Cornwall Council is asking local people, businesses and organisations for their views on the Clean Air for Cornwall Strategy and specific plans for air quality management in areas affected by pollution.

Tideford and Gunnislake are among the parts of Cornwall where air quality has been found to be poor.

Geoff Brown, Cornwall Council’s portfolio holder for communities, said: ’The air quality in Cornwall is generally very clean.  However, as Cornwall is such a popular place to live, work and visit, a few areas now have poorer air quality than we would like mainly due to traffic. 

’The strategy aims to make real improvements to areas of poor air quality and includes actions for all of Cornwall’s Air Quality Management Areas.  I would encourage everyone to tell us what they think about the strategy so we can develop the most suitable options for Cornwall.’

There are six Air Quality Management Areas in Cornwall where monitoring has found excessive levels of traffic related nitrogen dioxide (NO2). 

The strategy highlights the issues of poor air quality and brings together the action plans for all six areas, which include Camborne-Pool-Redruth, Truro, St Austell, Bodmin, Tideford and Gunnislake. 

There are air quality pages at cornwall.gov.uk about the Tideford and Gunnislake areas which are being reviewed.