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Mole Valley District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on June 18, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) declared a climate emergency in June 2019. One key aspect of the climate emergency declaration is the target to make Council’s operations carbon neutral by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Report: Mole Valley District Council Climate Action Planning, February 2020

Pre-Plan · PDF · Council Only
Climate Change Strategy

Climate Strategy · 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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SectionMole Valley District CouncilAverage district council
Total score64%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
14/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
17/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
6/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
5/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
3/5
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
3/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
2/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

383.5 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.4 tCO2

per person

1.5 ktCO2

per km2

39%

Domestic

35%

Transport

11%

Industry

8%

Commercial

5%

Public Sector

2%

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 Mole Valley 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
Waverley Borough Council88%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Surrey County Council87%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Buckinghamshire Council85%No2050No
West Berkshire Council85%No2030July 2, 2019
Tandridge District Council85%Yes2030Feb. 13, 2020
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead84%No2050June 26, 2019
Surrey Heath Borough Council84%Yes2030Oct. 9, 2019
Mid Sussex District Council82%YesNo targetNo
Elmbridge Borough Council82%No2030July 17, 2019
East Hampshire District Council82%No2050July 18, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Mole Valley 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
Waverley Borough Council93%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Elmbridge Borough Council90%No2030July 17, 2019
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)85%Yes2025May 22, 2019
Tandridge District Council85%Yes2030Feb. 13, 2020
Surrey Heath Borough Council84%Yes2030Oct. 9, 2019
Surrey County Council84%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Fylde Borough Council84%NoNo targetNo
West Berkshire Council82%No2030July 2, 2019
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead81%No2050June 26, 2019
Buckinghamshire Council81%No2050No

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council98%Yes2030No
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council98%Yes2035July 23, 2019
Elmbridge Borough Council98%No2030July 17, 2019
Crawley Borough Council98%Yes2040July 17, 2019
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames97%Yes2038June 25, 2019
London Borough of Sutton97%No2045July 22, 2019
Horsham District Council97%Yes2050June 26, 2019
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames97%Yes2030July 9, 2019
London Borough of Merton97%No2030July 10, 2019
Guildford Borough Council97%Yes2030July 23, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Mole Valley 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
East Hampshire District Council99%No2050July 18, 2019
Guildford Borough Council98%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Harrogate Borough Council98%No2038April 10, 2019
Buckinghamshire Council98%No2050No
Horsham District Council98%Yes2050June 26, 2019
Rochford District Council98%Yes2030No
Winchester City Council97%Yes2024June 5, 2019
Surrey County Council97%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Stroud District Council97%No2030Dec. 13, 2018
Tandridge District Council96%Yes2030Feb. 13, 2020

These councils are the most similar to Mole Valley 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
Midlothian Council98%No2030Dec. 17, 2019
Carlisle City Council97%No2030March 5, 2019
Worcestershire County Council96%Yes2030July 15, 2021
Swale Borough Council96%Yes2025June 26, 2019
Stroud District Council95%No2030Dec. 13, 2018
Guildford Borough Council95%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Rugby Borough Council95%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Tewkesbury Borough Council94%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
East Sussex County Council94%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
Lewes District Council93%Yes2030July 15, 2019

Features

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

Comprehensive plan for mitigation Integrated with Local Plan

Powers & Responsibilities

Mole Valley 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

    molevalley.gov.uk
    Mole Valley District Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Mole Valley 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 Mole Valley District Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Mole Valley District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/mole-valley-district-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].

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