2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Has the council approved a planning application for a carbon intensive energy system to be built or expanded from 2020?

Question code
3.11
Section
Planning & Land Use
Topic
Carbon Intensive Industry
Source
National Data
Question weight
Unweighted

Criteria

Negatively Scored Question
Points deducted if the council has approved or expanded a carbon intensive energy system since 2019. A carbon energy intensive system includes coal mines, fracking/shale gas/gas drilling, oil drilling, and unabated fossil fuel generation.

-20% of the maximum possible section score will be deducted if the council has approved or expanded a carbon intensive energy system.

Clarifications

This question is scored using the data compiled by Drill or Drop database on the approval of oil, gas and coal projects.
https://drillordrop.com/planning/

Question performance by council type

Points distribution county councils

Councils with penalty marks

5 county councils

Councils without penalty marks

16 county councils

Note: “in 2023” counts show how the councils listed below were marked on this question in 2023. This list of councils may be slightly different to the list of councils originally assessed on this question in 2023, due to the creation and abolition of councils between Scorecard years.

Scores and evidence county councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Devon County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Essex County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Kent County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/0
2023 Difference
--
0/0--No Penalty mark
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
-4.40/0
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

-4.40/0--
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
-4.40/0
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

-4.40/0--
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
-4.40/0
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

-4.40/0--
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
-4.40/0
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

-4.40/0--
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
-4.40/0
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

-4.40/0--