2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council require new homes to make an improvement on the Part L building regulations?

Question code
3.3a
Section
Planning & Land Use
Topic
New Homes - Low Carbon Requirements
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Medium

Criteria

Points awarded if the council has a policy that requires a reduction in carbon/energy of new homes within the councils area that is 19% higher than the Part L building regulations.

This would be the same as Scottish councils requiring "Silver standard" as a minimum.

Clarifications

Part L building regulations are the English national standard building regulations, which define the energy performance and carbon emissions in new homes.

Councils can require improvements that require lower emissions than the current building regulations.

When marking the Planning section we will assess a Regulation 19 draft local plan or the latest adopted Local Plan or Supplementary Planning Document from the council.

Question performance

Or show scores by type of council

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114 single tier councils

1 point

72 single tier councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

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Aberdeenshire Council
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Argyll and Bute Council
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Bath and North East Somerset Council
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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
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Bridgend County Borough Council
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Brighton and Hove City Council
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Bristol City Council
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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
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City of Edinburgh Council
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City of London
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City of York Council
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Cornwall Council (Unitary)
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East Renfrewshire Council
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Glasgow City Council
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Isle of Wight Council
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Leeds City Council
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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
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London Borough of Barnet
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London Borough of Bexley
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London Borough of Brent
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London Borough of Bromley
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London Borough of Camden
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London Borough of Croydon
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London Borough of Ealing
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London Borough of Enfield
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London Borough of Hackney
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London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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London Borough of Haringey
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London Borough of Harrow
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London Borough of Havering
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London Borough of Hillingdon
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London Borough of Hounslow
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London Borough of Islington
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London Borough of Lambeth
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London Borough of Lewisham
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London Borough of Merton
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London Borough of Newham
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London Borough of Redbridge
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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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London Borough of Southwark
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London Borough of Sutton
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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London Borough of Waltham Forest
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London Borough of Wandsworth
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Manchester City Council
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Milton Keynes
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North Lanarkshire Council
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1/1
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North Somerset Council
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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Plymouth City Council
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Reading Borough Council
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Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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Royal Borough of Greenwich
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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Salford City Council
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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
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Sheffield City Council
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Shropshire Council - Unitary
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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
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South Gloucestershire Council
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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
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Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
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West Berkshire Council
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Westminster City Council
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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
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Wiltshire Council
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Wirral Council
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Wokingham Borough Council
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Aberdeen City Council
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Angus Council
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Bedford Borough Council
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Birmingham City Council
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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
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Blackpool Borough Council
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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
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Bracknell Forest Council
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Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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Buckinghamshire Council
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Caerphilly County Borough Council
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Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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Cardiff Council
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Carmarthenshire County Council
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Central Bedfordshire Council
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Ceredigion County Council
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Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
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Cheshire West and Chester Council
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Clackmannanshire Council
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
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Conwy County Borough Council
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Coventry City Council
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Cumberland Council
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Darlington Borough Council
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Denbighshire County Council
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Derby City Council
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Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
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Dorset Council
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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Dumfries and Galloway Council
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Dundee City Council
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Durham County Council
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0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Ayrshire Council
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East Dunbartonshire Council
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East Lothian Council
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East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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Falkirk Council
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Fife Council
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Flintshire County Council
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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Gwynedd County Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Halton Borough Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hartlepool Borough Council
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Herefordshire Council
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Inverclyde Council
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Isle of Anglesey County Council
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Isles of Scilly
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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
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Kirklees Council
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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Leicester City Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Liverpool City Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Luton Borough Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Medway Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Middlesbrough Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Midlothian Council
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Monmouthshire County Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
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Newport City Council
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North Ayrshire Council
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North East Lincolnshire Council
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North Lincolnshire Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Northamptonshire Council
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0/1--No evidence found
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Northumberland Council
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North Yorkshire Council
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Nottingham City Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Orkney Islands Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Pembrokeshire County Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Perth and Kinross Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Peterborough City Council
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0/1
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0/1--No evidence found
Portsmouth City Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Powys County Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Redcar and Cleveland Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Renfrewshire Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Rutland County Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Scottish Borders Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Shetland Islands Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Slough Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Somerset Council
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0/1NANo evidence found
Southampton City Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Ayrshire Council
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▼ 0
0/1▼ -1No evidence found
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
South Lanarkshire Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Tyneside Council
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0/1--No evidence found
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Stirling Council
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▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Sunderland City Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Swansea City Council
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0/1
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▼ 0
0/1▼ -1No evidence found
Swindon Borough Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Telford & Wrekin Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
The Highland Council
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0/1--No evidence found
The Moray Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Thurrock Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Torbay Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Torfaen County Borough Council
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0/1
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0/1--No evidence found
Vale of Glamorgan Council
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0/1
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0/1--No evidence found
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
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0/1
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▼ 0
0/1▼ -1No evidence found
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
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0/1
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0/1--No evidence found
Warrington Borough Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Dunbartonshire Council
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Lothian Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Westmorland and Furness Council
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0/1
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0/1NANo evidence found
West Northamptonshire Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Wolverhampton City Council
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0/1--No evidence found
Wrexham County Borough Council
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0/1
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0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria