Response A1345568

Response to request for information

Response date

1 September 2021

Request

Information about declaring a climate emergency and setting a target for your area to be carbon neutral by 2030.

1. If you have published a plan setting out how you will achieve this target. If so please provide a link to the document.
2. What reduction (if any) in your local authority's own carbon emissions so far.
3. What reduction (if any) in your local authority's own energy consumption.
4. What incentives you have provided (if any) for electric cars. For example, reduction in parking permits and fees.
5. How much of your local authority's own vehicle fleet has been switched to electric vehicles?
6. How many new street trees (if any) you have planted in the financial year 2020/21.
7. What changes (if any) you have undertaken to ease planning restrictions to convert commercial to residential properties. Also to extend existing residential properties - for example in easing the restrictions on mansard roofs.

Response

1. If you have published a plan setting out how you will achieve this target. If so please provide a link to the document.
   • Our climate change pages are online and our action plan is online at Carbon Management Action Plan 2020
2. What reduction (if any) in your local authority's own carbon emissions so far.
   • Our reduction summary can be found on Carbon Neutral 2030 webpages and more detail is provided in our published greenhouse gas report, the latest published is Rushcliffe Borough Council Greenhouse Gas Report
3. What reduction (if any) in your local authority's own energy consumption.
   • Please see our published greenhouse gas report
4. What incentives you have provided (if any) for electric cars. For example, reduction in parking permits and fees.
   • EV charging points provided in council car parks in Radcliffe, Keyworth, Cotgrave and Rushcliffe Arena, West Bridgford. Plans for larger sites including Rushcliffe Country Park, Gresham and Gamston Community Hall.
5. How much of your local authority's own vehicle fleet has been switched to electric vehicles?
   • Plans are in development
6. How many new street trees (if any) you have planted in the financial year 2020/21.
   • Street trees are generally managed by Nottinghamshire County Council who are the highway authority for this area. Rushcliffe maintain a number of open spaces and recreational areas and in the 20-21 financial year 318 trees were planted on our land.
7. What changes (if any) you have undertaken to ease planning restrictions to convert commercial to residential properties. Also to extend existing residential properties - for example in easing the restrictions on mansard roofs.
   • None, national planning regulations and policy applied where applicable