Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decision:
That the Torbay
Council Climate Change Action Plan 2024-2026 as set out in Appendix
1 to the submitted report be approved.
Reasons for the decision:
To meet the Community
and Corporate Plan’s continued commitment to tackle the
Climate Emergency a new Torbay Council Climate Change Action Plan
had been produced to replace the out-of-date Carbon Neutral Council
Action Plan 2022- 2024.
Alternative options considered:
To not adopt the
Torbay Council Climate Change Action Plan, this option was
discounted as without an adopted plan, the Council would risk
taking an unstructured and disjointed approach to tackling carbon
emissions and reaching the 2030 net zero target. As a Council it also would not meet the objectives
as set out in the Council’s Community and Corporate Plan to
ensure the effective use of Council resources and improving upon
the Council’s value for money. This was highlighted in the
potential financial savings which would be missed from not taking a
proactive approach to the Council’s energy consumption in its
buildings and streetlighting and the fuel used by Council and
SWISCo fleets.
Implementation:
This decision will
come into force and may be implemented on 3 March 2025 unless the
call-in procedure is triggered (as set out in the Standing Orders
in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).
Information:
The Torbay Council
Climate Change Action Plan outlined actions to reduce carbon
dioxide emissions across Torbay Council’s operations and
services. The action plan had been
co-developed, set realistic and fundable actions
that could deliver significant carbon and energy savings across the
Council’s estate, fleet and streetlighting. The action plan also provided the framework for
enabling actions that would deliver feasible solutions to create a
pipeline of investable projects that could be delivered post 2026
and up to 2030.
The Overview and
Scrutiny Board considered the Torbay Council Climate Change Action
Plan on 12 February 2025 and supported the proposals and
recommendation to Cabinet. Furthermore,
the Overview and Scrutiny Board recommended the Cabinet to request
SWISCo to raise awareness of recycling in public bins, to reduce
the risk of contamination of the recycled waste and enable it to be
processed effectively, a separate report would be presented to a
future meeting of the Cabinet on this issue.
At the Cabinet
meeting, Councillor Chris Lewis proposed and Councillor Billings
seconded a motion that was agreed unanimously, as set out
above.
Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:
Publication date: 21/02/2025
Date of decision: 18/02/2025
Date comes into force if not called in: 01/03/2025
Call-in deadline date: 28/02/2025
Current call-in Count: 0
