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South Holland District Council

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Climate emergency declaration

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Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Draft Climate Change Strategy

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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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South Holland District 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.

SectionSouth Holland District 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

429.2 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.5 tCO2

per person

0.5 ktCO2

per km2

36%

Transport

32%

Domestic

17%

Industry

7%

Commercial

6%

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 South Holland 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
Breckland District Council83%Yes2035Sept. 19, 2019
Norfolk County Council81%No2030No
Lincolnshire County Council79%Yes2050No
Boston Borough Council78%NoNo targetJan. 20, 2020
Forest of Dean District Council78%Yes2030Dec. 6, 2018
East Lindsey District Council77%Yes2040No
Babergh District Council77%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Shropshire Council - Unitary76%No2030May 16, 2019
Rother District Council76%No2030Sept. 16, 2019
Herefordshire Council76%Yes2030March 8, 2019

These councils are the most similar to South Holland 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
East Lindsey District Council84%Yes2040No
South Kesteven District Council82%Yes2050Sept. 26, 2019
Harborough District Council82%No2030June 24, 2019
Dorset Council82%No2040May 16, 2019
Herefordshire Council81%Yes2030March 8, 2019
Mendip District Council81%Yes2030Feb. 25, 2019
Lincolnshire County Council81%Yes2050No
Melton Borough Council81%No2030July 17, 2019
Tendring District Council80%Yes2030Aug. 6, 2019
East Suffolk Council80%No2030July 24, 2019

Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Boston Borough Council97%NoNo targetJan. 20, 2020
Fenland District Council96%NoNo targetNo
Peterborough City Council96%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Suffolk County Council95%Yes2030March 21, 2019
Lincolnshire County Council94%Yes2050No
East Lindsey District Council93%Yes2040No
Huntingdonshire District Council93%No2040No
South Kesteven District Council93%Yes2050Sept. 26, 2019
Cambridgeshire County Council93%Yes2050May 14, 2019
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council93%Yes2050Feb. 4, 2020

These councils are the most similar to South Holland 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
Ryedale District Council98%No2050Oct. 10, 2019
Forest of Dean District Council97%Yes2030Dec. 6, 2018
Gwynedd County Council92%No2030March 7, 2019
Ceredigion County Council92%Yes2030March 5, 2020
Eden District Council92%No2030July 11, 2019
Herefordshire Council91%Yes2030March 8, 2019
Somerset West and Taunton Council89%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
Boston Borough Council89%NoNo targetJan. 20, 2020
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar86%YesNo targetNo
Pembrokeshire County Council86%Yes2030May 9, 2019

These councils are the most similar to South Holland 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
East Devon District Council98%Yes2040July 24, 2019
East Lindsey District Council98%Yes2040No
Cornwall Council (Unitary)97%Yes2030Jan. 22, 2019
Shropshire Council - Unitary96%No2030May 16, 2019
South Norfolk District Council96%NoNo targetNo
South Lakeland District Council95%Yes2030Feb. 26, 2019
Wychavon District Council95%Yes2050No
North Devon Council94%Yes2030July 24, 2019
East Ayrshire Council93%No2030No
North Yorkshire County Council93%Yes2030No

Powers & Responsibilities

South Holland 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

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

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: South Holland District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/south-holland-district-council/ [Accessed 26 Mar 2023].

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