Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Criteria is met if the council has used either the Community Infrastructure Levy or Section 106 to raise any amount of ring-fenced funds for climate action, explicitly to fund climate action projects, including mitigation, adaptation, ecological and biodiversity restoration or enhancement. The funds must be ring-fenced for climate or ecological projects, created with money from property development.
References to funds covering blue or green infrastructure projects, sustainable drainage, transport or other specific projects listed in an Infrastructure Funding Statement is not valid. A commitment to climate action in Infrastructure Funding Strategies is also not valid.
In Scotland, the criteria is met if the council has used section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 for the same purposes as above.
In Northern Ireland, the criteria is met if the council has used section 76 of the 2011 Planning Act for the same purposes as above.
The Community Infrastructure Levy is a charge that local authorities can set on new development in order to raise funds to help fund specific projects, such as the infrastructure, facilities and services needed to support new homes and businesses.
Section 106 are legal agreements between Local Authorities and developers linked to planning permissions, which can include councils requiring developers to build specific community infrastructure (such as bus and cycles lanes) or provide finance for specific council projects. They can also be known as planning obligations.
Section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is similar to section 106, where the council can require conditions of the developers, such as building specific community infrastructure or providing finance for specific council projects.
Section 76 of the 2011 Planning Act is similar to section 106, where the council can require conditions of the developers, such as building specific community infrastructure or providing finance for specific council projects.
Mitigation strategies such as Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) and Strategic Access Management and Monitoring (SAMM) or others are not valid as these requirements are used to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of property development. We want to see proactive, ring-fenced funds for wider climate or ecological action.
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county councils
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
Cambridgeshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Derbyshire County Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Devon County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Sussex County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Essex County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Gloucestershire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Hampshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Hertfordshire County Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Kent County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Lancashire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Leicestershire County Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Lincolnshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Norfolk County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Nottinghamshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Oxfordshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Staffordshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Suffolk County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Surrey County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Warwickshire County Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
West Sussex County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Worcestershire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |