Local air quality management
Local air quality management is a statutory process which places a legal duty on all local authorities to regularly review both the current and future air quality within their areas. These annual air quality reviews must follow government guidance that sets health based objectives, which are based on what is considered acceptable given the known effects.
Air Quality Strategy
There is now a statutory requirement for all local authorities to have an Air Quality Strategy (AQS). The aim of the AQS is to support the achievement of how the council will undertake its air quality responsibilities and how it will work both across internal departments and other relevant external partners. This is important to ensure that air quality is considered as part of all relevant decisions and policies across the council.
Living Streets
Cheshire East is pleased to be working with Living Streets and encouraging schools to take part in the WOW - the walk to school challenge.
WOW is a pupil-led challenge that encourages children to walk, wheel, cycle, scoot or use other sustainable ways to travel to school. Children record how they travelled each day using an interactive Travel Tracker. Those who travel sustainably at least once a week for a month earn a collectable WOW badge.
Since the start of the year, seven schools have signed up and are taking part in the challenge. So far, around 1,900 children have recorded more than 78,900 journeys to school, with almost half (48.8%) walking or wheeling all the way to the school gates.
If your school would like to get involved, please email the team.
Low Emission Strategy
Cheshire East has developed a Low Emission Strategy (LES) to ensure that current emissions are reduced as far as possible and emissions associated with new development are minimised. The LES will provide a package of measures selected on the basis of research and current best practice in emissions management.
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Page last reviewed: 25 August 2026
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