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Teignbridge District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on April 18, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2025

“Our councillors have committed to plans that will help the authority become carbon neutral by 2025 and we are working with others to reduce negative impacts on the environment across Devon.”

Climate documents

Last update: Nov. 14, 2022
Part 1 Carbon Action Plan

Action Plan · PDF · Approved · Council Only

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Teignbridge District Council Action 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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SectionTeignbridge District CouncilAverage district council
Total score42%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
3/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
5/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
2/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
2/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
2/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
3/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

599.8 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.4 tCO2

per person

0.9 ktCO2

per km2

48%

Transport

28%

Domestic

15%

Industry

4%

Commercial

3%

Agriculture

2%

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 Teignbridge 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
South Somerset District Council81%Yes2023May 21, 2019
Devon County Council81%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
Somerset County Council79%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
Dorset Council79%No2040May 16, 2019
South Derbyshire District Council79%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Mendip District Council76%Yes2030Feb. 25, 2019
New Forest District Council76%NoNo targetNov. 6, 2021
Sedgemoor District Council75%Yes2030March 20, 2019
East Devon District Council75%Yes2040July 24, 2019
North Devon Council74%Yes2030July 24, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Teignbridge 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 Derbyshire District Council91%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Breckland District Council91%Yes2035Sept. 19, 2019
Mid Suffolk District Council85%Yes2030July 25, 2019
East Cambridgeshire District Council84%Yes2050Oct. 17, 2019
Tewkesbury Borough Council83%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
Babergh District Council83%Yes2030July 23, 2019
South Norfolk District Council83%NoNo targetNo
North Northamptonshire Council82%Yes2030July 28, 2021
South Somerset District Council82%Yes2023May 21, 2019
Braintree District Council82%Yes2030July 22, 2019
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Exeter City Council97%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Torbay Council97%Yes2030June 19, 2019
South Hams District Council96%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Mid Devon District Council96%Yes2030June 26, 2019
West Devon Borough Council94%Yes2030May 21, 2019
East Devon District Council93%Yes2040July 24, 2019
Plymouth City Council92%Yes2030March 18, 2019
North Devon Council92%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Somerset West and Taunton Council92%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
Torridge District Council90%Yes2030July 1, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Teignbridge 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
Chichester District Council96%Yes2025July 9, 2019
Devon County Council96%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
Braintree District Council95%Yes2030July 22, 2019
North Warwickshire Borough Council94%No2030Oct. 22, 2019
Epping Forest District Council94%Yes2030Sept. 19, 2019
South Hams District Council94%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Dorset Council94%No2040May 16, 2019
Powys County Council93%No2030July 30, 2020
Monmouthshire County Council93%Yes2030May 16, 2019
Malvern Hills District Council92%Yes2030July 23, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Teignbridge 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
South Staffordshire Council97%YesNo targetSept. 10, 2019
South Derbyshire District Council97%Yes2030June 27, 2019
Cambridgeshire County Council95%Yes2050May 14, 2019
North Lincolnshire Council95%Yes2030No
Central Bedfordshire Council94%No2030July 19, 2019
North West Leicestershire District Council94%Yes2030June 25, 2019
Vale of White Horse District Council93%Yes2045Feb. 13, 2019
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority93%Yes2050No
Northumberland Council92%Yes2030June 11, 2019
Folkestone and Hythe District Council91%Yes2030July 24, 2019

Features

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

Powers & Responsibilities

Teignbridge 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

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

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

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