A new air quality project has been launched asking residents in areas near Heathrow for their views.

The survey, which is run by The Council for the Independent Scrutiny of Heathrow Airport (CISHA), an independent airport oversight board, is hoping to understand how local communities perceive air quality, and what changes they would like to see in their local area. 

Running through September, the open community survey can be found at tinyurl.com/heathrow-air-quality-survey 

The findings of the project will lead to a set of recommendations on how the airport can make improvements to their work and funding on air quality.  

As well as understanding communities’ views, the project will also consider existing monitoring, reporting and targets set out in Heathrow 2.0.

Baroness Liz Sugg, Chair of the Council for the Independent Scrutiny of Heathrow Airport (CISHA), said:  “As Chair of CISHA, I’ve had many conversations with residents about what it’s like living near one of the world’s busiest airports.

"One of the key issues that residents and other stakeholders have raised with us at CISHA forum meetings and elsewhere is their concerns around air quality.” 

“Our new community research project aims to understand the local communities’ views on air quality in the area, on how relevant information is communicated, and their opinions on Heathrow Airport’s actions to monitor and improve air quality.  We will use the information gathered to make recommendations to the Airport for their future work and investments on air quality”.