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Council cannot buy homes to solve air pollution problem

Summary by Air Quality News
A controversial proposal to purchase and leave vacant ten homes exposed to illegal levels of air pollution has been rejected by the government, leaving local authorities scrambling for alternative solutions. The plan, developed by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and Staffordshire County Council, was intended as an alternative to installing a bus gate on Basford Bank – a stretch of the A53 on the border of the tw…
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Air Quality News broke the news in on Monday, March 9, 2026.
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