Pressure group The Central Office of Public Interest (COPI) launched addresspollution.org in the summer of 2019. This online database uses data from King's College London to give the level of nitrogen dioxide – an air pollutant that is relatively easy to monitor – at a given postcode.
The site covers data for London, but COPI plans to expand this across the UK.
Speaking in summer 2019 Mark Hayward, Chief Executive of NAEA Propertymark said: 'Air quality is now public information. It is important that agents make all information affecting a property available to buyers, and environmental consideration is vital in offering consumers an informed choice.'
NAEA Propertymark encourages all agents to disclose this information where it is available, as information that is likely to be relevant to a decision to buy. Momentum is certainly building to inform buyers about the air quality of their homes, with several property portals starting to incorporate this data on their websites.
