Putney High Street’s toxic air pollution levels have ‘fallen sharply’ over the past year, Wandsworth Council says.

Data analysed from the council’s air quality monitoring station found there to have been a 99 percent reduction after 2017 levels of nitrogen dioxide were breached eight times.

It comes after the target for nitrogen dioxide levels in the air was breached 403 times in 2016 and at one point a staggering 1,726 times in 2012.

With the target being set at 18 times, the council says there has been a 99 percent reduction.

Councillor Jonathan Cook, the council’s environment spokesman, said: “Our campaign to ban polluting buses from Putney High Street and our ban on daytime deliveries have both been significant factors in cutting the congestion which contributes to pollution build ups.

“Progress has been excellent so far, but there’s no room for complacency. We will continue to work to reduce air pollution in Putney and across the borough as set out in our Air Quality Action Plan.”

Putney High Street, as well as Brixton Road in Lambeth, broke their legal limits for toxic air pollution for the entirety of last year in less than a week, with the capital breaking its target.

Now the council is urging Transport for London to install routes serving Putney to be at the front of the queue when introducing greener buses in its fleet.

He added: “We will also continue to lobby the Mayor to ensure all the bus routes serving Wandsworth use low-emission buses – not just those in pollution hotspots.

"All our residents deserve cleaner air, and this fall in Putney’s pollution proves that our focus on buses was correct.”