Our climate action scorecards assess climate action across seven sections.
5 - Planning and land use
- Is the council's area-wide net zero target a strategic objective of the Local Plan?
- Has the council committed to building all future council-owned or managed housing to a high energy efficiency or operationally net zero standard?
- Does the council require new homes to make an improvement on the Part L building regulations?
- Does the council require a fabric first approach for new development?
- Does the council set a requirement that all new homes to be built must be operationally (regulated) net zero?
- Does the council require developers to carry out a whole life-cycle carbon assessment of new build developments?
- Does the council require a higher level of water efficiency for all new homes?
- Has the council removed minimum parking requirements for new residential homes across their area?
- Does the council include a policy in the Local Plan to create 15/20 minute neighbourhoods?
- Has the council committed to avoiding new building developments on the functional flood plain?
- Does the council have a minimum requirement for on-site renewable energy generation for new building development?
- Has the council identified suitable areas for new solar energy, wind developments and district heat networks?
- Has the council approved any planning applications for new or expanded solar or wind developments, battery storage, or renewable district heat networks since 2019?