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Havant Borough Council

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Climate emergency declaration

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Council only pledge for 2050

“The first objective laid out in this document is for the Council to reach carbon net-zero operation by or before 2050.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Climate Change And Environment Strategy 2021–2026

Action Plan · PDF · 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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SectionHavant Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score44%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
7/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
10/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
5/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
5/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
1/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
3/4
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
3/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

345.2 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

2.7 tCO2

per person

4.4 ktCO2

per km2

46%

Domestic

34%

Transport

11%

Industry

6%

Commercial

3%

Public Sector

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 Havant 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
Redditch Borough Council86%No2050Sept. 23, 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council81%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Swindon Borough Council81%Yes2030No
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council81%NoNo targetJuly 6, 2020
Brighton and Hove City Council80%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
Medway Council79%Yes2050April 25, 2019
Milton Keynes79%Yes2030Jan. 23, 2019
Rushmoor Borough Council79%Yes2030June 20, 2019
Worthing Borough Council79%YesJuly 18, 2019
Tamworth Borough Council79%No2050Oct. 19, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Havant 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
Tamworth Borough Council93%No2050Oct. 19, 2019
Fareham Borough Council93%Yes2030Oct. 24, 2019
Medway Council92%Yes2050April 25, 2019
Redditch Borough Council92%No2050Sept. 23, 2019
Spelthorne Borough Council90%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council88%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
London Borough of Sutton88%No2045July 22, 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council88%Yes2030July 16, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Portsmouth City Council99%No2030March 19, 2019
Hampshire County Council98%No2050June 17, 2019
Gosport Borough Council98%Yes2050No
Fareham Borough Council97%Yes2030Oct. 24, 2019
East Hampshire District Council97%No2050July 18, 2019
Chichester District Council96%Yes2025July 9, 2019
Winchester City Council96%Yes2024June 5, 2019
Isle of Wight Council95%No2030July 24, 2019
Eastleigh Borough Council95%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Southampton City Council94%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Havant 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
Gloucester City Council91%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Redditch Borough Council89%No2050Sept. 23, 2019
Dundee City Council89%Yes2045June 24, 2019
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council88%Yes2038July 17, 2019
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council88%YesNo targetNo
Cardiff Council88%Yes2030March 28, 2019
Wirral Council87%No2030July 15, 2019
Leeds City Council87%No2030March 27, 2019
Sheffield City Council85%Yes2050Feb. 6, 2019
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council83%Yes2050July 25, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Havant 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
London Borough of Bromley98%Yes2027No
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council98%Yes2038Nov. 28, 2018
Greater Manchester Combined Authority98%No2038July 26, 2019
Dundee City Council97%Yes2045June 24, 2019
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority97%Yes2040April 28, 2019
Spelthorne Borough Council97%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council97%No2038Feb. 24, 2020
Wirral Council97%No2030July 15, 2019
London Borough of Havering97%YesNo targetNo
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council97%No2030March 28, 2019

Features

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

Strong on public health

Powers & Responsibilities

Havant 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

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

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Havant Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/havant-borough-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].

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