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Arun District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on Jan. 15, 2020.

Council only pledge for 2030

“We declared a climate emergency on 15th January 2020. As a council, we pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Report To And Decision Of Planning Policy Sub-committee On 15 October 2019

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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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Arun District Council scored zero points in this assessment. This is because the council either didn’t have any published plans at the time of the assessment, or the plans didn’t qualify.

SectionArun District CouncilAverage district council
Total score0%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

505.1 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

3.1 tCO2

per person

2.2 ktCO2

per km2

44%

Domestic

36%

Transport

9%

Industry

7%

Commercial

3%

Public Sector

2%

Agriculture

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 Arun District 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
East Sussex County Council87%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
Kent County Council87%Yes2030May 23, 2019
West Sussex County Council87%Yes2030April 5, 2019
Lewes District Council86%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Maidstone Borough Council86%Yes2030April 10, 2019
Essex County Council84%Yes2030No
Adur District Council84%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Broxbourne Borough Council83%NoNo targetNo
Dacorum Council83%Yes2050July 17, 2019
Dartford Borough Council83%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Arun District 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
Central Bedfordshire Council93%No2030July 19, 2019
Great Yarmouth Borough Council93%NoNo targetNo
Rochford District Council93%Yes2030No
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council91%Yes2038July 10, 2019
Castle Point Borough Council91%NoNo targetNo
East Sussex County Council91%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
Kent County Council91%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Broxbourne Borough Council90%NoNo targetNo
North Somerset Council90%Yes2030Feb. 19, 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council90%No2030Dec. 4, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Worthing Borough Council98%YesJuly 18, 2019
Chichester District Council97%Yes2025July 9, 2019
West Sussex County Council97%Yes2030April 5, 2019
Horsham District Council97%Yes2050June 26, 2019
Adur District Council96%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Waverley Borough Council96%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Guildford Borough Council94%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Havant Borough Council94%Yes2050No
Brighton and Hove City Council94%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
Mole Valley District Council94%No2030June 18, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Arun District 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
Midlothian Council96%No2030Dec. 17, 2019
Wrexham County Borough Council94%No2030Sept. 25, 2019
Conwy County Borough Council94%No2030May 9, 2019
South Somerset District Council94%Yes2023May 21, 2019
Somerset County Council93%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
Ashford Borough Council93%Yes2030No
Cannock Chase District Council93%No2030July 17, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council93%No2030April 3, 2019
Rother District Council93%No2030Sept. 16, 2019
North Devon Council92%Yes2030July 24, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Arun District 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
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council98%Yes2038Jan. 30, 2019
Wokingham Borough Council98%Yes2030July 18, 2019
City of York Council97%Yes2030March 11, 2019
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council97%No2040Sept. 19, 2019
Gravesham Borough Council97%No2030June 26, 2019
Hertsmere Borough Council96%Yes2050Sept. 18, 2019
Renfrewshire Council96%No2030June 27, 2019
West Lothian Council95%NoNo targetSept. 24, 2019
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council95%Yes2030May 23, 2019
East Renfrewshire Council95%No2040Aug. 13, 2020

Powers & Responsibilities

Arun District 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

    arun.gov.uk
    Arun District Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Arun District 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 Arun District Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Arun District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/arun-district-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].

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