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“Ashford Borough and Ashford Borough Council will aim to become carbon neutral by 2030, and 80% by 2025.”
“Ashford Borough and Ashford Borough Council will aim to become carbon neutral by 2030, and 80% by 2025.”
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.
Section | Ashford Borough Council | Average district council |
---|---|---|
Total score | 55% | 43% |
Section 1 Governance, development and funding | ||
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation | ||
Section 3 Commitment and integration | ||
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications | ||
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets | ||
Section 6 Co-benefits | ||
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion | ||
Section 8 Education, skills and training | ||
Section 9 Ecological emergency |
Total 2020 emissions
per person
per km2
Domestic
Transport
Industry
Commercial
Public Sector
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 Ashford Borough Council in terms of emissions profile, deprivation, rural/urban population density, and geographical nearness. Read more about how we calculate this.
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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East Sussex County Council | 88% | Yes | 2050 | Oct. 15, 2019 |
Kent County Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Folkestone and Hythe District Council | 85% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Bedford Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
Essex County Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Lewes District Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
East Suffolk Council | 83% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Colchester Borough Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
West Sussex County Council | 81% | Yes | 2030 | April 5, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Ashford 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 name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Kent County Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Folkestone and Hythe District Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Gloucestershire County Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Falkirk Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 91% | Yes | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
West Lothian Council | 91% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Hertfordshire County Council | 90% | Yes | 2030 | July 16, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Folkestone and Hythe District Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Swale Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2025 | June 26, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Rother District Council | 96% | No | 2030 | Sept. 16, 2019 |
Canterbury City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Hastings Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 13, 2019 |
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Medway Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | April 25, 2019 |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | 95% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Rochford District Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | No |
These councils are the most similar to Ashford 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 name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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South Ayrshire Council | 98% | No | 2045 | No |
Wrexham County Borough Council | 98% | No | 2030 | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Carlisle City Council | 96% | No | 2030 | March 5, 2019 |
Cumbria County Council | 96% | Yes | 2050 | No |
East Suffolk Council | 95% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Newark and Sherwood District Council | 95% | Yes | 2035 | July 16, 2019 |
Lincolnshire County Council | 95% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Falkirk Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Aug. 26, 2019 |
Suffolk County Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
Conwy County Borough Council | 94% | No | 2030 | May 9, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Ashford 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 name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Somerset West and Taunton Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Feb. 21, 2019 |
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council | 95% | No | No target | No |
East Suffolk Council | 94% | No | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
Angus Council | 94% | Yes | No target | Sept. 5, 2019 |
Boston Borough Council | 94% | No | No target | Jan. 20, 2020 |
Stafford Borough Council | 93% | No | 2040 | July 23, 2019 |
Suffolk County Council | 93% | Yes | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
South Ayrshire Council | 92% | No | 2045 | No |
East Hertfordshire District Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | No |
West Berkshire Council | 92% | No | 2030 | July 2, 2019 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Ashford Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/ashford-borough-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].