Climate, Environment & Biodiversity Committee - 09/06/2025

At a MEETING of the CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 9th June, 2025.

 

Present:-

 

Lord Provost Bill CAMPBELL

 

Depute Lord Provost Kevin CORDELL

 

BAILIES

 

Will DAWSON

Willie SAWERS

Helen WRIGHT

Christina ROBERTS

Kevin KEENAN

Derek SCOTT

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Heather ANDERSON

Steven ROME

George McIRVINE

Jimmy BLACK

Lynne SHORT

Wendy SCULLIN

Nadia EL-NAKLA

Roisin SMITH

Pete SHEARS

Stewart HUNTER

Siobhan TOLLAND

Daniel COLEMAN

Ken LYNN

Georgia CRUICKSHANK

Michael CRICHTON

Lee MILLS

Dorothy McHUGH

Craig DUNCAN

 

Councillor Heather ANDERSON, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 21st April, 2025 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

II AIR QUALITY UPDATE AND LOW EMISSION ZONE REPORT

 

The Committee acceded to a deputation request from Professor Jill Belch, Chair of Vascular Medicine, University of Dundee. After the Deputation had addressed the Committee and answered questions from members they withdrew from the meeting.

 

Thereafter, there was submitted Report No 175-2025 by the Executive Director of City Development providing an update on the 2024 air quality monitoring data and action measures within the current 2011 Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP). It also sought approval to submit the 2024/2025 Annual Low Emission Zone (LEZ) Report to the Scottish Ministers.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the positive results of air quality monitoring across Dundee that showed no exceedances of the statutory air quality objectives at monitoring locations during 2024 and remitted the Executive Director of City Development to submit the 2025 Air Quality Annual Progress Report (APR) to the statutory bodies; and

 

(ii) to remit the Executive Director of City Development to submit the 2024/2025 Annual LEZ Report, which was attached as Appendix 4 to the report to the Scottish Government in accordance with the legislative requirements of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019.

 

 

 

 

Heather ANDERSON, Convener.