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Bromsgrove District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 24, 2019.

Climate pledges

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Climate documents

Last update: Jan. 16, 2023
Bromsgrove District Council Carbon Reduction Strategy & Action Plan V6

Action Plan · 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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SectionBromsgrove District CouncilAverage district council
Total score10%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
2/21
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
3/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
1/5
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
1/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

369.9 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

3.7 tCO2

per person

1.7 ktCO2

per km2

42%

Transport

40%

Domestic

7%

Industry

6%

Commercial

4%

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 Bromsgrove 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
Warwick District Council91%No2030June 26, 2019
Hampshire County Council87%No2050June 17, 2019
North Hertfordshire District Council86%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council86%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Surrey County Council85%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)85%Yes2025May 22, 2019
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead84%No2050June 26, 2019
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council84%Yes2030Oct. 8, 2019
Buckinghamshire Council84%No2050No
Leicestershire County Council83%No2030May 15, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Bromsgrove 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
Mid Sussex District Council93%YesNo targetNo
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council89%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Hampshire County Council89%No2050June 17, 2019
Lewes District Council89%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Warwick District Council89%No2030June 26, 2019
Essex County Council88%Yes2030No
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council88%Yes2030Oct. 8, 2019
Horsham District Council87%Yes2050June 26, 2019
North Hertfordshire District Council87%Yes2030May 21, 2019
West Sussex County Council87%Yes2030April 5, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Redditch Borough Council98%No2050Sept. 23, 2019
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council97%NoNo targetJuly 6, 2020
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council97%No2030March 10, 2020
Birmingham City Council97%No2030June 11, 2019
Wychavon District Council96%Yes2050No
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council95%Yes2050Sept. 16, 2019
Wyre Forest District Council95%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Wolverhampton City Council95%No2028July 17, 2019
Worcester City Council95%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council95%Yes2030Oct. 8, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Bromsgrove 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
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council99%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Warwick District Council99%No2030June 26, 2019
Central Bedfordshire Council98%No2030July 19, 2019
Brentwood Borough Council98%No2040No
Tandridge District Council97%Yes2030Feb. 13, 2020
Derbyshire Dales District Council97%Yes2030May 30, 2019
Aberdeenshire Council97%No2045No
North Hertfordshire District Council97%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Buckinghamshire Council97%No2050No
Stratford-on-Avon District Council96%Yes2030July 15, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Bromsgrove 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
North East Derbyshire District Council98%Yes2030July 8, 2019
North Somerset Council98%Yes2030Feb. 19, 2019
Vale of Glamorgan Council98%Yes2030July 29, 2019
Bath and North East Somerset Council98%Yes2030March 14, 2019
North Hertfordshire District Council97%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Mid Sussex District Council96%YesNo targetNo
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)96%Yes2025May 22, 2019
Fenland District Council96%NoNo targetNo
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council95%No2030April 3, 2019
Guildford Borough Council95%Yes2030July 23, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Bromsgrove 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

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

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Bromsgrove District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/bromsgrove-district-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].

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