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North Norfolk District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on April 24, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“The steps that we are taking to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across our own estate and operations by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: April 12, 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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SectionNorth Norfolk District CouncilAverage district council
Total score16%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
3/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
1/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
1/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
5/9
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
2/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

476.0 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.5 tCO2

per person

0.5 ktCO2

per km2

38%

Transport

35%

Domestic

13%

Industry

7%

Commercial

4%

Agriculture

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 North Norfolk 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
South Holland District Council76%NoNo targetNo
Ryedale District Council69%No2050Oct. 10, 2019
East Lindsey District Council69%Yes2040No
Breckland District Council68%Yes2035Sept. 19, 2019
Norfolk County Council67%No2030No
Rother District Council67%No2030Sept. 16, 2019
Gwynedd County Council65%No2030March 7, 2019
Forest of Dean District Council65%Yes2030Dec. 6, 2018
West Lindsey District Council65%Yes2050No
Babergh District Council64%Yes2030July 23, 2019

These councils are the most similar to North Norfolk 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
South Ayrshire Council89%No2045No
East Lindsey District Council88%Yes2040No
East Riding of Yorkshire Council87%No2050Feb. 24, 2021
Monmouthshire County Council84%Yes2030May 16, 2019
Angus Council83%YesNo targetSept. 5, 2019
North Yorkshire County Council82%Yes2030No
South Kesteven District Council80%Yes2050Sept. 26, 2019
Norfolk County Council80%No2030No
South Lakeland District Council79%Yes2030Feb. 26, 2019
Conwy County Borough Council78%No2030May 9, 2019
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Broadland District Council97%No2050No
Norfolk County Council97%No2030No
Norwich City Council97%Yes2030Jan. 29, 2019
South Norfolk District Council95%NoNo targetNo
Breckland District Council95%Yes2035Sept. 19, 2019
Great Yarmouth Borough Council93%NoNo targetNo
Mid Suffolk District Council92%Yes2030July 25, 2019
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council91%Yes2050Feb. 4, 2020
East Suffolk Council91%No2030July 24, 2019
West Suffolk Council90%No2030Sept. 19, 2019

These councils are the most similar to North Norfolk 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
Torridge District Council90%Yes2030July 1, 2019
West Devon Borough Council88%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar85%YesNo targetNo
Carmarthenshire County Council85%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019
Ceredigion County Council81%Yes2030March 5, 2020
Harlow Council80%Yes2030July 11, 2019
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council79%Yes2050Feb. 4, 2020
Cornwall Council (Unitary)78%Yes2030Jan. 22, 2019
Boston Borough Council78%NoNo targetJan. 20, 2020
Ryedale District Council75%No2050Oct. 10, 2019

These councils are the most similar to North Norfolk 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
Argyll and Bute Council95%Yes2045No
Hambleton District Council94%No2034Dec. 14, 2021
Isle of Anglesey County Council92%Yes2030Sept. 8, 2020
Derbyshire Dales District Council91%Yes2030May 30, 2019
Powys County Council91%No2030July 30, 2020
South Hams District Council91%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Pembrokeshire County Council89%Yes2030May 9, 2019
Gwynedd County Council89%No2030March 7, 2019
West Devon Borough Council88%Yes2030May 21, 2019
West Lindsey District Council87%Yes2050No

Features

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

Powers & Responsibilities

North Norfolk 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

    north-norfolk.gov.uk
    North Norfolk District Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check North Norfolk 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 North Norfolk District Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: North Norfolk District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/north-norfolk-district-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].

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