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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

We don’t think this council has declared a climate emergency – let us know if it has!

Council only pledge for 2030

“RBBC is responding to this challenge by aiming to achieve carbon neutrality (based on scope 1 & 2 emissions - Figure 2) by 2030 with a focus to achieving carbon neutral including scope 3 as soon as possible thereafter.”

Whole area pledge for 2050

“When considering the borough’s target to achieve net zero carbon by 2050, it is clear that planning guidance and policy play a crucial role in this aim when granting planning permission.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2020 | Reigate And Banstead

Action Plan · HTML · Approved · Whole Area

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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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SectionReigate & Banstead Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score64%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
10/21
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
7/9
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
3/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
3/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

510.4 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

3.4 tCO2

per person

4.0 ktCO2

per km2

44%

Domestic

31%

Transport

11%

Industry

7%

Commercial

6%

Public Sector

1%

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 Reigate & Banstead 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
Three Rivers District Council94%No2030May 21, 2019
Surrey County Council90%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead89%No2050June 26, 2019
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council88%Yes2035July 23, 2019
London Borough of Bromley87%Yes2027No
St Albans City and District Council86%No2030July 9, 2019
Woking Borough Council86%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Surrey Heath Borough Council84%Yes2030Oct. 9, 2019
Elmbridge Borough Council84%No2030July 17, 2019
Bracknell Forest Council84%Yes2050No

These councils are the most similar to Reigate & Banstead 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
Three Rivers District Council95%No2030May 21, 2019
Hertsmere Borough Council90%Yes2050Sept. 18, 2019
Surrey County Council90%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council89%Yes2035July 23, 2019
Buckinghamshire Council88%No2050No
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead87%No2050June 26, 2019
Falkirk Council87%Yes2030Aug. 26, 2019
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames86%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Surrey Heath Borough Council86%Yes2030Oct. 9, 2019
Chorley Council85%Yes2030Nov. 19, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
London Borough of Sutton98%No2045July 22, 2019
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council98%Yes2035July 23, 2019
Crawley Borough Council98%Yes2040July 17, 2019
Mole Valley District Council98%No2030June 18, 2019
London Borough of Croydon98%YesNo targetJuly 15, 2019
Tandridge District Council98%Yes2030Feb. 13, 2020
London Borough of Merton98%No2030July 10, 2019
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames98%Yes2038June 25, 2019
London Borough of Wandsworth97%Yes2050July 17, 2019
London Borough of Lambeth97%Yes2030Jan. 23, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Reigate & Banstead 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
Woking Borough Council97%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Bracknell Forest Council97%Yes2050No
Blaby District Council97%Yes2030No
Eastleigh Borough Council96%Yes2025July 18, 2019
City of York Council95%Yes2030March 11, 2019
Warwick District Council95%No2030June 26, 2019
Brentwood Borough Council95%No2040No
Bromsgrove District Council95%YesNo targetJuly 24, 2019
Surrey County Council95%Yes2030July 9, 2019
East Dunbartonshire Council94%Yes2045No

These councils are the most similar to Reigate & Banstead 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
Runnymede Borough Council98%NoNo targetOct. 17, 2019
Ashfield District Council98%NoNo targetNo
Elmbridge Borough Council98%No2030July 17, 2019
Erewash Borough Council98%No2050No
Bracknell Forest Council98%Yes2050No
South Ribble Borough Council97%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council97%Yes2038July 17, 2019
Broxtowe Borough Council97%Yes2027July 17, 2019
Chesterfield Borough Council97%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council97%Yes2030July 18, 2019

Features

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

Comprehensive plan for mitigation Integrated with Local Plan Clear communication

Powers & Responsibilities

Reigate & Banstead 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

    reigate-banstead.gov.uk
    Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Reigate & Banstead 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 Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    Cite this page

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

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