This council declared a climate emergency on May 21, 2019.
“We have set an ambitious target date of 2030 to achieve carbon neutrality for the Council’s own emissions.”
“Produce a report to Council within six months to determine the earliest date before 2045 that Cheshire West and Chester Council and the borough as a whole can be carbon neutral, and revise its targets to meet that date (ideally 2030 to demonstrate leadership in the borough).”
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 | Cheshire West and Chester Council | Average single tier council |
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Total score | 58% | 50% |
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 Cheshire West and Chester 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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Staffordshire County Council | 87% | No | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Derbyshire County Council | 86% | No | 2032 | No |
Amber Valley Borough Council | 84% | Yes | 2030 | July 24, 2019 |
East Staffordshire Borough Council | 83% | Yes | 2040 | Aug. 17, 2020 |
Nottinghamshire County Council | 83% | No | 2030 | May 27, 2021 |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary) | 83% | Yes | 2025 | May 22, 2019 |
Vale of Glamorgan Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | July 29, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 81% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
West Northamptonshire Council | 81% | No | No target | No |
These councils are the most similar to Cheshire West and Chester 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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Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 86% | Yes | No target | No |
Wychavon District Council | 86% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Nottinghamshire County Council | 84% | No | 2030 | May 27, 2021 |
Staffordshire County Council | 83% | No | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Norfolk County Council | 83% | No | 2030 | No |
Tees Valley Combined Authority | 82% | No | No target | No |
Derbyshire County Council | 82% | No | 2032 | No |
Cherwell District Council | 82% | No | 2030 | July 22, 2019 |
Suffolk County Council | 82% | Yes | 2030 | March 21, 2019 |
North of Tyne Combined Authority | 82% | Yes | No target | May 7, 2019 |
Council name | Similarity | Has plan | Carbon Neutral by | Declared emergency |
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Halton Borough Council | 97% | Yes | No target | Oct. 16, 2019 |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2040 | Jan. 29, 2020 |
Warrington Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | June 7, 2019 |
Liverpool City Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2040 | June 10, 2019 |
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | 94% | Yes | 2040 | April 28, 2019 |
Wrexham County Borough Council | 92% | No | 2030 | Sept. 25, 2019 |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 92% | Yes | 2038 | July 17, 2019 |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary) | 92% | Yes | 2025 | May 22, 2019 |
Wirral Council | 92% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2019 |
These councils are the most similar to Cheshire West and Chester 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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West Northamptonshire Council | 98% | No | No target | No |
West Lancashire Borough Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | July 17, 2019 |
Swindon Borough Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Canterbury City Council | 95% | Yes | 2030 | July 18, 2019 |
Chorley Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 94% | Yes | 2030 | Oct. 8, 2019 |
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority | 93% | Yes | 2050 | No |
Milton Keynes | 93% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 23, 2019 |
Vale of Glamorgan Council | 92% | Yes | 2030 | July 29, 2019 |
Worcestershire County Council | 90% | No | 2030 | July 15, 2021 |
These councils are the most similar to Cheshire West and Chester 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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Essex County Council | 99% | Yes | 2030 | No |
Derbyshire County Council | 99% | No | 2032 | No |
Kent County Council | 98% | Yes | 2030 | May 23, 2019 |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 98% | Yes | 2025 | July 18, 2019 |
Maidstone Borough Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | April 10, 2019 |
Epping Forest District Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | Sept. 19, 2019 |
West Sussex County Council | 97% | Yes | 2030 | April 5, 2019 |
New Forest District Council | 97% | No | No target | Nov. 6, 2021 |
Staffordshire County Council | 96% | No | 2050 | July 25, 2019 |
Lancaster City Council | 96% | Yes | 2030 | Jan. 30, 2019 |
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mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Cheshire West and Chester Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/cheshire-west-and-chester-council/ [Accessed 6 Jun 2023].