Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Negatively Scored Question
Points deducted if the council has approved or expanded a carbon intensive energy system since 2019. A carbon energy intensive system includes coal mines, fracking/shale gas/gas drilling, oil drilling, and unabated fossil fuel generation.
-20% of the maximum possible section score will be deducted if the council has approved or expanded a carbon intensive energy system.
This question is scored using the data compiled by Drill or Drop database on the approval of oil, gas and coal projects.
https://drillordrop.com/planning/
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
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Aberdeenshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Angus Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Argyll and Bute Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Bath and North East Somerset Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Bedford Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Blackpool Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Bracknell Forest Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Bridgend County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Brighton and Hove City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Bristol City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Buckinghamshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Caerphilly County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Cardiff Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Carmarthenshire County Council
| 0/0 | ▲ 4.40 | No Penalty mark |
Central Bedfordshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Ceredigion County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Cheshire West and Chester Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
City of Edinburgh Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
City of York Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Clackmannanshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Conwy County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Cornwall Council (Unitary)
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Cumberland Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Darlington Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Denbighshire County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Derby City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Dorset Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Dundee City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Durham County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
East Ayrshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
East Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
East Lothian Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
East Renfrewshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Falkirk Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Fife Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Flintshire County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Glasgow City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Gwynedd County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Halton Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Hartlepool Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Herefordshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Inverclyde Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Isle of Anglesey County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Isle of Wight Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Leicester City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Luton Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Medway Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
| 0/0 | ▲ 4.40 | No Penalty mark |
Middlesbrough Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Midlothian Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Milton Keynes
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Monmouthshire County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
| 0/0 | ▲ 4.40 | No Penalty mark |
Newport City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
North Ayrshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
North East Lincolnshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
North Lanarkshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
North Northamptonshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
North Somerset Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Northumberland Council
| 0/0 | ▲ 4.40 | No Penalty mark |
North Yorkshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Nottingham City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Orkney Islands Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Pembrokeshire County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Perth and Kinross Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Peterborough City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Plymouth City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Portsmouth City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Powys County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Reading Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Redcar and Cleveland Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Renfrewshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Rutland County Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Scottish Borders Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Shropshire Council - Unitary
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Slough Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Somerset Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Southampton City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
South Ayrshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
South Gloucestershire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
South Lanarkshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Stirling Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Swansea City Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Swindon Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Telford & Wrekin Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
The Highland Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
The Moray Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Thurrock Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Torbay Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Torfaen County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Vale of Glamorgan Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Warrington Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
West Berkshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
West Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
West Lothian Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Westmorland and Furness Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
West Northamptonshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Wiltshire Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Wokingham Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
Wrexham County Borough Council
| 0/0 | -- | No Penalty mark |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | -4.40/0 | -- | |
| North Lincolnshire Council | -4.40/0 | ▼ -4.40 | |
| Shetland Islands Council | -4.40/0 | -- |