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.
Or show scores by type of council
single tier councils
| 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 |