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Lancashire County Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on Feb. 28, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“Declares a ‘Climate Emergency’, and commits to making the operations and activities of Lancashire County Council Carbon Neutral by 2030.”

Climate documents

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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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Lancashire County 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.

SectionLancashire County CouncilAverage county council
Total score0%40%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
0/21
8.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
0/18
6.6/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
0/5
2.7/5
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
0/9
4.7/9
Section 5 Measuring and setting emissions targets
0/5
2.4/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
0/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.2/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
0/5
1.7/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.5/4

Emissions data

6043.8 ktCO2

Total 2019 emissions

4.0 tCO2

per person

1.7 ktCO2

per km2

11%

Commercial

35%

Domestic

19%

Industry

4%

Public Sector

31%

Transport

Data from the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy “subset dataset”, representing carbon dioxide emissions within the scope of influence of local authorities. Data has been combined from constituent local authorities.

These councils are the most similar to Lancashire County 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
Wyre Forest District Council86%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Worcestershire County Council84%Yes2030July 15, 2021
Bedford Borough Council84%Yes2030March 5, 2019
Leicestershire County Council84%No2030May 15, 2019
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council83%No2030April 3, 2019
Nottinghamshire County Council82%No2030May 27, 2021
Gravesham Borough Council82%No2030June 26, 2019
East Staffordshire Borough Council82%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020
Staffordshire County Council81%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Kirklees Council81%No2038Jan. 16, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Lancashire County 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
Charnwood Borough Council90%Yes2030No
Dover District Council89%Yes2030Nov. 4, 2019
Wirral Council88%No2030July 15, 2019
Wyre Forest District Council88%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council87%Yes2038Nov. 28, 2018
Warrington Borough Council87%Yes2030June 7, 2019
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council87%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Kirklees Council86%No2038Jan. 16, 2019
Renfrewshire Council86%No2030June 27, 2019
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council86%Yes2050No

These councils are the most similar to Lancashire County 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
Lancaster City Council96%Yes2030Jan. 30, 2019
Gravesham Borough Council95%No2030June 26, 2019
North Lincolnshire Council93%Yes2030No
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council93%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea93%Yes2030Oct. 1, 2019
Sedgemoor District Council92%Yes2030March 20, 2019
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council91%Yes2038July 10, 2019
Brighton and Hove City Council91%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
South Lanarkshire Council91%NoNo targetSept. 25, 2019
Wyre Forest District Council91%YesNo targetMay 22, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Lancashire County 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
Hampshire County Council99%No2050June 17, 2019
East Staffordshire Borough Council97%Yes2040Aug. 17, 2020
Kent County Council97%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Staffordshire County Council97%Yes2050July 25, 2019
Leicestershire County Council96%No2030May 15, 2019
Warwickshire County Council96%Yes2030July 25, 2019
Cheshire West and Chester Council95%Yes2030May 21, 2019
Lewes District Council95%Yes2030July 15, 2019
West Sussex County Council95%Yes2030April 5, 2019
Amber Valley Borough Council94%Yes2030July 24, 2019

Powers & Responsibilities

Lancashire County Council is a County Council, 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
    Passenger transport

    Climate actions might include:

    • encouraging bus and private hire operators to use low-emission vehicles, through licensing requirements or Clean Air Zones
    • incentivising bus use by improving routes, timetables, and ticket prices through ‘Enhanced Partnerships’ with operators
    • proposing to central government the development of light rail / tram networks that integrate, rather than compete, with other modes of transport in the area

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Schools and libraries

    Climate actions might include:

    • reducing the carbon footprint of civic buildings through better insulation and renewable energy use
    • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ or public transport use among employees
    • providing carbon literacy training for employees
    • encouraging eco-clubs at schools
    • using school land to plant trees and hedgerows, or to grow food

    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
    Transport planning

    Climate actions might include:

    • incentivising ‘Active Travel’ like walking and cycling by creating or widening footways and cycleways
    • incentivising Electric Vehicle use by assigning street space to EV charging
    • disincentivising the use of fossil fuel cars through congestion charging,low-traffic neighbourhoods, or the reduction of parking space

    See more in the Climate Emergency UK checklist.

    Waste disposal

    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

    lancashire.gov.uk
    Lancashire County Council’s official homepage.

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2022). Climate Action Plan Explorer: Lancashire County Council. Available at: http://data.climateemergency.uk/councils/lancashire-county-council/ [Accessed 25 Jun 2022].

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