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Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on April 3, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“We commit to achieving 100% carbon neutrality across our own operations and assets by 2030 at the latest through a combination of reducing carbon production and offsetting of any residual carbon emissions.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022

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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SectionNewcastle-Under-Lyme District CouncilAverage district council
Total score30%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
8/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
3/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
2/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
3/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
3/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
2/4
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
3/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

491.3 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

3.8 tCO2

per person

2.3 ktCO2

per km2

35%

Domestic

35%

Transport

17%

Industry

7%

Commercial

3%

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 Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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
Staffordshire County Council91%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Amber Valley Borough Council89%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Wyre Forest District Council88%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Derbyshire County Council88%Yes2032No
North East Derbyshire District Council86%Yes2030July 8, 2019
Worcestershire County Council85%Yes2030July 15, 2021
East Staffordshire Borough Council85%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020
Rugby Borough Council85%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Nottinghamshire County Council84%No2030May 27, 2021
Lancashire County Council83%No2030Feb. 28, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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
Wyre Forest District Council94%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Staffordshire County Council92%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Central Bedfordshire Council90%No2030July 19, 2019
Leicestershire County Council90%No2030May 15, 2019
Tendring District Council89%Yes2030Aug. 6, 2019
North Somerset Council89%Yes2030Feb. 19, 2019
East Suffolk Council89%No2030July 24, 2019
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council89%Yes2050No
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council88%No2030Oct. 30, 2019
Nottinghamshire County Council87%No2030May 27, 2021
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Stoke-on-Trent City Council97%NoNo targetJuly 4, 2019
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)96%Yes2025May 22, 2019
Stafford Borough Council96%No2040July 23, 2019
Telford & Wrekin Council94%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council93%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Staffordshire County Council93%Yes2050July 25, 2019
South Staffordshire Council92%YesNo targetSept. 10, 2019
Cannock Chase District Council91%No2030July 17, 2019
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council91%Yes2038Nov. 28, 2018
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council91%No2030March 28, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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
Falkirk Council97%Yes2030Aug. 26, 2019
Suffolk County Council97%Yes2030March 21, 2019
East Suffolk Council95%No2030July 24, 2019
The Highland Council94%No2025May 9, 2019
West Lothian Council94%NoNo targetSept. 24, 2019
Argyll and Bute Council94%Yes2045No
Lincolnshire County Council94%Yes2050No
Maidstone Borough Council94%Yes2030April 10, 2019
North Warwickshire Borough Council94%No2030Oct. 22, 2019
Colchester Borough Council93%Yes2030July 17, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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
Bath and North East Somerset Council98%Yes2030March 14, 2019
Amber Valley Borough Council97%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Vale of Glamorgan Council97%Yes2030July 29, 2019
North Lanarkshire Council96%Yes2030June 20, 2019
East Staffordshire Borough Council96%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020
Chelmsford City Council96%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Hampshire County Council96%No2050June 17, 2019
South Lanarkshire Council96%NoNo targetSept. 25, 2019
Fenland District Council96%NoNo targetNo
Bromsgrove District Council95%YesNo targetJuly 24, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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

    newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
    Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Newcastle-Under-Lyme 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 Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/newcastle-under-lyme-district-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].

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