Lynsted with Kingsdown Parish Council was one of only four PCs in the entire country to respond to a national consultation about air quality.  One of the others was Teynham PC!  This just proves how worried we are locally about the dangers of increased pollution.   

 

More houses means more vehicle movements.   PM 2.5 (Particulate Matter) mainly originates from combustion emissions and causes asthma, lung failure and cancer.  

 

The encouraging recommendation from the government’s response is a proposal to incorporate PM 2.5 targets into the planning system, based on an emission prevention approach.  A reformed, streamlined system of environmental assessment that would enable informed planning decisions to support sustainable development.  

 

The London Road in Teynham and Lynsted is already way above the World Health Organisation’s PM 2.5 recommended limits.  

 

For example at postcode ME9 9PX on the London Road, the annual average of the pollutant PM 2.5 is 10.68mcg/m3. The WHO limit is 5mcg/m3.  So it’s more than double.