(Report of Chief Executive)
Member approval was sought for the publication of the Climate Change Action Plan Year 6 2025/26 Progress Report and the proposed Climate Change Action Plan Year 7 for 2026/27 (attached at Annexes 1 and 2 respectively.
The report highlighted continued focus on tackling the most significant sources of emissions, particularly within the leisure facilities; and the continued implementation of projects delivering low-carbon infrastructure improvements. Detailed monitoring of progress against the full Action Plan was provided in Annex 1. Members noted that the action related to the environmental standards of licensed taxis would be taken forward during 2026/27.
The Climate Change Action Plan 2026/27 detailed ongoing, short-term and multi-year projects, including delivery of decarbonisation initiatives across the estate, embedding sustainability within corporate processes and house-related energy efficiency schemes.
All measures set out within the Action Plan (Annex 2) contributed positively towards the longer-term ambition of achieving carbon-neutrality and represented practical steps to reduce emissions and improve environmental performance.
Following consideration by the Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select Committee, the Cabinet Member for Housing, Environment and Economy
RESOLVED: That
(1) the Climate Change Action Plan Year 6 Progress Report be approved and published; and
(2) the Climate Change Action Plan Year 7 2026/27 be approved and published.
(Report of Chief Executive)
Member approval was sought for the publication of the Climate Change Action Plan Year 5 Progress Report; the Climate Change Action Plan Year 6 2025/26; and the Carbon Audit 2024/25 (attached as Annexes 1, 2 and 3 respectively).
The report summarised progress to date, the new action plan and trends in emissions from the Borough Council’s estate and operations. The progress made against the Climate Change Action Plan across all areas in 2024/25 was good, with most actions either fully complete or ongoing due to the continuous nature of the work. The most significant sources of emissions across the TMBC estate and operations remained leisure facilities and refuse collection vehicles. Addressing these would make the largest impact towards the 2030 carbon neutral aspiration.
In the next year, the Council would continue to invest in renewable and low carbon technologies, part funded by grants awarded to the Council, to tackle emissions from leisure facilities. Furthermore, the new waste contract would offer an opportunity to take steps to reduce emissions from refuse collection vehicles.
Following consideration by the Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select Committee, the Cabinet Member for Housing, Environment and Economy
RESOLVED: That
(1) the Climate Change Action Plan Year 5 Progress Report (attached at Annex 1), be endorsed;
(2) the Climate Change Action Plan Year 6 2025/26 (attached at Annex 2), be approved; and
(3) the Carbon Audit 2024/25 (attached at Annex 3), be approved.