Expert air quality, dust and odour assessments across Wandsworth. Our chartered professionals support planning applications at Nine Elms, Battersea Power Station, Clapham Junction and across the borough.
Wandsworth is home to one of the most significant regeneration programmes in London, centred on the Nine Elms Opportunity Area and the transformation of Battersea Power Station into a major mixed-use destination. With thousands of new homes, offices, retail units and cultural facilities under construction or recently completed, the borough has become one of the most active planning environments in the capital — and one where air quality assessment is a routine requirement for virtually every significant application.
The borough contains Air Quality Management Areas along its principal road corridors, including the A3 at Wandsworth, the A205 South Circular and the A3205 Battersea Park Road. Clapham Junction, one of the busiest railway interchanges in Europe, generates significant pedestrian and vehicle movements that influence local air quality across a wide area. The borough is also within the Greater London Ultra Low Emission Zone, and Wandsworth Council applies the Mayor of London's Air Quality Neutral and Air Quality Positive policies to major developments.
At Air Dust Odour, we work with developers, architects and planning consultants across Wandsworth. Our Chartered Environmentalists deliver technically robust assessments tailored to the specific requirements of the borough, the Nine Elms Opportunity Area planning framework and the Greater London Authority.
We provide specialist air quality, dust and odour assessment services for planning applications across Wandsworth.
Screening and detailed air quality assessments for residential, commercial and mixed-use developments across Wandsworth. Our assessments follow IAQM guidance and address the specific requirements of Wandsworth Council and the GLA, including Air Quality Neutral compliance and cumulative impact assessment within the Nine Elms Opportunity Area and the borough's AQMA corridors.
Dust risk assessments and Construction Environmental Management Plans for demolition, earthworks and construction projects across Wandsworth. The ongoing regeneration at Nine Elms and Battersea means construction dust from multiple simultaneous sites is an ongoing concern, and robust dust assessments are essential to satisfy planning conditions and protect neighbouring residents and businesses.
Odour risk assessments for restaurants, takeaways, cafes and commercial kitchens following the EMAQ+ methodology. Wandsworth's thriving food and drink scene — from Battersea's new Power Station complex to Tooting's renowned street food markets and Clapham's busy high streets — means kitchen odour assessments are routinely required for new and expanding commercial kitchen operations.
Demonstrating that a proposed development will not worsen local air quality by exceeding transport and building emission benchmarks. Air Quality Neutral compliance is required by the Mayor of London for major developments across Wandsworth, and is a particular focus within the Nine Elms Opportunity Area where the cumulative impact of a large number of major schemes must be carefully managed.
We provide air quality, dust and odour assessment services across Wandsworth and the surrounding areas.
Wandsworth contains Air Quality Management Areas along its main road corridors, including the A3 Wandsworth one-way system, the A205 South Circular and the A3205 Battersea Park Road. The borough is within Greater London's Ultra Low Emission Zone. Wandsworth Council routinely requires air quality assessments for residential, commercial and mixed-use developments in these areas, and for any scheme introducing a significant number of new sensitive receptors close to busy roads. The major regeneration underway at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station has intensified local scrutiny of cumulative air quality impacts.
The Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station regeneration area is one of the largest urban renewal projects in Europe, bringing thousands of new residential units, commercial space and the Northern Line extension. This scale of development has created cumulative air quality challenges, with construction dust from multiple simultaneous sites, traffic generated by new uses and the proximity of sensitive receptors to busy road corridors. Developers at Nine Elms must address Air Quality Neutral requirements, construction dust impacts across the Opportunity Area, and the interaction of new buildings with existing pollution hotspots along Battersea Park Road and Queenstown Road.
Costs depend on the type and complexity of assessment required. Screening assessments typically start from around £500, detailed air quality assessments with dispersion modelling from around £1,500, and kitchen odour assessments from around £800. Factors such as site location within the borough, proximity to AQMAs and development scale influence the final cost. Contact us for a free, no-obligation quote tailored to your project.
Yes. Construction dust assessments are routinely required across Wandsworth, particularly in densely developed areas around Clapham Junction, Tooting, Earlsfield and the Nine Elms regeneration zone. A construction dust risk assessment following IAQM guidance, supported by a Construction Environmental Management Plan, is essential to satisfy planning conditions and protect neighbouring residents during demolition, earthworks and construction.
A screening assessment can typically be completed within 5 to 10 working days. Detailed assessments with dispersion modelling usually take 2 to 4 weeks depending on project complexity and the availability of traffic data. If baseline air quality monitoring is required, this can add 3 to 6 months. We work to your project timeline and can offer expedited turnaround where needed.
