This council declared a climate emergency on July 16, 2019.
“Council therefore resolves to: Declare a ‘Climate and Ecological Emergency’ that requires urgent action to make the Council’s activities net-zero carbon by 2030.”
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 | Chelmsford City Council | Average district council |
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Total score | 22% | 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
Transport
Domestic
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 Chelmsford City 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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North Hertfordshire District Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 86% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Hampshire County Council | 86% | No | 2050 | June 17, 2019 |
Warwick District Council | 85% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Mid Sussex District Council | 85% | Yes | No target | No |
Guildford Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 23, 2019 |
Essex County Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Surrey County Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | July 9, 2019 |
Brentwood Borough Council | 83% | No | 2040 | No |
West Sussex County Council | 83% | Yes | 2030 | April 5, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Chelmsford City 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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Warwick District Council | 95% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 90% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
West Northamptonshire Council | 89% | No | No target | No |
Mid Sussex District Council | 88% | Yes | No target | No |
Warwickshire County Council | 88% | Yes | 2030 | July 25, 2019 |
Essex County Council | 87% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Braintree District Council | 86% | Yes | 2030 | July 22, 2019 |
Bromsgrove District Council | 86% | Yes | No target | July 24, 2019 |
Vale of White Horse District Council | 85% | Yes | 2045 | Feb. 13, 2019 |
Lichfield District Council | 85% | No | No target | Dec. 10, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Essex County Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Basildon Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Brentwood Borough Council | 98% | No | 2040 | No |
Castle Point Borough Council | 97% | No | No target | No |
Braintree District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | July 22, 2019 |
Thurrock Council | 97% | No | 2022 | Oct. 23, 2019 |
Uttlesford District Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 30, 2019 |
Maldon District Council | 96% | No | 2030 | Feb. 4, 2021 |
London Borough of Havering | 96% | Yes | No target | No |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | 96% | No | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Chelmsford City 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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Leicestershire County Council | 99% | No | 2030 | May 15, 2019 |
North Hertfordshire District Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | May 21, 2019 |
South Gloucestershire Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Central Bedfordshire Council | 97% | No | 2030 | July 19, 2019 |
Sevenoaks District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Test Valley Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | Sept. 4, 2019 |
Lichfield District Council | 97% | No | No target | Dec. 10, 2019 |
Wealden District Council | 97% | Yes | 2050 | July 24, 2019 |
Warwick District Council | 97% | No | 2030 | June 26, 2019 |
Bath and North East Somerset Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | March 14, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Chelmsford City 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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Amber Valley Borough Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
West Lothian Council | 98% | No | No target | Sept. 24, 2019 |
Lancashire County Council | 97% | No | 2030 | Feb. 28, 2019 |
North Lanarkshire Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | June 20, 2019 |
Canterbury City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2038 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | 96% | No | 2030 | April 3, 2019 |
South Lanarkshire Council | 96% | No | No target | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Hampshire County Council | 96% | No | 2050 | June 17, 2019 |
East Staffordshire Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2040 | Aug. 17, 2020 |
This council’s climate plan has been tagged with the following features:
Chelmsford City Council is a Non-Metropolitan District, with powers over:
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Chelmsford City Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/chelmsford-city-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].