Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Points awarded if the council requires the lower level of water use - stated as 110 litres per person per day - for new homes.
This would be the same as Scottish councils requiring "Silver standard" or "Gold standard" as a minimum for new homes.
The council doesn't have to be defined as in a water stressed area to adopt the 110 litres per person per day standard for new build development - but a clear local need should be demonstrated. It should be noted that over half of England is defined as in a water stressed area: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/water-stressed-areas-2021-classification
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.
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.
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Aberdeenshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bedford Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Bracknell Forest Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bridgend County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Brighton and Hove City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bristol City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
Buckinghamshire Council
Evidence | 1/1 | -- | |
| Caerphilly County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Cardiff Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Carmarthenshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Central Bedfordshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Ceredigion County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| City of London | 1/1 | -- | |
| City of York Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Conwy County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Cornwall Council (Unitary) | 1/1 | -- | |
| Denbighshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Flintshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Glasgow City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Gwynedd County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Herefordshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Evidence | 1/1 | -- | |
| Isle of Wight Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Isles of Scilly | 1/1 | -- | |
| Leeds City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Leicester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Barnet | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Bexley | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Brent | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Bromley | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Camden | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Croydon | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Ealing | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Enfield | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Hackney | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Haringey | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Harrow | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Havering | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Hillingdon | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Hounslow | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Islington | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Lambeth | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Lewisham | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Merton | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Newham | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Redbridge | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Southwark | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Sutton | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Waltham Forest | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Wandsworth | 1/1 | -- | |
| Luton Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Medway Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Milton Keynes | 1/1 | -- | |
| Monmouthshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Newport City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Lincolnshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Northamptonshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Somerset Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Nottingham City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Pembrokeshire County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Peterborough City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Portsmouth City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Powys County Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Reading Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Royal Borough of Greenwich | 1/1 | -- | |
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 1/1 | -- | |
| Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 1/1 | -- | |
| Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | 1/1 | -- | |
| Rutland County Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Sheffield City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Shropshire Council - Unitary | 1/1 | -- | |
| Somerset Council | 1/1 | NA | |
| Southampton City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Swansea City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Telford & Wrekin Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Torfaen County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| West Berkshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Westminster City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| West Northamptonshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wiltshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wirral Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wokingham Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wrexham County Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
Angus Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Argyll and Bute Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Birmingham City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Blackpool Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
City of Edinburgh Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Clackmannanshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Coventry City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Cumberland Council
| 0/1 | NA | No evidence found |
Darlington Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Derby City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Dorset Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Dundee City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Durham County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
East Ayrshire Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
East Lothian Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Falkirk Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Fife Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Halton Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Hartlepool Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Inverclyde Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Kirklees Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Liverpool City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Manchester City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Middlesbrough Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Midlothian Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Ayrshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Lanarkshire Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Northumberland Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Yorkshire Council
| 0/1 | NA | No evidence found |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Orkney Islands Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Perth and Kinross Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Plymouth City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Redcar and Cleveland Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Renfrewshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Salford City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Scottish Borders Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Shetland Islands Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Slough Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Ayrshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Gloucestershire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Lanarkshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Tyneside Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Stirling Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sunderland City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Swindon Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
The Highland Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
The Moray Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Thurrock Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Torbay Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Warrington Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
West Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Lothian Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Westmorland and Furness Council
| 0/1 | NA | No evidence found |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Wolverhampton City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |