Tesco monitoring details requested by 5pm today

Redbridge Council have instructed Tesco to do further pollution monitoring. It seems reasonable for Redbridge to disclose the detail of the monitoring per the reasons below.


Dear Councillors


I wrote to Cllr Athwal via twitter two days to seek information about extra monitoring for the Tesco site following my intervention at cabinet last month, I was also in touch with a ward Councillor last Friday.

The information is urgent as the Tesco application may go to committee on the 19^th on this month.

I seek the following:

The location of sites that Redbridge is asking Tesco to provide monitoring at.

An assurance that the monitoring will include hourly as well as daily averaging results.

When the monitoring starts/started & when finishing/finished.

It seems a reasonable request and if the information will not be disclosed I will investigate if there is support for a petition on the issue.

Urgency means the request is not suitable for a freedom of information request. Any help you can provide would be much appreciated.

Regards



Andy – Planning Officer email below

Dear Mr. Walker,

I am writing to you further your query at the Cabinet meeting on 11 February 2020 regarding pollution monitoring at Goodmayes Tesco.

The current PM10 concentrations (based on Defra modelled data) for the development site is 17.4 μg/m³.  For 2026 (the estimated first full year of occupation), the concentrations obtained for the same pollutant is 16.8 μg/m³ respectively. This is well below the annual target limit value of 40 µg/m³ for PM10.

Given that the modelled level of PM10 is significantly below the target limit value there is no need for additional monitoring to be undertaken prior to application determination. 

This is not the case with Nitrogen Dioxide (NO²) emissions and we have asked for additional monitoring to be undertaken to determine the existing levels around the proposed development area which includes the area around Chadwell Primary school.

There is no statutory requirement to monitor PM2.5, however Local Authorities are required to work towards reducing PM2.5 emissions.

If the planning application is approved the developer will be required to develop and implement a Dust Management Plan (DMP).  Additional measures may be required to ensure compliance with the Mayor of London’s guidance. The DMP may include monitoring of dust deposition, dust flux, real-time PM10 continuous monitoring and/or visual inspections.

Consequently we will be seeking for the developer to implement a PM10 monitoring regime as a means of monitoring dust from the construction process and ensuring that nearby sensitive premises are not affected.