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Allerdale Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on Sept. 25, 2019.

Whole area pledge for 2030

“The [Allerdale Partnership Climate Change] group will consider strategies and actions being developed by the council and other partner organisations and develop a borough-wide strategy in line with a target of net zero emissions by 2030, engaging other anchor institutions and SMEs.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022

Climate Plan Scorecard

This council’s climate plans as of 20th September 2021 were assessed and scored by trained Climate Emergency UK volunteers, as part of the Council Climate Plan Scorecards project.

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SectionAllerdale Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score57%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
13/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
12/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
3/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
5/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
3/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
2/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
2/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
4/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
2/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

542.5 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

5.5 tCO2

per person

0.4 ktCO2

per km2

30%

Domestic

29%

Industry

26%

Transport

9%

Agriculture

4%

Commercial

1%

Public Sector

Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy “subset dataset”, representing carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities.

These councils are the most similar to Allerdale Borough Council in terms of emissions profile, deprivation, rural/urban population density, and geographical nearness. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Cumbria County Council78%Yes2050No
Northumberland Council78%Yes2030June 11, 2019
East Ayrshire Council74%No2030No
Isle of Anglesey County Council73%Yes2030Sept. 8, 2020
Gwynedd County Council70%No2030March 7, 2019
Ribble Valley Borough Council70%No2030No
West Lindsey District Council69%Yes2050No
Dumfries and Galloway Council69%Yes2025June 27, 2019
Pembrokeshire County Council68%Yes2030May 9, 2019
Shropshire Council - Unitary68%No2030May 16, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Allerdale Borough Council in terms of their emissions profile, based on the latest data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Northumberland Council78%Yes2030June 11, 2019
Cumbria County Council73%Yes2050No
Ribble Valley Borough Council72%No2030No
Herefordshire Council69%Yes2030March 8, 2019
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council69%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Carmarthenshire County Council68%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Melton Borough Council67%No2030July 17, 2019
South Ayrshire Council67%No2045No
Angus Council67%YesNo targetSept. 5, 2019
Wrexham County Borough Council66%No2030Sept. 25, 2019
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Cumbria County Council95%Yes2050No
Copeland Borough Council94%Yes2050No
Carlisle City Council91%No2030March 5, 2019
South Lakeland District Council90%Yes2030Feb. 26, 2019
Eden District Council89%No2030July 11, 2019
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council89%No2037July 16, 2019
Dumfries and Galloway Council86%Yes2025June 27, 2019
Lancaster City Council85%Yes2030Jan. 30, 2019
Wyre Council83%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Blackpool Borough Council83%Yes2030June 26, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Allerdale Borough Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in high deprivation, medium deprivation, and low deprivation neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Dover District Council96%Yes2030Nov. 4, 2019
Norfolk County Council96%No2030No
Rossendale Borough Council95%No2030Sept. 25, 2019
Carlisle City Council93%No2030March 5, 2019
North Devon Council92%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Wrexham County Borough Council92%No2030Sept. 25, 2019
Denbighshire County Council92%No2030July 2, 2019
Ashford Borough Council91%Yes2030No
South Ayrshire Council91%No2045No
Bassetlaw District Council91%NoNo targetNo

These councils are the most similar to Allerdale Borough Council in terms of the proportion of their population living in urban, rural, and highly rural neighbourhoods. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Selby District Council94%Yes2030No
Stratford-on-Avon District Council94%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Harborough District Council92%No2030June 24, 2019
Maldon District Council90%No2030Feb. 4, 2021
Ribble Valley Borough Council89%No2030No
North Kesteven District Council89%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Cotswold District Council89%NoNo targetJuly 3, 2019
South Cambridgeshire District Council89%Yes2050Nov. 28, 2019
Uttlesford District Council89%Yes2030July 30, 2019
Mid Devon District Council88%Yes2030June 26, 2019

Features

This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:

Powers & Responsibilities

Allerdale Borough Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:

Council buildings and staff

Climate actions might include:

  • making council offices more energy efficient
  • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ or public transport use among employees
  • providing carbon literacy training for employees
    Environmental health

    Climate actions might include:

    • reducing industrial emissions through air quality enforcement
    • bringing up insulation and energy efficiency standards through enforcement of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and Decent Homes Standard 2000, for cold and damp conditions in private rental and social housing

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Planning and building control

    Climate actions might include:

    • imposing reasonable requirements that new developments comply with energy efficiency standards and get a proportion of their energy from local, renewable sources (Planning and Energy Act, 2008)
    • incorporating additional energy performance standards into their Local Plan, for new works that require planning permission
    • using Area Action Plans to guide development proposals towards lower carbon emissions or more cycling and walking routes, for example
    • enforcing legislation that requires private rental properties to be of Energy Efficiency Rating E or above (Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2015)
    • funding energy efficiency improvements on existing homes, through initiatives such as Green Homes Grants

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Housing

    Climate actions might include:

    • setting energy standards above building regulations (Planning and Energy Act, 2008)
    • enabling housing associations to improve the energy efficiency of their housing stock through loans
    • where councils operate their own social housing, prioritising energy efficiency – for example, by requiring Passivhaus standard for newly built schemes

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Spending, procuring, and investing

    Climate actions might include:

    • embedding carbon impact assessment as part of the council’s budgeting and financial accountability process
    • utilising Public Works Loan Board loans or the Business Rates Retention Scheme to invest in emissions-reducing capital projects that otherwise wouldn’t get funded
    • specifying low carbon equipment and practices when procuring for relevant services from suppliers
    • prioritising positive environmental impacts during procurement, through the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
    Waste collection

    Climate actions might include:

    • establishing ‘Joint Waste Solutions’ with neighbouring councils, to get more value out of waste, recycling, and street cleaning contracts
    • running marketing campaigns to encourage residential recycling, reuse, and waste minimisation

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Read more about English local authority powers in the UK100 Power Shift report.

    More about this council

    allerdale.gov.uk
    Allerdale Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Allerdale Borough Council’s ‘carbon budget’ – their share towards meeting the UK’s Paris agreement targets.
    Friends of the Earth ‘Near You’ tool
    Discover climate groups in this area, data about Allerdale Borough Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Allerdale Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/allerdale-borough-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].

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