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 Northern Irish councils

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in 2023

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in 2023

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.

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