We want to know what you think about our draft plan to improve air quality in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The draft plan sets out proposed actions to meet air quality standards within the shortest possible time.

This consultation includes the following documents:

• draft UK Air Quality Plan for tackling nitrogen dioxide (‘Improving air quality in the UK: tackling nitrogen dioxide in our towns and cities’)
• technical report, including details of modelling techniques and assumptions used in the draft UK Air Quality Plan for tackling nitrogen dioxide

Alongside the consultation we have also published the following:

• framework document: Clean air zone framework for England (principles which Local Authorities should follow when setting up clean air zones)
• summary of responses to the Implementation of Clean Air Zones in England consultation

This framework sets out the principles local authorities should follow when setting up Clean Air Zones in England.

It explains the approach they should take if they are introducing a zone to improve air quality, and the types of measures they should include.

In finalising this framework, we have taken into account the comments we received on the implementation of Clean Air Zones in England consultation.

This document is the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE’s) advice to government in considering a request from the Sainsbury Laboratory (17/R29/01) for a trial of genetically modified (GM) potato. The research is looking at the impact of the genetic modification in field conditions.

ACRE is satisfied that the trial will not have an adverse effect on human health or the environment.

The committee concluded that all appropriate measures have been taken to avoid adverse effects to human health and the environment from the proposed trial.

On 23 January 2017, the MMO received a request from E.On Climate and Renewables UK Rampion Offshore Wind Limited to vary the deemed marine licences contained within schedules 13 and 14 of the Rampion wind farm Order 2014. MMO’s decision was to vary the deemed marine licenses, effective from 26 April 2017.

During this variation the MMO imposed variations to the Deemed Marine Licenses (DML) contained within Schedules 13 and 14 of the Rampion Wind Farm Order 2014, to update existing navigation conditions to reflect the MMO’s agreed standard conditions.

The Environment Agency publish permits that they issue under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).

This decision includes the permit and decision document for:

• Operator name: Crown Oil (Environmental) Limited
• Installation name: Heywood Oil Recovery
• Permit number: EPR/TP3732WR/A001