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Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 18, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2025

“Setting ourselves a target to deliver services to our residents in a more environmentally-friendly way and become carbon neutral by 2025.”

Whole area pledge for 2030

“Work towards making Basingstoke and Deane a carbon neutral borough by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Climate Emergency Action Plan 2020-2021

Action Plan · PDF · Approved · Whole Area
Climate Change And Air Quality Strategy, 2021-2030

Climate Strategy · PDF · Approved · Whole Area

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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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SectionBasingstoke and Deane Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score54%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
13/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
8/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
6/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
5/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
4/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
2/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
2/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
2/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

735.1 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.1 tCO2

per person

1.2 ktCO2

per km2

39%

Transport

34%

Domestic

12%

Industry

10%

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 Basingstoke and Deane 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
Hampshire County Council92%No2050June 17, 2019
Warwickshire County Council91%Yes2030July 25, 2019
West Sussex County Council90%Yes2030April 5, 2019
Tewkesbury Borough Council87%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
West Northamptonshire Council87%NoNo targetNo
Gloucestershire County Council87%Yes2030May 15, 2019
Essex County Council86%Yes2030No
Lewes District Council86%Yes2030July 15, 2019
North Hertfordshire District Council86%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Chelmsford City Council86%Yes2030July 16, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Basingstoke and Deane 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
Essex County Council95%Yes2030No
Mid Sussex District Council95%YesNo targetNo
East Hertfordshire District Council92%Yes2030No
Warwickshire County Council92%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Hampshire County Council92%No2050June 17, 2019
West Sussex County Council92%Yes2030April 5, 2019
Lewes District Council91%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Chelmsford City Council90%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council90%Yes2030Oct. 8, 2019
West Northamptonshire Council89%NoNo targetNo

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
West Berkshire Council97%No2030July 2, 2019
Winchester City Council96%Yes2024June 5, 2019
Reading Borough Council96%Yes2030Feb. 26, 2019
Hart District Council95%Yes2040Sept. 1, 2019
East Hampshire District Council95%No2050July 18, 2019
Hampshire County Council95%No2050June 17, 2019
Test Valley Borough Council95%Yes2050Sept. 4, 2019
Wokingham Borough Council95%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Eastleigh Borough Council94%Yes2025July 18, 2019
South Oxfordshire District Council94%Yes2025April 11, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Basingstoke and Deane 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
Selby District Council99%Yes2030No
South Staffordshire Council99%YesNo targetSept. 10, 2019
Wiltshire Council98%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council98%No2030July 16, 2019
East Cambridgeshire District Council98%Yes2050Oct. 17, 2019
Melton Borough Council98%No2030July 17, 2019
Huntingdonshire District Council98%No2040No
Orkney Islands Council97%YesNo targetMay 14, 2019
New Forest District Council97%NoNo targetNov. 6, 2021
Cambridgeshire County Council96%Yes2050May 14, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Basingstoke and Deane 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
Kent County Council98%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Cheshire West and Chester Council97%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Flintshire County Council97%YesNo targetNo
Derbyshire County Council97%Yes2032No
Lancaster City Council97%Yes2030Jan. 30, 2019
Essex County Council97%Yes2030No
Epping Forest District Council97%Yes2030Sept. 19, 2019
Maidstone Borough Council96%Yes2030April 10, 2019
Staffordshire County Council96%Yes2050July 25, 2019
New Forest District Council96%NoNo targetNov. 6, 2021

Features

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

Integrated with Local Plan

Powers & Responsibilities

Basingstoke and Deane 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

    basingstoke.gov.uk
    Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Basingstoke and Deane 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 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/basingstoke-and-deane-borough-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].

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