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London Borough of Havering

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Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Havering Climate Change Action Plan

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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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London Borough of Havering scored zero points in this assessment. This is because the council either didn’t have any published plans at the time of the assessment, or the plans didn’t qualify.

SectionLondon Borough of HaveringAverage single tier council
Total score0%50%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
10.3/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
9.0/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/7
4.1/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
5.1/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
2.9/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
2.2/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.9/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
2.3/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
2.1/4

Emissions data

702.0 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

2.7 tCO2

per person

6.1 ktCO2

per km2

47%

Domestic

34%

Transport

8%

Commercial

7%

Industry

4%

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 London Borough of Havering 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
Spelthorne Borough Council92%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Castle Point Borough Council88%NoNo targetNo
Adur District Council88%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Broxbourne Borough Council88%NoNo targetNo
Rushmoor Borough Council87%Yes2030June 20, 2019
Worthing Borough Council87%YesJuly 18, 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council85%Yes2030July 16, 2019
London Borough of Bexley84%NoNo targetNo
Brighton and Hove City Council84%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
Watford Borough Council83%No2030July 9, 2019

These councils are the most similar to London Borough of Havering 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
Fareham Borough Council94%Yes2030Oct. 24, 2019
Havant Borough Council94%Yes2050No
Eastleigh Borough Council94%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Spelthorne Borough Council92%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council91%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Tamworth Borough Council91%No2050Oct. 19, 2019
London Borough of Sutton91%No2045July 22, 2019
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council90%No2030Dec. 4, 2019
London Borough of Enfield90%No2030July 8, 2019
Redditch Borough Council89%No2050Sept. 23, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham99%No2030Jan. 30, 2020
Brentwood Borough Council98%No2040No
London Borough of Bexley98%NoNo targetNo
Kent County Council98%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Dartford Borough Council98%NoNo targetOct. 7, 2019
London Borough of Redbridge98%Yes2050June 20, 2019
Thurrock Council98%No2022Oct. 23, 2019
Epping Forest District Council98%Yes2030Sept. 19, 2019
London Borough of Newham98%Yes2050April 15, 2019
Royal Borough of Greenwich98%Yes2030June 26, 2019

These councils are the most similar to London Borough of Havering 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
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council93%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Adur District Council92%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Castle Point Borough Council92%NoNo targetNo
Rushmoor Borough Council91%Yes2030June 20, 2019
Spelthorne Borough Council90%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Worthing Borough Council89%YesJuly 18, 2019
Exeter City Council86%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Broxbourne Borough Council84%NoNo targetNo
Gedling Borough Council84%Yes2030Nov. 20, 2019
City of London83%No2027No

These councils are the most similar to London Borough of Havering 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
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council100%No2030March 28, 2019
Eastbourne Borough Council100%Yes2030July 10, 2019
South Tyneside Council100%No2030July 18, 2019
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council100%No2030No
Rushmoor Borough Council99%Yes2030June 20, 2019
Spelthorne Borough Council99%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council99%No2038Feb. 24, 2020
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council99%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Cheltenham Borough Council99%Yes2030Feb. 18, 2019
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council99%Yes2038Nov. 28, 2018

Powers & Responsibilities

London Borough of Havering is a London Borough, 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.

    Schools and libraries

    Climate actions might include:

    • reducing the carbon footprint of civic buildings through better insulation and renewable energy use
    • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ or public transport use among employees
    • providing carbon literacy training for employees
    • encouraging eco-clubs at schools
    • using school land to plant trees and hedgerows, or to grow food

    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
    Transport planning

    Climate actions might include:

    • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ like walking and cycling by creating or widening footways and cycleways
    • incentivising Electric Vehicle use by assigning street space to EV charging
    • disincentivising the use of fossil fuel cars through congestion charging,low-traffic neighbourhoods, or the reduction of parking space

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Waste collection and disposal

    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

    havering.gov.uk
    London Borough of Havering’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check London Borough of Havering’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 London Borough of Havering’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    Cite this page

    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: London Borough of Havering. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/london-borough-of-havering/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].

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