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Rother District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

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

Climate pledge for 2030

“In September 2019, Rother District Council declared a climate emergency and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Environment Strategy | Rother District Council

Summary Document · HTML
Environment Strategy 2020–2030

Climate Strategy · PDF · 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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SectionRother District CouncilAverage district council
Total score22%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
5/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
4/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
2/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
4/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
1/5
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
1/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

406.6 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.2 tCO2

per person

0.8 ktCO2

per km2

37%

Transport

37%

Domestic

11%

Industry

9%

Commercial

4%

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 Rother 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
Norfolk County Council80%No2030No
Suffolk County Council78%Yes2030March 21, 2019
East Lindsey District Council76%Yes2040No
South Holland District Council76%NoNo targetNo
Dover District Council76%Yes2030Nov. 4, 2019
Lincolnshire County Council74%Yes2050No
East Suffolk Council74%No2030July 24, 2019
Tendring District Council74%Yes2030Aug. 6, 2019
Monmouthshire County Council73%Yes2030May 16, 2019
East Sussex County Council72%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Rother 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
Scarborough Borough Council82%No2030Jan. 7, 2019
East Lindsey District Council80%Yes2040No
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council80%Yes2030July 10, 2019
North Norfolk District Council79%Yes2030April 24, 2019
South Hams District Council78%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Monmouthshire County Council76%Yes2030May 16, 2019
Carlisle City Council76%No2030March 5, 2019
South Ayrshire Council73%No2045No
East Staffordshire Borough Council73%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020
Nottinghamshire County Council72%No2030May 27, 2021

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Hastings Borough Council99%Yes2030Feb. 13, 2019
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council98%Yes2030July 17, 2019
East Sussex County Council97%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
Maidstone Borough Council96%Yes2030April 10, 2019
Ashford Borough Council96%Yes2030No
Eastbourne Borough Council96%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Wealden District Council96%Yes2050July 24, 2019
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council95%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Folkestone and Hythe District Council94%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Swale Borough Council94%Yes2025June 26, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Rother 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
North Devon Council97%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Somerset County Council97%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
Conwy County Borough Council97%No2030May 9, 2019
Norfolk County Council95%No2030No
Dumfries and Galloway Council94%Yes2025June 27, 2019
Breckland District Council94%Yes2035Sept. 19, 2019
South Somerset District Council93%Yes2023May 21, 2019
Wrexham County Borough Council93%No2030Sept. 25, 2019
Midlothian Council93%No2030Dec. 17, 2019
Arun District Council93%No2030Jan. 15, 2020

These councils are the most similar to Rother 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
Devon County Council97%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
North Yorkshire County Council96%Yes2030No
Norfolk County Council96%No2030No
North Devon Council96%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Chichester District Council95%Yes2025July 9, 2019
Shropshire Council - Unitary94%No2030May 16, 2019
Wiltshire Council93%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Lincolnshire County Council92%Yes2050No
Somerset County Council92%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
Carmarthenshire County Council92%Yes2030Feb. 20, 2019

Features

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

Clear communication

Powers & Responsibilities

Rother 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

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

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