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Sheffield City Council

… an initial climate summit in March 2021 attended by over 200 people whose input has informed this plan, and worked with the Green City Partnership Board to develop the draft Local Plan and inform other policy. We now want to involve more people and our organisations as we develop our delivery plans and interventions, and to enable, support and celebrate others to act together. 1. Create…

… to develop delivery plans for the areas where change needs to happen We need to take action now, but we also need ambitious, longer term plans. We will develop iterative, agile plans over the next 18 months, working across the Council and with organisations and individuals across the city to develop plans that will build on the Pathways to Decarbonisation work and identify the ways forward…

…. Given current resource and demand, developing plans for all areas at the same time will result in slower action across the board. We will initially prioritise the sectors where Council action can lead to the biggest impact and delay will be most detrimental due to locked in emissions or accessing funding. • Decarbonising the council’s fleet and estate. • Domestic retrofit, buildings. • How…

…, and including the digital infrastructure that will allow many people to work remotely and travel less. Sheffield is at a pivotal point as we develop our new local plan which will be central to planning policy for 20 years once it comes into force. It is crucial to make the plan as ambitious as it can be, and that it is futureproofed. Sheffield introduced one of the first district energy networks…

…, as elsewhere, will need to be fit for the future and we have a role to work with Northern Power Grid to influence this. 1. Using the planning system to support our ambitions • Develop a new Local Plan that is future-proofed and supports our ambitions to transition to a zero carbon economy by 2030. • Explore what sustainable neighbourhoods might look like. • Develop and apply interim revised…