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Fylde Borough Council

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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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Fylde Borough 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.

SectionFylde Borough 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

377.7 ktCO2

Total 2019 emissions

4.7 tCO2

per person

2.1 ktCO2

per km2

8%

Commercial

35%

Domestic

22%

Industry

3%

Public Sector

32%

Transport

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 Fylde Borough 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
Staffordshire County Council83%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)82%Yes2025May 22, 2019
Leicestershire County Council81%No2030May 15, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council80%No2030April 3, 2019
Warrington Borough Council79%Yes2030June 7, 2019
South Ribble Borough Council78%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council78%No2038March 28, 2019
South Lanarkshire Council77%NoNo targetSept. 25, 2019
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council77%Yes2030Oct. 8, 2019
Stafford Borough Council76%No2040July 23, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Fylde Borough 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
Warwickshire County Council88%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)87%Yes2025May 22, 2019
Surrey Heath Borough Council87%Yes2030Oct. 9, 2019
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council87%No2038Jan. 30, 2019
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead84%No2050June 26, 2019
Pendle Borough Council84%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Falkirk Council84%Yes2030Aug. 26, 2019
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council84%No2038March 28, 2019
Stroud District Council83%No2030Dec. 13, 2018
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council83%Yes2030No

These councils grographically border or overlap with Fylde Borough Council. Read more about how we calculate this.

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Blackpool Borough Council98%Yes2030June 26, 2019
Wyre Council97%Yes2030July 11, 2019
West Lancashire Borough Council96%Yes2030July 17, 2019
South Ribble Borough Council95%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Preston City Council95%No2030April 18, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Fylde Borough 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
Staffordshire County Council97%Yes2050July 25, 2019
London Borough of Bexley95%NoNo targetNo
Derbyshire County Council95%Yes2032No
Rushmoor Borough Council95%Yes2030June 20, 2019
Exeter City Council95%Yes2030July 23, 2019
South Derbyshire District Council94%Yes2030June 27, 2019
North East Derbyshire District Council94%Yes2030July 8, 2019
West Sussex County Council94%Yes2030April 5, 2019
Colchester Borough Council93%Yes2030July 17, 2019
South Ribble Borough Council93%Yes2030July 24, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Fylde Borough 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
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council98%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Wyre Forest District Council97%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Gedling Borough Council96%Yes2030Nov. 20, 2019
Gravesham Borough Council96%No2030June 26, 2019
Bridgend County Borough Council95%No2030No
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council95%NoNo targetNo
Inverclyde Council95%NoNo targetNo
City of York Council95%No2030March 11, 2019
Arun District Council95%No2030Jan. 15, 2020
Hertsmere Borough Council95%Yes2050Sept. 18, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Fylde Borough 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

    fylde.gov.uk
    Fylde Borough Council’s official homepage.
    Tyndall Centre Carbon Budget report
    Check Fylde Borough 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 Fylde Borough Council’s climate performance, and actions you can take.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2022). Climate Action Plan Explorer: Fylde Borough Council. Available at: http://data.climateemergency.uk/councils/fylde-borough-council/ [Accessed 27 Jun 2022].

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