Thanet District Council Action Plan

Thanet District Council – Climate Change Action Plan 1 & 2

Climate Change Action Plan 1- Actions underway and committed

We are using this action plan as an initial framework for our response to the climate and ecological emergency. This action plan provides an outline of actions already in progress and this is a working document. Action Plan 2 contains all proposed actions not yet started or funded.

Areas of focus are those which are already outlined as headings within the Kent Environment Strategy. https://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council/strategies-and-policies/environment-waste-and-planning-policies/environmental-policies/kent-environ ment-strategy

Housing

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(renewable energy) electricity L1A over a five year period. As a Conservation direct result, the annual energy of fuel and bill savings would be approx. power in new £2515. These figures are based dwellings. Each on SAP calculations and actual TDC new build generation figures maybe aligns to the higher. Co2 emission rates for new buildings and the fabric energy efficient rates. Defined Draft Draft Housing Strategy activities for Strategy incorporates approach to Development promoting to be improving standards in homes cost for new energy presented promoting energy and water build efficiency to Cabinet efficiency to address fuel programme, in Activity poverty affecting households in Existing HRA such as warm December already the district. budget for homes for underway council Cross local initiatives. approval through housing authority and wider planning Joint ERDF bid to SELEP for If bid is consultatio which whole house retrofit of private Housing Finance successful, n requires Energy and social housing. If Strategy Short term : thereafter. National successful, the activities will be Manager Housing - roll-out of Technical focussed around the coastal Private Retrofit model Standards towns of East Sussex and Kent Sector in Thanet area; and Code (primarily Housing barriers/trigger Level 4 to Hastings and Margate) of the s identified for new housing SE LEP area, where there is a measures development. high concentration of poorly relating to maintained private rented testing private properties. The interventions £500k (to be rented will primarily be targeted at budgeted) landlords Waiting for private rented market. From outcome

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landlords as identified by the study, of bid in local authorities. This is a awareness of early challenging sector to engage potential 2020. with, but the market learning could also influence opportunity for decisions made by private local householders that are able to businesses contribute with demand to the cost of measures. The for new whole house approach will also products/servic be trailed through some social es identified housing stock in the areas to and some develop the supply chain more tested. Skills rapidly. gap provision Local businesses in the areas identified for will be encouraged to engage delivery and with the project to develop the local skills supply chain as the pilot support increases the demand side. developed with Linkage with the local colleges local in terms of providers. skills development and a Testing of pipeline of competent local measures workforce will also be key. through easier implementation into social housing market. Medium-term: implementing of recommendatio ns from landlords research; development of the

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retrofit market for landlords, particularly the development of the whole house retrofit, achieving 200 whole house retrofits, from reaching around 5,000 landlords. This will deliver outputs of more energy efficient homes and greenhouse gas reductions (1.5 tonne per house), as well as innovation in new products to deliver the whole house measure. Development of local supply chain and opportunity for local college providers. Long-term impact: greenhouse gas reductions

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(300 tonne); increase in energy efficiency measures in houses; development of the market in both the demand side and supply chain; improvement in local skills match and local job growth; development of a coastal cluster of expertise in solutions for whole house retrofits particularly working with private landlords.

Energy Officer being appointed Housing - Kent County Domestic to develop strategies to tackle £40k - Housing private Council and Energy and Fuel fuel poverty and support Started approved in Strategy sector energy Poverty residents to access grants for budget Manager housing partners reducing energy use in housing.

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Planning (Strategic Planning and Planning Applications)

Financial implications: Already Progress- budgeted/ Other Started/Pl external Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Timescales departments anned/Pro funding officer stakeholders involved posed achieved or identified/ funding required? Range of policies to promote ● sustainable developments - Code level 4; Technical standards including water Adoption of efficiency; building resilience policies to ● renewable energy, influence new ● biodiversity - net gain, development protection of international Developers proposals. To be directly Strategic European, national and local Local Plan Local Plan housebuilder Draft Local Plan Draft policies provided/ Strategic Planning; wildlife sites; biodiversity at adoption s SP35, SP24 to funded Planning Planning opportunity areas, Examinati anticipated Housing SP28, GI01 to through Manager applications management eg NE on March 2020 associations GI06; QD01, development Housing Stewardship; Thanet Coast; QD02 QD04, SAMM; CC01 to CC07; ● landscaping in new SE05 and developments, protection of SE06, SE08 trees in development ● address climate change issues

Strategic October NE Implementation of work Appointment of Funded SAMM Strategic Access 2019 Ongoing voluntary programme SAMM officer through S106 Officer Planning; Management Ongoing groups

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and Monitoring to implement (TDC and Planning Plan (SAMM) work CCC) Applications programme and monitoring Energy - Strategic renewable Planning energy To be funded Manager Planning promotion in Local Plan Draft policies or provided / Applications draft Local Plan adoption CC04,CC05, CC06 through Planning ; Strategic District heating March 2020 development Applicatio Planning micro n generation Manager

