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Newark and Sherwood District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on July 16, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2035

“We want to be carbon neutral by 2035.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Greening Newark And Sherwood – Action Plan

Action Plan · PDF · Draft · Council Only
Minutes: Policy & Finance Committee, 24th September 2020

Meeting Minutes · HTML · Draft · Council Only
Newark And Sherwood District Council Climate Emergency Strategy

Climate Strategy · PDF · Draft · 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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SectionNewark and Sherwood District CouncilAverage district council
Total score41%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
12/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
10/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
4/7
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
0/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
1/5
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

725.3 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

5.9 tCO2

per person

1.1 ktCO2

per km2

42%

Transport

26%

Domestic

25%

Industry

4%

Commercial

2%

Agriculture

1%

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 Newark and Sherwood 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
Bassetlaw District Council81%NoNo targetNo
South Derbyshire District Council78%Yes2030June 27, 2019
North Warwickshire Borough Council78%No2030Oct. 22, 2019
North Lincolnshire Council76%Yes2030No
North Northamptonshire Council75%Yes2030July 28, 2021
Huntingdonshire District Council75%No2040No
Babergh District Council74%Yes2030July 23, 2019
East Cambridgeshire District Council74%Yes2050Oct. 17, 2019
West Lindsey District Council73%Yes2050No
North West Leicestershire District Council73%Yes2030June 25, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Newark and Sherwood 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
Bassetlaw District Council87%NoNo targetNo
Flintshire County Council79%YesNo targetNo
Babergh District Council76%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Mid Suffolk District Council75%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Breckland District Council75%Yes2035Sept. 19, 2019
East Cambridgeshire District Council74%Yes2050Oct. 17, 2019
South Derbyshire District Council73%Yes2030June 27, 2019
North Warwickshire Borough Council72%No2030Oct. 22, 2019
South Cambridgeshire District Council72%Yes2050Nov. 28, 2019
North Northamptonshire Council71%Yes2030July 28, 2021

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Nottinghamshire County Council97%No2030May 27, 2021
Gedling Borough Council96%Yes2030Nov. 20, 2019
Bassetlaw District Council96%NoNo targetNo
Mansfield District Council96%No2040March 5, 2019
Rushcliffe Borough Council96%Yes2030March 7, 2019
Nottingham City Council95%Yes2028Jan. 21, 2019
Ashfield District Council94%NoNo targetNo
Melton Borough Council94%No2030July 17, 2019
Bolsover District Council94%YesNo targetNo
Broxtowe Borough Council94%Yes2027July 17, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Newark and Sherwood 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
Cumbria County Council98%Yes2050No
Lincolnshire County Council98%Yes2050No
East Suffolk Council97%No2030July 24, 2019
Sedgemoor District Council97%Yes2030March 20, 2019
South Ayrshire Council96%No2045No
Carlisle City Council96%No2030March 5, 2019
Falkirk Council96%Yes2030Aug. 26, 2019
East Sussex County Council95%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
Ashford Borough Council95%Yes2030No
Kent County Council94%Yes2030May 23, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Newark and Sherwood 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
Huntingdonshire District Council98%No2040No
Rushcliffe Borough Council95%Yes2030March 7, 2019
Horsham District Council94%Yes2050June 26, 2019
Copeland Borough Council92%Yes2050No
North Kesteven District Council92%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Clackmannanshire Council89%NoNo targetAug. 19, 2021
Cambridgeshire County Council88%Yes2050May 14, 2019
Durham County Council88%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Bolsover District Council87%YesNo targetNo
Harborough District Council86%No2030June 24, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Newark and Sherwood 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

    newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk
    Newark and Sherwood District Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Newark and Sherwood 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 Newark and Sherwood District Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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