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Rushmoor Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on June 20, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“Pledge to make the Borough of Rushmoor carbon-neutral by 2030, taking into account production and consumption emissions.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Climate Change Action Plan

Action Plan · PDF · Approved

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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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SectionRushmoor Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score46%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
8/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
9/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
6/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
2/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
1/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
4/4
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

307.2 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

3.3 tCO2

per person

7.9 ktCO2

per km2

38%

Domestic

32%

Transport

13%

Commercial

11%

Industry

6%

Public Sector

0%

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 Rushmoor 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
Spelthorne Borough Council90%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council89%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Brighton and Hove City Council88%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
London Borough of Havering87%YesNo targetNo
Worthing Borough Council86%YesJuly 18, 2019
Adur District Council86%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Milton Keynes86%Yes2030Jan. 23, 2019
London Borough of Barnet85%NoNo targetMay 24, 2022
Worcester City Council84%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Watford Borough Council84%No2030July 9, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Rushmoor 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 of England Combined Authority92%Yes2030July 1, 2019
Brighton and Hove City Council92%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
Milton Keynes91%Yes2030Jan. 23, 2019
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames90%Yes2038June 25, 2019
Bath and North East Somerset Council90%Yes2030March 14, 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council90%Yes2030July 16, 2019
London Borough of Barnet90%NoNo targetMay 24, 2022
Leeds City Council89%No2030March 27, 2019
West Midlands Combined Authority89%No2041June 28, 2019
Worcester City Council89%Yes2030July 16, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Surrey Heath Borough Council98%Yes2030Oct. 9, 2019
Hart District Council98%Yes2040Sept. 1, 2019
Bracknell Forest Council98%Yes2050No
Hertfordshire County Council97%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Waverley Borough Council97%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Wokingham Borough Council97%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Guildford Borough Council97%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Woking Borough Council97%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead97%No2050June 26, 2019
Surrey County Council96%Yes2030July 9, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Rushmoor 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
Castle Point Borough Council95%NoNo targetNo
Exeter City Council93%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council93%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Spelthorne Borough Council91%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
London Borough of Havering91%YesNo targetNo
Oxford City Council88%Yes2030Jan. 28, 2019
Adur District Council87%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Broxtowe Borough Council87%Yes2027July 17, 2019
Gedling Borough Council86%Yes2030Nov. 20, 2019
Hertsmere Borough Council86%Yes2050Sept. 18, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Rushmoor 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
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council100%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council100%No2030No
Cheltenham Borough Council100%Yes2030Feb. 18, 2019
South Tyneside Council100%No2030July 18, 2019
Tamworth Borough Council100%No2050Oct. 19, 2019
Eastbourne Borough Council100%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Crawley Borough Council99%Yes2040July 17, 2019
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council99%No2030March 28, 2019
London Borough of Havering99%YesNo targetNo
Belfast City Council99%YesNo targetOct. 1, 2019

Features

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

Integrated with Local Plan Strong on public health

Powers & Responsibilities

Rushmoor 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

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

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

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