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Runnymede Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on Oct. 17, 2019.

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Climate documents

Last update: Sept. 27, 2021
Runnymede Borough Council Pre-plan

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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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Runnymede Borough Council scored zero points in this assessment. This is because the council either didn’t have any published plans at the time of the assessment, or the plans didn’t qualify.

SectionRunnymede Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score0%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
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
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

323.8 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

3.6 tCO2

per person

4.1 ktCO2

per km2

38%

Domestic

34%

Transport

11%

Public Sector

10%

Commercial

4%

Industry

3%

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 Runnymede 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
Cheltenham Borough Council81%Yes2030Feb. 18, 2019
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council79%Yes2030No
Canterbury City Council79%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Three Rivers District Council78%No2030May 21, 2019
Surrey County Council77%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Welwyn Hatfield Council77%Yes2030June 19, 2019
Bracknell Forest Council77%Yes2050No
Bath and North East Somerset Council76%Yes2030March 14, 2019
Rushmoor Borough Council76%Yes2030June 20, 2019
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council75%Yes2035July 23, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Runnymede 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
West Dunbartonshire Council86%Yes2045May 29, 2019
Aberdeen City Council83%Yes2045No
Cheltenham Borough Council81%Yes2030Feb. 18, 2019
City of Edinburgh Council81%Yes2030Feb. 7, 2019
Canterbury City Council81%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council79%Yes2030April 3, 2019
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham77%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Nottingham City Council77%Yes2028Jan. 21, 2019
Worcester City Council76%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Bath and North East Somerset Council76%Yes2030March 14, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Surrey County Council99%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Spelthorne Borough Council99%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Woking Borough Council99%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Slough Borough Council98%YesNo targetNo
Surrey Heath Borough Council98%Yes2030Oct. 9, 2019
Guildford Borough Council98%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Elmbridge Borough Council98%No2030July 17, 2019
London Borough of Hillingdon97%Yes2030Jan. 16, 2020
Hertfordshire County Council97%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead97%No2050June 26, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Runnymede 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
Three Rivers District Council97%No2030May 21, 2019
Charnwood Borough Council96%Yes2030No
South Gloucestershire Council96%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Chelmsford City Council95%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Lichfield District Council93%NoNo targetDec. 10, 2019
Leicestershire County Council93%No2030May 15, 2019
Broadland District Council93%No2050No
North Hertfordshire District Council93%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Bath and North East Somerset Council93%Yes2030March 14, 2019
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council93%Yes2030No

These councils are the most similar to Runnymede 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
Ashfield District Council100%NoNo targetNo
Erewash Borough Council99%No2050No
Bracknell Forest Council98%Yes2050No
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council98%Yes2038July 17, 2019
South Ribble Borough Council98%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council98%Yes2030No
Broxtowe Borough Council98%Yes2027July 17, 2019
Elmbridge Borough Council97%No2030July 17, 2019
Adur District Council97%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Woking Borough Council97%Yes2030July 25, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Runnymede 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

    runnymede.gov.uk
    Runnymede Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Runnymede 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 Runnymede Borough Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    Cite this page

    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Runnymede Borough Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/runnymede-borough-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].

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