Photo shoot at Eastcourt Schoool on Friday?

Not getting any answers as to why Eastcourt left out of pollution monitoring per the council email below, nor why pollution surveys around 4 schools below not published as yet.

I have written to the Mrs Redgrave the Headteacher at Eastcourt school to request if the school premises can be used for a photoshoot tomorrow for any parents who wish to object as to what is going on.

The urgency is due to the prospect of schools being closed shortly due on public health grounds. 

Council email sent to me earlier this week below:

"We asked the developer to conduct a six month diffusion survey to establish what the NO2 baseline levels were in the proposed area of development to establish what future occupants would be exposed to. The Defra background maps indicated that the NO2 levels in the development area were below the AQ objectives. Similarly the diffusion tube survey results indicated the same. We did not require the developer to monitor for NO2 concentrations outside Chadwell Heath primary school as it is not in close enough proximity to the development area, however monitoring was undertaken around the following schools which are within 350 meters of the development site:

 

• Barley Lane Primary School
• Barely Lane Montessori Day Nursery
• Goodmayes Primary School
• Mayfield School

 

I apologies for any confusion in my original response as I included specific reference to Chadwell Heath Primary school and it should have read Schools in close proximity.  

 

In addition to the NO2 monitoring the developer has conducted a dust risk assessment in accordance with the requirements of the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) Guidance on the Assessment of Dust from Demolition and Construction which states:

 

A detailed assessment will normally be required when one of the following conditions applies to the development;

• A human receptor within:

- 350m of the site boundary

- 50m of the route(s) used by construction vehicles on the public highway, up to 500m from the site entrance(s)

 

This is not applicable to Chadwell Heath Primary school at it is clearly outside of this proximity and is unlikely to be affected by dust from the development.

 

Kind regards,"