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Eastbourne Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 10, 2019.

Whole area pledge for 2030

“We have stated that we wish to “achieve a carbon neutral town by 2030”.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
The Climate Emergency Strategy Summary And Guide To What You Can Do!

Summary Document · PDF
Climate Emergency Strategy, Baseline Report And Action Plan, November 2020

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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Eastbourne Borough Council was a top performer amongst district councils, in the Measuring and setting emissions targets section.

SectionEastbourne Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score50%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
9/21
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
4/9
4.7/9
Section 5 · Top performer Measuring and setting emissions targets
5/5
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
1/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
2/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

267.3 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

2.6 tCO2

per person

5.9 ktCO2

per km2

45%

Domestic

28%

Transport

12%

Commercial

10%

Public Sector

4%

Industry

0%

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 Eastbourne 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
Reading Borough Council83%Yes2030Feb. 26, 2019
Gosport Borough Council82%Yes2050No
Brighton and Hove City Council82%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
London Borough of Croydon81%YesNo targetJuly 15, 2019
Basildon Borough Council81%Yes2030No
City of Lincoln Council80%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Stevenage Borough Council80%No2030June 12, 2019
London Borough of Enfield79%No2030July 8, 2019
Ipswich Borough Council79%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Coventry City Council79%NoNo targetJune 18, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Eastbourne 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
Salford City Council88%No2038July 17, 2019
Welwyn Hatfield Council88%Yes2030June 19, 2019
London Borough of Wandsworth87%Yes2050July 17, 2019
Norwich City Council87%Yes2030Jan. 29, 2019
London Borough of Brent87%No2030July 8, 2019
Stevenage Borough Council86%No2030June 12, 2019
Bristol City Council86%Yes2025Nov. 13, 2018
Gloucester City Council86%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Glasgow City Council86%Yes2030May 16, 2019
Portsmouth City Council85%No2030March 19, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
East Sussex County Council98%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
Wealden District Council97%Yes2050July 24, 2019
Lewes District Council96%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Hastings Borough Council96%Yes2030Feb. 13, 2019
Rother District Council96%No2030Sept. 16, 2019
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council95%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Brighton and Hove City Council95%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
Mid Sussex District Council94%YesNo targetNo
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council94%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Sevenoaks District Council93%Yes2030No

These councils are the most similar to Eastbourne 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
Tamworth Borough Council92%No2050Oct. 19, 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council91%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
Torbay Council90%Yes2030June 19, 2019
Dartford Borough Council86%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
Medway Council86%Yes2050April 25, 2019
Cannock Chase District Council84%No2030July 17, 2019
Coventry City Council84%NoNo targetJune 18, 2019
Thurrock Council83%No2022Oct. 23, 2019
Ashfield District Council83%NoNo targetNo
Basildon Borough Council83%Yes2030No

These councils are the most similar to Eastbourne 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
South Tyneside Council100%No2030July 18, 2019
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council100%No2030March 28, 2019
London Borough of Havering100%YesNo targetNo
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council100%No2030No
Rushmoor Borough Council100%Yes2030June 20, 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council99%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Cheltenham Borough Council99%Yes2030Feb. 18, 2019
Spelthorne Borough Council99%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Tamworth Borough Council99%No2050Oct. 19, 2019
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council99%No2038Feb. 24, 2020

Features

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

Integrated with Local Plan

Powers & Responsibilities

Eastbourne 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

    lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk
    Eastbourne Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Eastbourne 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 Eastbourne Borough Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Eastbourne Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/eastbourne-borough-council/ [Accessed 24 Mar 2023].

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