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Malvern Hills District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 23, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“The aim of which is to achieve net zero emissions ‘as quickly as possible’ - with its own operations becoming carbon neutral by 2030.”

Whole area pledge for 2050

“The aim of which is to achieve net zero emissions ‘as quickly as possible’ - with its own operations becoming carbon neutral by 2030, and the district as a whole by 2050 at the very latest.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Destination Zero: Creating A Greener, More Sustainable Malvern Hills District

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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SectionMalvern Hills District CouncilAverage district council
Total score37%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
11/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
9/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
3/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
3/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
2/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
1/4
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

345.8 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.4 tCO2

per person

0.6 ktCO2

per km2

41%

Transport

35%

Domestic

11%

Industry

6%

Agriculture

4%

Commercial

3%

Public Sector

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 Malvern Hills District 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
Mendip District Council82%Yes2030Feb. 25, 2019
Dorset Council82%No2040May 16, 2019
Wychavon District Council80%Yes2050No
Somerset County Council80%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
Melton Borough Council80%No2030July 17, 2019
Herefordshire Council79%Yes2030March 8, 2019
Wiltshire Council79%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Devon County Council79%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
East Devon District Council77%Yes2040July 24, 2019
Shropshire Council - Unitary77%No2030May 16, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Malvern Hills District 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
Wealden District Council91%Yes2050July 24, 2019
West Lindsey District Council86%Yes2050No
Horsham District Council86%Yes2050June 26, 2019
Babergh District Council84%Yes2030July 23, 2019
East Hampshire District Council83%No2050July 18, 2019
South Somerset District Council82%Yes2023May 21, 2019
Dorset Council82%No2040May 16, 2019
Harborough District Council81%No2030June 24, 2019
South Norfolk District Council81%NoNo targetNo
Breckland District Council80%Yes2035Sept. 19, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Worcester City Council98%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Wyre Forest District Council96%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Wychavon District Council95%Yes2050No
Tewkesbury Borough Council94%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
Gloucester City Council93%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Bromsgrove District Council93%YesNo targetJuly 24, 2019
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council93%NoNo targetJuly 6, 2020
Forest of Dean District Council93%Yes2030Dec. 6, 2018
Cheltenham Borough Council93%Yes2030Feb. 18, 2019
Redditch Borough Council93%No2050Sept. 23, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Malvern Hills District 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
Wychavon District Council99%Yes2050No
Dorset Council98%No2040May 16, 2019
Lewes District Council98%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Braintree District Council97%Yes2030July 22, 2019
Rugby Borough Council96%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Maidstone Borough Council96%Yes2030April 10, 2019
Angus Council96%YesNo targetSept. 5, 2019
Epping Forest District Council96%Yes2030Sept. 19, 2019
Monmouthshire County Council94%Yes2030May 16, 2019
South Hams District Council94%Yes2030July 25, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Malvern Hills District 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
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council99%NoNo targetNo
Herefordshire Council98%Yes2030March 8, 2019
Torridge District Council94%Yes2030July 1, 2019
Stirling Council89%YesNo targetOct. 3, 2019
Melton Borough Council88%No2030July 17, 2019
Mendip District Council87%Yes2030Feb. 25, 2019
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council85%Yes2050Feb. 4, 2020
Breckland District Council83%Yes2035Sept. 19, 2019
Carmarthenshire County Council83%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Angus Council81%YesNo targetSept. 5, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Malvern Hills District 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

    malvernhills.gov.uk
    Malvern Hills District Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Malvern Hills District 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 Malvern Hills District Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Malvern Hills District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/malvern-hills-district-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].

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