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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Ards and North Down Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Belfast City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Derry City and Strabane District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Mid Ulster District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |