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Rushmoor Borough Council

Declarations & pledges

Climate emergency declaration

This council declared a climate emergency on June 20, 2019.

Council only pledge for 2030

“Pledge to make the Borough of Rushmoor carbon-neutral by 2030, taking into account production and consumption emissions.”

Climate documents

Last update: March 16, 2022
Climate Change Action Plan

Action Plan · PDF · Approved ·

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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SectionRushmoor Borough CouncilAverage district council
Total score46%43%
Section 1 Governance, development and funding
8/21
9.4/21
Section 2 Mitigation and adaptation
9/18
8.1/18
Section 3 Commitment and integration
6/7
3.8/7
Section 4 Community, engagement and communications
2/9
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
3/5
1.5/5
Section 9 Ecological emergency
3/4
1.8/4

Emissions data

328.9 ktCO2

Total 2019 emissions

3.5 tCO2

per person

8.4 ktCO2

per km2

16%

Commercial

36%

Domestic

11%

Industry

4%

Public Sector

33%

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 Rushmoor 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
London Borough of Havering91%YesNo targetNo
London Borough of Barnet91%NoNo targetNo
London Borough of Bexley90%NoNo targetNo
Spelthorne Borough Council90%No2050Oct. 14, 2020
Watford Borough Council90%No2030July 9, 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council89%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Milton Keynes88%Yes2030Jan. 23, 2019
Adur District Council88%Yes2030July 18, 2019
Brighton and Hove City Council88%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
Worthing Borough Council88%YesJuly 18, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Rushmoor 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
London Borough of Havering91%YesNo targetNo
Eastleigh Borough Council90%Yes2025July 18, 2019
South Gloucestershire Council90%Yes2030July 17, 2019
Brighton and Hove City Council89%Yes2030Dec. 13, 2018
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames89%Yes2038June 25, 2019
Watford Borough Council89%No2030July 9, 2019
Havant Borough Council89%Yes2050No
Fareham Borough Council89%Yes2030Oct. 24, 2019
London Borough of Enfield89%No2030July 8, 2019
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council89%Yes2030July 16, 2019

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

Council nameSimilarityHas planCarbon Neutral byDeclared emergency
Surrey Heath Borough Council98%Yes2030Oct. 9, 2019
Hart District Council98%Yes2040Sept. 1, 2019
Hertfordshire County Council97%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Waverley Borough Council97%Yes2030Sept. 18, 2019
Guildford Borough Council97%Yes2030July 23, 2019
Surrey County Council96%Yes2030July 9, 2019
Hampshire County Council94%No2050June 17, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Rushmoor 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
London Borough of Bexley99%NoNo targetNo
Fylde Borough Council95%NoNo targetNo
South Ribble Borough Council95%Yes2030July 24, 2019
West Sussex County Council94%Yes2030April 5, 2019
London Borough of Barnet94%NoNo targetNo
Exeter City Council94%Yes2030July 23, 2019
London Borough of Merton94%No2030July 10, 2019
Castle Point Borough Council94%NoNo targetNo
Gedling Borough Council93%Yes2030Nov. 20, 2019
Maidstone Borough Council93%No2030April 10, 2019

These councils are the most similar to Rushmoor 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
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council100%Yes2030July 16, 2019
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council100%No2030No
Cheltenham Borough Council100%Yes2030Feb. 18, 2019
Tamworth Borough Council100%No2050Oct. 19, 2019
South Tyneside Council100%No2030July 18, 2019
Eastbourne Borough Council100%Yes2030July 10, 2019
Crawley Borough Council100%Yes2040July 17, 2019
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council100%No2038March 28, 2019
London Borough of Havering100%YesNo targetNo
Middlesbrough Borough Council100%No2029Sept. 4, 2019

Features

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

Integrated with Local Plan Strong on public health

Powers & Responsibilities

Rushmoor 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

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

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    mySociety, Climate Emergency UK (2022). Climate Action Plan Explorer: Rushmoor Borough Council. Available at: http://data.climateemergency.uk/councils/rushmoor-borough-council/ [Accessed 23 May 2022].

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