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Harborough District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on June 24, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“The Council has committed to reducing its own emission to zero, as far as practically possible, by 2030.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Harborough District Council Climate Emergency Action Plan 2020 To 2025

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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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SectionHarborough District CouncilAverage district council
Total score42%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
4/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
13/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
4/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
4/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
1/5
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
1/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
3/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

425.5 ktCO2

Total 2019 emissions

4.5 tCO2

per person

0.7 ktCO2

per km2

9%

Commercial

35%

Domestic

15%

Industry

2%

Public Sector

39%

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 Harborough 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
West Oxfordshire District Council85%Yes2030June 26, 2019
South Oxfordshire District Council80%Yes2025April 11, 2019
North Kesteven District Council79%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Horsham District Council76%Yes2050June 26, 2019
Stratford-on-Avon District Council74%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Winchester City Council74%Yes2024June 5, 2019
Uttlesford District Council74%Yes2030July 30, 2019
Vale of White Horse District Council71%Yes2045Feb. 13, 2019
South Cambridgeshire District Council71%Yes2050Nov. 28, 2019
Hart District Council71%Yes2040Sept. 1, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Harborough 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
Staffordshire County Council89%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Worcestershire County Council87%Yes2030July 15, 2021
Warwickshire County Council87%Yes2030July 25, 2019
South Oxfordshire District Council86%Yes2025April 11, 2019
West Oxfordshire District Council86%Yes2030June 26, 2019
East Suffolk Council85%No2030July 24, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council85%No2030April 3, 2019
Devon County Council85%No2030Feb. 21, 2019
Dorset Council84%No2040May 16, 2019
West Sussex County Council84%Yes2030April 5, 2019

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

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council98%No2030No
Leicester City Council97%Yes2030Feb. 1, 2019
Blaby District Council96%Yes2030No
Charnwood Borough Council96%Yes2030No
Melton Borough Council95%No2030July 17, 2019
West Northamptonshire Council94%NoNo targetNo
Rugby Borough Council94%No2030July 18, 2019
Rutland County Council93%No2050No
North Northamptonshire Council93%No2030July 28, 2021

These councils are the most similar to Harborough 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
Vale of White Horse District Council97%Yes2045Feb. 13, 2019
Rushcliffe Borough Council96%Yes2030March 7, 2019
South Cambridgeshire District Council96%Yes2050Nov. 28, 2019
Rutland County Council95%No2050No
Waverley Borough Council95%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Uttlesford District Council94%Yes2030July 30, 2019
Hart District Council93%Yes2040Sept. 1, 2019
Isles of Scilly93%Yes2030April 11, 2019
Wokingham Borough Council92%Yes2030July 18, 2019
West Oxfordshire District Council92%Yes2030June 26, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Harborough 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
Selby District Council97%Yes2030No
Maldon District Council96%No2030Feb. 4, 2021
Ribble Valley Borough Council92%No2030No
North Kesteven District Council91%Yes2030July 11, 2019
South Somerset District Council86%Yes2023May 21, 2019
Winchester City Council84%Yes2024June 5, 2019
West Oxfordshire District Council84%Yes2030June 26, 2019
Stratford-on-Avon District Council83%Yes2030July 15, 2019
Huntingdonshire District Council83%No2040No
East Lothian Council83%No2045Aug. 27, 2019

Features

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

Strong on public health

Powers & Responsibilities

Harborough 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

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

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2022). Climate Action Plan Explorer: Harborough District Council. Available at: http://data.climateemergency.uk/councils/harborough-district-council/ [Accessed 27 Jun 2022].

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