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Sedgemoor District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

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

Whole area pledge for 2030

“These documents have been created following the council's declaration of a Climate Emergency and its pledge to work with partners, individuals and community groups to identify ways to make Sedgemoor and Somerset carbon neutral by 2030, taking into account both production and consumption emissions.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Climate Emergency Strategy 2020–2030

Climate Strategy · PDF · Approved · Council Only
Climate Emergency Strategy & Action Plan | Sedgemoor District Council

Summary Document · HTML
Climate Emergency Action Plan

Action Plan · PDF · Approved · Council Only

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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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Sedgemoor District Council was a top performer amongst district councils, in three sections including Mitigation and adaptation.

SectionSedgemoor District CouncilAverage district council
Total score71%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
13/21
9.4/21
Section 2 · Top performer Mitigation and adaptation
18/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
4/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
6/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
3/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
4/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
1/5
0.5/5
Section 8 · Top performer Education, skills and training
5/5
1.5/5
Section 9 · Top performer Ecological emergency
4/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

529.3 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.3 tCO2

per person

0.9 ktCO2

per km2

32%

Transport

29%

Domestic

24%

Industry

5%

Commercial

5%

Agriculture

4%

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 Sedgemoor 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
Somerset County Council87%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
Devon County Council82%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
Dorset Council81%No2040May 16, 2019
Wychavon District Council81%Yes2050No
Mendip District Council80%Yes2030Feb. 25, 2019
Worcestershire County Council80%Yes2030July 15, 2021
South Somerset District Council80%Yes2023May 21, 2019
Wiltshire Council80%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Somerset West and Taunton Council78%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
Bridgend County Borough Council78%No2030July 22, 2022

These councils are the most similar to Sedgemoor 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 Staffordshire Council87%YesNo targetSept. 10, 2019
Somerset County Council85%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
Charnwood Borough Council85%Yes2030No
Telford & Wrekin Council85%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Vale of Glamorgan Council85%Yes2030July 29, 2019
Gloucestershire County Council82%Yes2030May 15, 2019
Wiltshire Council82%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Wychavon District Council82%Yes2050No
Leicestershire County Council81%No2030May 15, 2019
South Somerset District Council81%Yes2023May 21, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Somerset County Council96%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
North Somerset Council96%Yes2030Feb. 19, 2019
South Somerset District Council95%Yes2023May 21, 2019
Bristol City Council95%Yes2025Nov. 13, 2018
Devon County Council95%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
Newport City Council94%Yes2030Nov. 23, 2021
Cardiff Council93%Yes2030March 28, 2019
Mendip District Council93%Yes2030Feb. 25, 2019
Somerset West and Taunton Council93%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
Bath and North East Somerset Council92%Yes2030March 14, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Sedgemoor 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
Newark and Sherwood District Council97%Yes2035July 16, 2019
Cumbria County Council97%Yes2050No
Bridgend County Borough Council96%No2030July 22, 2022
Lincolnshire County Council96%Yes2050No
Carlisle City Council95%No2030March 5, 2019
Northumberland Council95%Yes2030June 11, 2019
Bassetlaw District Council95%NoNo targetNo
East Suffolk Council95%No2030July 24, 2019
East Sussex County Council95%Yes2050Oct. 15, 2019
South Lanarkshire Council95%NoNo targetSept. 25, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Sedgemoor 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
Wealden District Council99%Yes2050July 24, 2019
Bassetlaw District Council98%NoNo targetNo
Monmouthshire County Council97%Yes2030May 16, 2019
Dorset Council97%No2040May 16, 2019
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council96%NoNo targetSept. 9, 2019
Somerset County Council95%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council95%NoNo targetNo
Suffolk County Council95%Yes2030March 21, 2019
Wiltshire Council95%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Lincolnshire County Council94%Yes2050No

Features

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

Comprehensive plan for mitigation Comprehensive plan for adaptation Strong on public health Good on green jobs, skills & training

Powers & Responsibilities

Sedgemoor 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

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

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Sedgemoor District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/sedgemoor-district-council/ [Accessed 1 Apr 2023].

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