Question · Action Scorecards 2025
The criteria will be met by English councils if they have a policy that exceeds the minimum government's building regulations on the Part L Target for Fabric Energy Efficiency.
Alternatively, the criteria will be met for councils that have a policy with a space heating requirement that exceeds the minimum government's building regulations.
For Scottish councils, the criteria will be met if the council requires developers to meet the Silver or Gold building standards.
The Part L target for Fabric Energy Efficiency defines the efficiency of the building fabric, which includes the U-values, air tightness and thermal bridging - the parts of the building that lose heat.
A fabric first approach by a council would require improvements on the national standard thereby ensuring new homes are energy efficient.
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.
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district councils
| Council | Score | Difference2023 | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| City of Lincoln Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| East Cambridgeshire District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Epping Forest District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Folkestone and Hythe District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Hertsmere Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Lancaster City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Malvern Hills District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| New Forest District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| North Kesteven District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Rother District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Runnymede Borough Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| South Oxfordshire District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| South Staffordshire Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Uttlesford District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| Vale of White Horse District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Warwick District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Waverley Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wealden District Council | 1/1 | ▲ 1 | |
| West Lancashire Borough Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| West Lindsey District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| West Oxfordshire District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Winchester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Worcester City Council | 1/1 | -- | |
| Wychavon District Council | 1/1 | -- | |
Adur District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Amber Valley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Arun District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Ashfield District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Ashford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Babergh District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Basildon Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Bassetlaw District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Blaby District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bolsover District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Borough of Broxbourne
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Boston Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Braintree District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Breckland District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Brentwood Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Broadland District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Bromsgrove District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Broxtowe Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Burnley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Cambridge City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Cannock Chase District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Canterbury City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Castle Point Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Charnwood Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Chelmsford City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Cherwell District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Chesterfield Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Chichester District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Chorley Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Colchester Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Cotswold District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Crawley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Dacorum Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Dartford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Derbyshire Dales District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Dover District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Eastbourne Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
East Devon District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Hampshire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
East Hertfordshire District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Eastleigh Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Lindsey District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
East Staffordshire Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
East Suffolk Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Elmbridge Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Erewash Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Exeter City Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Fareham Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Fenland District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Forest of Dean District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Fylde Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Gedling Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Gloucester City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Gosport Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Gravesham Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Great Yarmouth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Guildford Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Harborough District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Harlow Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Hart District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Hastings Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Havant Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
High Peak Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Horsham District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Huntingdonshire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Hyndburn Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Ipswich Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Lewes District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Lichfield District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Maidstone Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Maldon District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Mansfield District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Melton Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Mid Devon District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Mid Suffolk District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Mid Sussex District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Mole Valley District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Newark and Sherwood District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Devon Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North East Derbyshire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Hertfordshire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North Norfolk District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
North Warwickshire Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
North West Leicestershire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Norwich City Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Oxford City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Pendle Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Preston City Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Redditch Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Ribble Valley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rochford District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rossendale Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rugby Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rushcliffe Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Rushmoor Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Sevenoaks District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Cambridgeshire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Derbyshire District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Hams District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
South Holland District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Kesteven District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Norfolk District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
South Ribble Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Spelthorne Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Stafford Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
St Albans City and District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Stevenage Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Stratford-on-Avon District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Stroud District Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Surrey Heath Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Swale Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Tamworth Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Tandridge District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Teignbridge District Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Tendring District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Test Valley Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Tewkesbury Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Thanet District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Three Rivers District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Torridge District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
| 0/1 | ▼ -1 | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Watford Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Welwyn Hatfield Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
West Devon Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
West Suffolk Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Woking Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Worthing Borough Council
| 0/1 | -- | Evidence doesn't meet criteria |
Wyre Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |
Wyre Forest District Council
| 0/1 | -- | No evidence found |