Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Points awarded if the Local Plan includes:
- reaching net zero as a strategic objective of the Local Plan
- The council's area-wide net zero target date is also found within the Plan.
An area-wide net zero target is the target that the council has set to achieve net zero across the councils geographic boundaries.
Reaching net zero must be part of the strategic objectives listed initially in the council's Local Plan - even if the target date is not listed in the strategic objective. This is because the objectives are broader and Joint Local Plans may have different targets between the local authorities.
We will accept other language for target dates, including carbon neutrality or the carbon budget the council has committed to stay within.
If the Local Plan references a national net zero target it must still be a strategic objective of the local plan to meet the national target, rather than the national target just being stated.
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 | -- | |
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Bedford Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Bracknell Forest Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Bristol City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| City of Edinburgh Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| City of London | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Cornwall Council (Unitary) | 1/1 | -- | |
| Cumberland Council | 1/1 | NA | |
| Darlington Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Durham County Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| East Ayrshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Dunbartonshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Renfrewshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Inverclyde Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Isle of Wight Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Leeds City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Leicester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Barnet | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Ealing | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Enfield | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Harrow | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Islington | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Lewisham | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Merton | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Newham | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Southwark | 1/1 | -- | |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Waltham Forest | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| London Borough of Wandsworth | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Manchester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Milton Keynes | 1/1 | -- | |
| North Somerset Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Nottingham City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Portsmouth City Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Reading Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 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 | |
| Salford City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Sheffield City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Shropshire Council - Unitary | 1/1 | -- | |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| South Tyneside Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Stirling Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Telford & Wrekin Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Warrington Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| West Berkshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wirral Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wokingham Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
Aberdeenshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Angus Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Argyll and Bute Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Birmingham City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Blackpool Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bridgend County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Brighton and Hove City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Buckinghamshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Caerphilly County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Cardiff Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Carmarthenshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Central Bedfordshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Ceredigion County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cheshire West and Chester Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
City of York Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Clackmannanshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Conwy County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Coventry City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Denbighshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Derby City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
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 |
East Lothian Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Falkirk Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Fife Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Flintshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Glasgow City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gwynedd County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Halton Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Hartlepool Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Herefordshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Isle of Anglesey County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Isles of Scilly
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Kirklees Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Liverpool City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Bexley
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Brent
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Bromley
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Camden
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Croydon
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hackney
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Haringey
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
London Borough of Havering
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Hillingdon
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Hounslow
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Lambeth
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Redbridge
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
London Borough of Sutton
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Luton Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Medway Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Middlesbrough Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Midlothian Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Monmouthshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Newport City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Ayrshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North East Lincolnshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Lanarkshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Lincolnshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Northamptonshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Northumberland Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Yorkshire Council
| 0/1 | NA | No evidence found |
Orkney Islands Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Pembrokeshire County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Perth and Kinross Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Peterborough City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Plymouth City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Powys County Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Redcar and Cleveland Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Renfrewshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Royal Borough of Greenwich
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Scottish Borders Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Shetland Islands Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Slough Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Somerset Council
| 0/1 | NA | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Southampton City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Ayrshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Gloucestershire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Lanarkshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
St Helens 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 |
Swansea City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Swindon 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 |
Torfaen County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Vale of Glamorgan Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
West Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
West Lothian Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Westminster City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Westmorland and Furness Council
| 0/1 | NA | No evidence found |
West Northamptonshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wiltshire Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wolverhampton City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Wrexham County Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |