Calderdale is not planning to implement any Clean Air Zones at the moment, says a senior councillor.

A new Air Quality Strategy, endorsed by Calderdale Council’s Cabinet, referenced the possibility of exploring a clean air zone in the borough.

Cabinet member for Climate Change and Resilience, Councillor Scott Patient (Lab, Luddenden Foot), said social media reaction was interesting.

A Stop The Halifax Clean Air Zone Facebook page had been started, but, he said: “We’re not there yet, we’re nowhere near that, we were just talking about other options and clearly no areas outside of urban centres have tried anything like that, and in those places they have been hugely controversial.

“But localised CAZs is an interesting concept and something we can consider down the line – that’s not, for the record, an admission of implementing any clean air zones at this point in time.”

Coun Patient was answering questions from Coun Martin Hey (Green, Northowram and Shelf), who also raised of how new home numbers which might result from Calderdale’s Local Plan, might worsen air quality.

One policy aim is to encourage people to use public transport, but there was a need to lobby for improvements, said Coun Jenny Lynn (Lab, Park).