Some Transport - Local Plan elements to Local Plan & New and Transport be funded Transport developments Strategy to be through Strategic Planning Stagecoach; Strategy seek to to be served by Proposed Policies in draft Local Plan and adopted in development. Planning Applications developers; support/increase regular bus in draft Transport Strategy March 2020. Some Govt Manager ; Strategic passenger travel by public services and Local Plan In parallel funding / KCC Planning groups transport, reduce reliance with schemes - especially on cars development HIF; MRN; buses. etc Local Plan Provide and Transport Policies in draft Local Plan and suitable Strategy to be Strategic Planning Proposed Currently no Walking & Transport Strategy. Review of alternatives for adopted in Planning Applications KCC; in draft funding for Cycling Strategy Strategy following adoption of cyclists and March 2020. Manager ; Strategic developers Local Plan new schemes Local Plan reduce reliance In parallel / KCC Planning on cars with development

Environmental Protection

Financial Other Progress- Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Timescales implications: departments Started/Pl officer stakeholders Already involved

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anned/Pro budgeted/ posed external funding achieved or identified/ funding required? Latest report: Annual https://www.tha Reports to Defra net.gov.uk/wp- Defra

Air Quality Action Plan content/upload Environm K&MAQP measures to reduce NOx s/2018/03/Than Please Air Quality / Already ental emissions, alongside CO2 and et-ASR-2019-fi see: Annual ASR Residents Pollution Budgeted Health KCC other pollutants. Feed into Kent nal.pdf https://ww Officer Highways Low Emissions Strategy. w.thanet.g

Latest levels: ov.uk/info- Kentair.org http://www.kent pages/air- air.org.uk/ quality/ Works Bereave Move from four already ment to two Condition Margate completed / Services Local Improvements to Margate cremators with on Crematoriu Statutory Manager Business Industrial Crematorium as part of Env. improved Environme Completed m Subsistence Emissions Permitting / Annual Inspection efficiencies ntal Permit 2013 Fees for Environm process (CO2 introduced ongoing ental Residents reduction) and June 2005 Defra annual Health Hg abatement. inspections Officer Urban Air Quality Management Implement a Urban https://www.t Area designated by TDC Strategic AQMA hanet.gov.uk/ Approach in introduced /wp-content/u Thanet to in 2011 ploads/2018/ Environm Developers reduce 03/Urban_AQ Already ental Strategic Planning Policy emissions MA_Boundar Budgeted Health Planning (NOx & CO2) y_Order.pdf Officer Residents and improve Technical Planning Guidance - AQ in hotspot https://www.t Emissions Mitigation areas hanet.gov.uk/

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Technical /wp-content/u Planning ploads/2018/ Further info: Guidance 03/Thanet-A https://www.tha introduced Q-Technical- net.gov.uk/info- in 2016 Planning-Gui Electric Vehicles Developers’ pages/air-qualit dance-2016.p Guide y/ df

https://www.t EV Guide hanet.gov.uk/ introduced wp-content/u in 2018 ploads/2018/ Local Plan Policies 03/EV-guidan ce.pdf

PINS Contributi decision ons to anticipated Draft January 2020 Local Plan 2019-2031 AQ Policies Match funding Funding Completed Introduce Electric Charging obtained for application March 2014 Environm Points in Mill Lane Car Park, fast chargers to - 2013 ental Margate. incentivise Residents Health electric vehicle Officer Parking use for general Funding

public and identified and TDC OLEV Funding TDC; with 3 received / Vehicles Environm year free pending ental Licensing charging Funding Protectio scheme to application Taxi Drivers n Electric Charging Points for reduce signed off Manager Taxis - Locations TBC emissions by TBC (NOx & CO2). Director in

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November Funding for 2018 Taxi Charging Points to incentivise electric vehicle use for taxi drivers in Thanet to reduce emissions (NOx & CO2). Reduce Recommendation for inclusion Recomme Hackney emissions Observations Residents of schedule for phasing out of ndation to Carriage and (NOx & CO2) sent out / older diesel (and petrol) taxis by Licensing TBC TBC Licensing Private Hire and incentivise already defined date in updated in May Licensing Policy use of electric budgeted Taxi Drivers Licensing Policy. 2018 taxis. Environm Local Impact ental Reports: Health Comments to PINS regarding https://infrastru Already Officer Planning Residents Mitigation of Environmental cture.planningi February budgeted Manston Airport Matters (e.g. AQ, Noise, Land nspectorate.go 2019 - January 2020 (through Environm Contamination) and Climate v.uk/projects/so July 2019 Planning) ental PINS RiverOak Change uth-east/manst Protectio on-airport/?ipcs n ection=docs Manager

Parks and Open Spaces

Financial Progress- implications: Other Started/Pl Already Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Timescales departments anned/Pro budgeted/ officer stakeholders involved posed external funding

