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Fareham Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

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

Council only pledge for 2030

“Our goal is to be carbon neutral by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Climate Change Action Plan

Action Plan · PDF · Approved · Council Only

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

SectionFareham Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score61%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
8/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
16/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
3/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
7/9
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
2/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
2/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
3/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

341.4 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

2.9 tCO2

per person

4.4 ktCO2

per km2

43%

Domestic

31%

Transport

13%

Industry

8%

Commercial

4%

Public Sector

1%

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 Fareham 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
Eastleigh Borough Council90%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Bracknell Forest Council87%Yes2050No
Woking Borough Council87%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council85%Yes2035July 23, 2019
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames84%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Wokingham Borough Council84%Yes2030July 18, 2019
St Albans City and District Council83%No2030July 9, 2019
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council83%Yes2030No
London Borough of Bromley83%Yes2027No
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead82%No2050June 26, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Fareham 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
London Borough of Havering94%YesNo targetNo
Eastleigh Borough Council94%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council93%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Havant Borough Council93%Yes2050No
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council92%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
Spelthorne Borough Council92%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Redditch Borough Council92%No2050Sept. 23, 2019
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council91%NoNo targetJuly 6, 2020
Maidstone Borough Council91%Yes2030April 10, 2019
London Borough of Sutton90%No2045July 22, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Gosport Borough Council99%Yes2050No
Eastleigh Borough Council98%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Portsmouth City Council98%No2030March 19, 2019
Winchester City Council97%Yes2024June 5, 2019
Southampton City Council97%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Isle of Wight Council97%No2030July 24, 2019
Hampshire County Council97%No2050June 17, 2019
Havant Borough Council97%Yes2050No
East Hampshire District Council95%No2050July 18, 2019
Test Valley Borough Council94%Yes2050Sept. 4, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Fareham 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
Elmbridge Borough Council99%No2030July 17, 2019
St Albans City and District Council96%No2030July 9, 2019
Surrey Heath Borough Council95%Yes2030Oct. 9, 2019
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council94%Yes2035July 23, 2019
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead93%No2050June 26, 2019
Mid Sussex District Council92%YesNo targetNo
West Berkshire Council91%No2030July 2, 2019
East Hertfordshire District Council91%Yes2030No
South Oxfordshire District Council91%Yes2025April 11, 2019
East Renfrewshire Council91%No2040Aug. 13, 2020

These councils are the most similar to Fareham 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
Woking Borough Council100%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Adur District Council100%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council99%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
Basildon Borough Council99%Yes2030No
Broxtowe Borough Council99%Yes2027July 17, 2019
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council99%No2025Sept. 11, 2019
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council99%Yes2038July 17, 2019
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council99%Yes2040Jan. 29, 2020
Sheffield City Council98%Yes2050Feb. 6, 2019
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council98%Yes2030July 18, 2019

Features

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

Comprehensive plan for mitigation Clear communication

Powers & Responsibilities

Fareham 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

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

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

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