoreDust risk assessments and Construction Environmental Management Plans for demolition, groundworks and construction projects across Telford. With significant new housing and commercial construction underway across the town, dust management is a live planning concern, and a well-prepared CEMP is essential to protect neighbouring residents and satisfy Telford and Wrekin Council's environmental conditions.
Learn MoreOdour impact assessments for food processing, manufacturing, logistics and waste management operations across Telford's employment areas. We prepare assessments following Environment Agency H4 guidance to support environmental permit applications and planning consents, and provide odour management plans for existing operations subject to complaints or regulatory review.
Learn MoreOdour risk assessments for restaurants, cafes, takeaways and commercial kitchens following the EMAQ+ methodology. Telford town centre and its district centres have an expanding food and drink sector, and Telford and Wrekin Council's environmental health team will expect an EMAQ+ assessment for any new or materially altered kitchen extract system where neighbours could be affected.
Learn MoreWe cover all parts of Telford and Wrekin and the wider Shropshire area, including the following key locations.
Telford and Wrekin Council has declared Air Quality Management Areas covering parts of Telford town centre and the M54 corridor where nitrogen dioxide concentrations have exceeded national air quality objectives. If your development is located within or adjacent to a declared AQMA, or proposes to introduce new sensitive receptors such as dwellings, schools or care facilities in an area of known air quality concern, an air quality assessment will almost certainly be required as part of the planning application. Telford and Wrekin Council's planning officers follow Local Plan and national policy requirements to protect public health, and developments that could worsen existing air quality or expose new residents to elevated pollutant concentrations will require a technically robust assessment addressing both site-specific and cumulative impacts.
The M54 motorway connects Telford to the M6 at Wolverhampton and forms the primary traffic corridor linking the town to the wider West Midlands conurbation, generating significant traffic volumes and associated nitrogen dioxide emissions along the northern edge of the built-up area. Developments in proximity to the M54 — including sites in Priorslee, Donnington and the northern industrial and employment zones — may need to assess the motorway's contribution to background and localised concentrations at proposed receptor locations. National Highways is a statutory consultee for planning applications near the strategic road network, and developers should expect detailed scrutiny of transport and air quality interactions for any substantial scheme close to the M54 junctions.
Telford's rapid growth programme generates a high volume of construction activity, from large residential developments on the town's expanding edges to commercial and logistics schemes across its established employment areas. Telford and Wrekin Council routinely requires a Construction Environmental Management Plan as a planning condition for developments involving substantial demolition, earthworks or prolonged construction programmes, particularly where sites are adjacent to existing residential areas or schools. A CEMP following IAQM best practice guidance will address dust risk classification, site management measures, vehicle management, wheel wash provisions and a complaints procedure, and must be approved by the council before development commences.
Food processing and manufacturing operations in Telford's industrial and employment areas — including those supplying major retail and logistics clients — are a recognised source of process odour that can affect surrounding land uses, particularly where residential development has grown closer to established industrial zones. An odour assessment may be required for a new or expanding food production facility as part of an environmental permit application to the Environment Agency, a planning application for new or extended buildings, or in response to complaints investigated by Telford and Wrekin Council's environmental protection team. We prepare odour assessments following Environment Agency H4 guidance, including dispersion modelling of odour emission rates and benchmarking against odour exposure criteria.
Costs depend on the type and scale of assessment required. Screening assessments for planning applications typically start from around £500, detailed air quality assessments with dispersion modelling from around £1,500, and odour assessments from around £800 for kitchen operations rising to several thousand pounds for industrial process facilities. Construction dust risk assessments and CEMPs are typically priced between £800 and £2,500 depending on site complexity and the level of detail required by the local authority. Contact us for a free, no-obligation quote tailored to your specific project and its planning requirements.
