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Melton Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 17, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“To DECLARE a “Climate Emergency”, with an aim to make Melton Borough Council activities as far as practical carbon neutral by 2030 and further promote a cutting of emissions within the wider Borough of Melton.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Cabinet Report: Approach To Climate Emergency Action Plan, March 2020

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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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Melton Borough Council 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.

SectionMelton Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score0%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

257.6 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

5.0 tCO2

per person

0.5 ktCO2

per km2

36%

Transport

31%

Domestic

21%

Industry

6%

Agriculture

5%

Commercial

2%

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 Melton 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
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council81%No2030July 16, 2019
South Kesteven District Council80%Yes2050Sept. 26, 2019
Cherwell District Council80%No2030July 22, 2019
Leicestershire County Council80%No2030May 15, 2019
Malvern Hills District Council80%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Wealden District Council79%Yes2050July 24, 2019
East Riding of Yorkshire Council79%No2050Feb. 24, 2021
Lincolnshire County Council79%Yes2050No
Derbyshire County Council78%Yes2032No
North East Derbyshire District Council78%Yes2030July 8, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Melton 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
Maldon District Council85%No2030Feb. 4, 2021
North East Derbyshire District Council85%Yes2030July 8, 2019
Forest of Dean District Council84%Yes2030Dec. 6, 2018
Derbyshire County Council82%Yes2032No
Fife Council81%Yes2045Sept. 26, 2019
East Suffolk Council81%No2030July 24, 2019
Ribble Valley Borough Council81%No2030No
Amber Valley Borough Council81%Yes2030July 24, 2019
South Holland District Council81%NoNo targetNo
South Ayrshire Council80%No2045No

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Rushcliffe Borough Council97%Yes2030March 7, 2019
Rutland County Council96%No2050No
Charnwood Borough Council95%Yes2030No
Harborough District Council95%No2030June 24, 2019
Lancashire County Council95%No2030Feb. 28, 2019
Leicester City Council95%Yes2030Feb. 1, 2019
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council95%No2030No
South Kesteven District Council95%Yes2050Sept. 26, 2019
Newark and Sherwood District Council94%Yes2035July 16, 2019
Gedling Borough Council94%Yes2030Nov. 20, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Melton 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
East Cambridgeshire District Council100%Yes2050Oct. 17, 2019
South Staffordshire Council99%YesNo targetSept. 10, 2019
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council98%Yes2025July 18, 2019
Selby District Council98%Yes2030No
Orkney Islands Council98%YesNo targetMay 14, 2019
Wiltshire Council98%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Huntingdonshire District Council97%No2040No
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council97%No2030July 16, 2019
Tewkesbury Borough Council96%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
New Forest District Council96%NoNo targetNov. 6, 2021

These councils are the most similar to Melton 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
Stirling Council98%YesNo targetOct. 3, 2019
Mendip District Council98%Yes2030Feb. 25, 2019
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council91%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Carmarthenshire County Council91%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Angus Council91%YesNo targetSept. 5, 2019
Somerset County Council89%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
Wiltshire Council89%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council88%NoNo targetNo
Wealden District Council88%Yes2050July 24, 2019
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council88%NoNo targetNo

Powers & Responsibilities

Melton 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

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

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

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