Question · Action Scorecards 2025
Two-tier criteria
First tier criteria met if the council requires new homes to be operationally net zero with the policy implemented from 2030 to 2040.
Second tier criteria met if the council requires new homes to be operationally net zero with the policy already implemented since 2019 or with implementation by 2030.
Any date to implement the policy after 2040 would not be awarded points.
This would be equivalent for Scottish authorities to mandate the 'Platinum' building standard for carbon emissions for all new buildings.
For operationally net zero policies, we will accept those that define this as only concerning regulated emissions. Definitions for operationally net zero and regulated emissions are below.
Operationally net zero: "When the amount of carbon emissions associated with the building’s operational energy on an annual basis is zero or negative. A net zero carbon building is highly energy efficient and powered from on-site and/or off-site renewable energy sources, with any remaining carbon balance offset.” Definition from:
https://ukgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Net-zero-carbon-buildings-and-infrastructure-pdf.pdf
Regulated emissions: "Emissions generated through building energy consumption resulting from the specification of controlled, fixed building services and fittings, including space heating and cooling, hot water, ventilation, fans, pumps and lighting. Such energy uses are inherent in the design of a building." For more information: https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Regulated_and_unregulated_energy_consumption
If the council is achieving net zero homes through cash-in-lieu contributions or offsets this will not count for this question. However, if the council provides an exception that offsetting is allowed where a net zero home may not be technically feasible this will still be valid.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| Bridgend County Borough Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Bristol City Council | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| City of Edinburgh Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| City of London | 2/2 | -- | |
| Cornwall Council (Unitary) | 2/2 | -- | |
| Isle of Wight Council | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| Leeds City Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Brent | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Camden | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Croydon | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| London Borough of Ealing | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Enfield | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Hackney | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Harrow | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| London Borough of Hounslow | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| London Borough of Islington | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Lewisham | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Merton | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Newham | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Redbridge | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | 2/2 | -- | |
| London Borough of Southwark | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| London Borough of Wandsworth | 2/2 | ▲ 1 | |
| Manchester City Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| North Somerset Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Reading Borough Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Royal Borough of Greenwich | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 2/2 | -- | |
| Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 2/2 | -- | |
| Salford City Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Sheffield City Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| West Berkshire Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Westminster City Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | 2/2 | -- | |
| Wiltshire Council | 2/2 | ▲ 2 | |
| Wokingham Borough Council | 2/2 | -- | |
Aberdeen City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Aberdeenshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Angus Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Argyll and Bute Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bedford Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Birmingham City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Blackpool Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Bracknell Forest Council
| 0/2 | ▼ -2 | No evidence found |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Brighton and Hove City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Buckinghamshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Caerphilly County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Cardiff Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Carmarthenshire County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Central Bedfordshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Ceredigion County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Cheshire West and Chester Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
City of York Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Clackmannanshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Conwy County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Coventry City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Cumberland Council
| 0/2 | NA | No evidence found |
Darlington Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Denbighshire County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Derby City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Dorset Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Dundee City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Durham County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
East Ayrshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
East Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
East Lothian Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
East Renfrewshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Falkirk Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Fife Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Flintshire County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Glasgow City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Gwynedd County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Halton Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Hartlepool Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Herefordshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Inverclyde Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Isle of Anglesey County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Isles of Scilly
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Kirklees Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Leicester City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Liverpool City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Barnet
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Bexley
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Bromley
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Haringey
| 0/2 | ▼ -1 | No evidence found |
London Borough of Havering
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Hillingdon
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Lambeth
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Sutton
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
London Borough of Waltham Forest
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Luton Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Medway Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Middlesbrough Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Midlothian Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Milton Keynes
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Monmouthshire County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Newport City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Ayrshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North East Lincolnshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Lanarkshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Lincolnshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Northamptonshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Northumberland Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
North Yorkshire Council
| 0/2 | NA | No evidence found |
Nottingham City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Orkney Islands Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Pembrokeshire County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Perth and Kinross Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Peterborough City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Plymouth City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Portsmouth City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Powys County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Redcar and Cleveland Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Renfrewshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
| 0/2 | ▼ -2 | No evidence found |
Rutland County Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Scottish Borders Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Shetland Islands Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Shropshire Council - Unitary
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Slough Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Somerset Council
| 0/2 | NA | No evidence found |
Southampton City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
South Ayrshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
South Gloucestershire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
South Lanarkshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
South Tyneside Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Stirling Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Sunderland City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Swansea City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Swindon Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Telford & Wrekin Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
The Highland Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
The Moray Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Thurrock Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Torbay Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Torfaen County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Vale of Glamorgan Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Warrington Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
West Dunbartonshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
West Lothian Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Westmorland and Furness Council
| 0/2 | NA | No evidence found |
West Northamptonshire Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wirral Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wolverhampton City Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |
Wrexham County Borough Council
| 0/2 | -- | No evidence found |