This page includes evidence used in developing and designing the LEZ from 2018 to 2022.
Last updated: 31 May 2022.
Key Documents
Notice to Make a Low Emission Zone: The City of Edinburgh Council (31 May 2022)
Edinburgh Low Emission Zone Scottish Ministerial Approval Letter (19 May 2022)
Final Submission: The City of Edinburgh Council’s Proposal to Make a Low Emission Zone Scheme (March 2022)
Statutory Notice: The City of Edinburgh Council’s Proposal to Make a Low Emission Zone Scheme (January 2022)
Statement of Reasons: The City of Edinburgh Council’s Proposal to Make a Low Emission Zone Scheme: (January 2022)
Consultation Statement: The City of Edinburgh Council’s Proposal to Make a Low Emission Zone Scheme (January 2022)
On-Street Bill: The City of Edinburgh Council’s Proposal to Make a Low Emission Zone Scheme: (January 2022)
Consultation Document: The City of Edinburgh Council’s Proposal to Make a Low Emission Zone Scheme: (May 2021)
Low Emission Zone Objections Report (The City of Edinburgh Council March 2022)
Air Quality Modelling
Cleaner Air for Scotland – National Modelling Framework: Air Quality Evidence Report – Edinburgh (Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, November 2018)
SEPA Air Modelling Results – Interim Presentation Summary - Edinburgh (Scottish Environmental Protection Agency 2021)
Emissions Analysis for Low Emission Zones - Edinburgh (Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, May 2021)
Cleaner Air for Scotland – National Modelling Framework Low Emission Zone Evidence Report – Edinburgh (Scottish Environment Protection Agency, September 2021)
Cleaner Air for Scotland – National Modelling Framework Low Emission Zone: Edinburgh Report Addendum (Carbon) (Scottish Environment Protection Agency, December 2021)
SEPA Comparison Tool – Extended Urban Area and City Centre
Traffic Modelling
Edinburgh Low Emission Zone: Revised Fleet Composition Transport Modelling Report (Jacobs, 22 February 2021)
Edinburgh Low Emissions Zone Impacts – Progress Report (Jacobs, October 2019)
Consultation
Low Emissions Zone Consultation 2021 Summary of Findings (Scott Porter, September 2021)
Low Emission Zones Consultation 2019 Summary of Findings (Scott Porter, 2019)
Impact Assessments
Updated Low Emission Zone Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) (The City of Edinburgh Council, March 2022)
City Mobility Plan (including LEZ) Strategic Environmental Assessment (Jacobs, The City of Edinburgh Council, Feburary 2021)
Low Emission Zone Post-COVID Uncertainty Note (Transport Scotland, Systra, Jacobs, January 2021)
Options Appraisal
Edinburgh Low Emission Zones Options Appraisal (The City of Edinburgh Council, May 2021)
Transport and Environment Committee, The City of Edinburgh Council
Low Emission Zone Objections Report and Final Submission (The City of Edinburgh Council March 2022)
Low Emission Zone - Carbon Impact (January 2022)
Low Emission Zone - Consultation & Development (October 2021)
Low Emission Zone Preferred Scheme for (Statutory) Consultation (June 2021)
Business Bulletin: Edinburgh Low Emission Zones Update (October 2020)
Low Emission Zone - Regulations, Guidance, (Transport Scotland) Consultation Response & Programme (February 2020)
Edinburgh’s Low Emission Zones – Update (October 2019)
Tackling Air Pollution - Low Emission Zones – Report (May 2019)
Developing Low Emission Zones in Edinburgh – Reports (May 2018)
