Issue - meetings

            The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director - Enterprise, Community and Resources, which provided an update on related activities aimed at reducing the Council’s impact on the environment and CO2 emissions from Council activities. The Council started to measure its baseline for carbon emissions in 2006/7, emissions stood at 26338 tonnes of CO2. For 2020/21, the overall emissions had reduced to 9770 tonnes, a further reduction of 13.9%. To date, since 2008, the Council had reduced its carbon footprint by a total of 43%. The report highlighted the key figures for this year across each Council sector and provided an update on the following initiatives:

·         street lighting LED programme;

·         roof top solar on Council buildings and biomass boilers at Brookvale Leisure Centre and Norton Priory;

·         solar farm on the former St Michael’s Golf Course;

·         public Sector Decarbonisation Fund;

·         transport projects; and

·         the Council’s Climate Change Action Plan

            Arising for the discussion, the Board:

·         requested further information on the street lighting quality corridor and the street lights in the Hough Green Ward;

·         discussed the Council plans to install electric car charging points and requested that Ward Councillors are included in future public consultation exercises around the location of these points; and

·         commented that, were possible, consideration should also be given to including electric car charging points as part of future planning applications.

RESOLVED: The report and the ongoing work be noted.