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Mansfield District Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on March 5, 2019.

Whole area pledge for 2040

“Make Mansfield carbon neutral by 2040”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Climate Change Strategy And Delivery Plan

Climate Strategy · PDF · ·

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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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Mansfield District Council was a top performer amongst district councils, in the Measuring and setting emissions targets section.

SectionMansfield District CouncilAverage district council
Total score42%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
9/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
3/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
2/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
6/9
4.7/9
Section 5 · Top performer Measuring and setting emissions targets
5/5
2.6/5
Section 6 Co-benefits
2/4
1.9/4
Section 7 Diversity and inclusion
0/5
0.5/5
Section 8 Education, skills and training
3/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
0/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

402.8 ktCO2

Total 2019 emissions

3.7 tCO2

per person

5.3 ktCO2

per km2

10%

Commercial

49%

Domestic

11%

Industry

4%

Public Sector

26%

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 Mansfield 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
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council80%No2040Sept. 19, 2019
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council78%No2030Oct. 30, 2019
Chesterfield Borough Council77%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council77%No2038Jan. 30, 2019
Pendle Borough Council77%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Hyndburn Borough Council77%No2030Sept. 19, 2019
Kirklees Council76%No2038Jan. 16, 2019
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council76%Yes2040Sept. 18, 2019
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority75%No2040Nov. 7, 2019
Ashfield District Council73%NoNo targetNo

These councils are the most similar to Mansfield 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
East Dunbartonshire Council85%Yes2045No
Ards and North Down Borough Council84%NoNo targetFeb. 27, 2019
Bolsover District Council80%YesNo targetNo
East Renfrewshire Council78%No2040Aug. 13, 2020
South Lanarkshire Council78%NoNo targetSept. 25, 2019
Scarborough Borough Council76%No2030Jan. 7, 2019
Tandridge District Council76%Yes2030Feb. 13, 2020
Ashfield District Council76%NoNo targetNo
North East Derbyshire District Council75%Yes2030July 8, 2019
Harrogate Borough Council75%No2038April 10, 2019

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

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Bolsover District Council98%YesNo targetNo
Ashfield District Council98%NoNo targetNo
Nottinghamshire County Council98%No2030May 27, 2021
Newark and Sherwood District Council95%Yes2035July 16, 2019
Bassetlaw District Council95%NoNo targetNo

These councils are the most similar to Mansfield 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
Greater Manchester Combined Authority97%No2038July 26, 2019
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council96%Yes2040June 10, 2019
Newport City Council96%Yes2030Nov. 23, 2021
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council95%No2040Sept. 19, 2019
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council95%No2037July 16, 2019
Norwich City Council95%Yes2030Jan. 29, 2019
Pendle Borough Council94%Yes2030July 11, 2019
Peterborough City Council94%Yes2030July 24, 2019
Glasgow City Council94%Yes2030May 16, 2019
Sunderland City Council93%Yes2030March 27, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Mansfield 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
Surrey Heath Borough Council97%Yes2030Oct. 9, 2019
Thurrock Council97%No2022Oct. 23, 2019
Inverclyde Council97%NoNo targetNo
Hertsmere Borough Council97%Yes2050Sept. 18, 2019
City of York Council96%No2030March 11, 2019
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council96%Yes2030No
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council96%Yes2030Sept. 28, 2020
Newport City Council95%Yes2030Nov. 23, 2021
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council95%Yes2030May 23, 2019
Warrington Borough Council94%Yes2030June 7, 2019

Features

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

Clear communication Good on green jobs, skills & training

Powers & Responsibilities

Mansfield 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

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

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