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Wychavon District Council

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Climate emergency declaration

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Whole area pledge for 2050

“Our vision is to lead the Wychavon district to be carbon neutral as quickly as possible and by 2050 at the latest.”

Climate documents

Last update: Jan. 10, 2022

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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SectionWychavon District CouncilAverage district council
Total score49%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
15/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
5/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
4/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
3/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
4/5
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
2/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
3/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

614.7 ktCO2

Total 2020 emissions

4.7 tCO2

per person

0.9 ktCO2

per km2

34%

Transport

30%

Domestic

20%

Industry

7%

Commercial

4%

Public Sector

4%

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 Wychavon 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
Wiltshire Council85%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Lincolnshire County Council83%Yes2050No
Dorset Council82%No2040May 16, 2019
Somerset County Council82%No2030Feb. 20, 2019
South Somerset District Council82%Yes2023May 21, 2019
Sedgemoor District Council81%Yes2030March 20, 2019
Devon County Council81%Yes2030Feb. 21, 2019
Shropshire Council - Unitary80%No2030May 16, 2019
Chichester District Council79%Yes2025July 9, 2019
Suffolk County Council79%Yes2030March 21, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Wychavon 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
Wiltshire Council87%No2030Feb. 26, 2019
Lincolnshire County Council87%Yes2050No
Vale of Glamorgan Council87%Yes2030July 29, 2019
East Lothian Council86%No2045Aug. 27, 2019
Cheshire West and Chester Council86%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Cherwell District Council86%No2030July 22, 2019
Staffordshire County Council85%Yes2050July 25, 2019
South Staffordshire Council85%YesNo targetSept. 10, 2019
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council84%YesNo targetNo
Norfolk County Council83%No2030No
Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Redditch Borough Council97%No2050Sept. 23, 2019
Worcester City Council97%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Bromsgrove District Council96%YesNo targetJuly 24, 2019
Worcestershire County Council96%Yes2030July 15, 2021
Tewkesbury Borough Council96%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
Cheltenham Borough Council95%Yes2030Feb. 18, 2019
Malvern Hills District Council95%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Wyre Forest District Council94%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council94%NoNo targetJuly 6, 2020
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council94%No2030March 10, 2020

These councils are the most similar to Wychavon 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
Malvern Hills District Council98%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Lewes District Council98%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Angus Council97%YesNo targetSept. 5, 2019
Dorset Council97%No2040May 16, 2019
Maidstone Borough Council96%Yes2030April 10, 2019
Rugby Borough Council96%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Braintree District Council95%Yes2030July 22, 2019
Essex County Council95%Yes2030No
Colchester Borough Council95%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Epping Forest District Council95%Yes2030Sept. 19, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Wychavon 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 Lindsey District Council96%Yes2040No
Breckland District Council95%Yes2035Sept. 19, 2019
East Devon District Council95%Yes2040July 24, 2019
Shropshire Council - Unitary95%No2030May 16, 2019
North Yorkshire County Council95%Yes2030No
South Holland District Council95%NoNo targetNo
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council93%Yes2050Feb. 4, 2020
North Devon Council93%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Cornwall Council (Unitary)92%Yes2030Jan. 22, 2019
South Norfolk District Council92%NoNo targetNo

Features

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

Powers & Responsibilities

Wychavon 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

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

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2023). CAPE: Wychavon District Council. Available at: http://cape.mysociety.org/councils/wychavon-district-council/ [Accessed 22 Mar 2023].

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