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achieved or identified/ funding required? More areas Local supporting community biodiversity, in groups Natural particular environment- Wildflower verges to be Planned 3 sites to be Open pollinators. Thanet Biodiversity introduced- starting in Minnis for early converted by Spaces Coast support and Bay. 2020 end 2020. Manager Service Project protection efficiencies from reduction Parish in mowing. Council Two sites in the Improving the Thanet project Natural floristic Coast area Local environment- Cliff top chalk grassland grassland Project Thanet owned by community Grassland management (Buzz for the biodiversity for 2018-20 Officer / Coast TDC at groups - biodiversity Coast) wildlife Open Project Westbrook Volunteers improvements including Spaces & Bumblebees Manager Foremnes s More trees planted, Natural Started, Continue to work with providing more environment- more Community community groups on small tree canopy cover. Funded Biodiversity projects Open Groups planting projects across the through open support and due to Ongoing Spaces Planning Town and district such as Mocketts Drive, Supporting spaces protection. commenc Manager parish St Peters. biodiversity, budget e before councils also carbon end 2019. offset and air quality. Evidence TBC- outline Open Look at best Natural Biodiversity & tree strategy for based strategy Proposed tree strategy Spaces practice- environment Thanet, explore nature and action plan drafted but Manager warwickshire

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networks with neighbouring for biodiversity pending & / South west authorities support, development Arboricult nature protection & of KCC ural partnership growth. Biodiversity officer Connectivity Strategy between sites across district.

Waste, Recycling & Street Cleansing

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Increase in Roll out of recycling to areas recycling Residents Waste & Comms/ Recycling where it is possible who do not participation- Meetings Costed- not impacted/ 2020? recycling Waste & across Thanet receive the standard kerbside increase in started in budget customer manager recycling service, ie NRS areas and flats. good quality contact recyclate

Operational Services- Fleet management

Financial implications: Already Progress- budgeted/ Other Started/Pl external Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Timescales departments anned/Pro funding officer stakeholders involved posed achieved or identified/ funding required? Transport December /fleet Efficiencies in emissions from IT/support Energy/emission Reduced 2020 full Funded from manager/ Product service changes as a result of Started services/ s emissions current fleet capital Waste provider the new in-cab tech. digital team fitted recycling manager Plans Waste & Comms/ Energy/emission Reduced already Round efficiencies 2020 N/A recycling Digital team customer s emissions mapped manager contact out

Facilities

Financial Progress- implications: Other Started/Pl Already Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Timescales departments anned/Pro budgeted/ officer stakeholders involved posed external funding

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achieved or identified/ funding required? LED lighting has started mainly in LED lighting is meeting being rooms but implemented will be Internal Energy savings, the way we within the office extended resource use our electric and Gas, areas, gas to main LED efficiencies looking at more efficient lighting Facilities savings to be offices on replacement across offices and how we reduce usage in Manager made by a rolling 2023 and satellite turning things off. Possibility for adjusting programm sites. a green energy supplier. settings and e, gas timer of settings controls have been adjusted and will monitor future fuel costs To be managed Encourage use of keep cups Less impact within and refillables. Do we need the from TDC staff, budget- Procurement of vending machine? If so get rid promoting Work towards efficiencies resources Your leisure of plastic products from it. positive Apr 2020 from less Facilities across offices Proposed ALL already Purchase greener alternatives, environmental start- phased paper, cups, Manager and satellite doing this. recycled products. Encourage behaviours, approach vending sites. paperless and reduce printing leading by contract etc quotas! example. need to be understood. May offset

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higher price of recycled products as example?

Coastal/Foreshores & Thanet Coast Project

Financial implications: Already Progress- budgeted/ Other Started/Pl external Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Timescales departments anned/Pro funding officer stakeholders involved posed achieved or identified/ funding required? Natural environment- Biodiversity support and protection All Department Started s with with To maintain coastal launch of 10 ‘Relevant North East Kent coastal and remit Managem Authorities’ Marine marine habitats Continuing (Coast/ ent No budget/ Thanet form the Protected Area Programme of actions - from - including with 6 year Estates/ Scheme, Statutory Coast Management (NEKMPA): awareness raising to projects designated action plans. Coastal Action ‘Relevant Project Group & marine and for the NEKMPA marine & bird To be agreed: Engineers/ Plans, and Authority’ role Officer links with coastal species - in a 2019-24 Open Thanet local environment favourable Spaces/ Coast community condition Harbours/ Project in Community 2001 Safety-Even ts)

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Annual Raise awareness of the programm important marine and bird e of life,and how to avoid awarenes damaging them s raising

event; Coastal Work with local people to Education website & Community safeguard coastal wildlife event social Thanet TDC Events programme: a) Funding Thanet Coast media Annual Coast team NEKMPA public events required from Project programme Project approval Management Encourage and run wildlife (20/yr); b) (avoiding 2020 Officer required Group related events community damage - see Thanet /Advisory events (12/yr) coastal Group codes; for Focal point for enquiries volunteering and gathering information - see Thanet & Keeping everyone Coastal Warden/Guar informed dian Scheme below) Seashore First codes Code started in 2002. These codes Reviews Bait 10 ‘Relevant help people to update Digging Authorities’ reduce our coastal codes & form the Produce and implement a set of impact on the and introduce Collectin No budget/ Thanet Management voluntary Coastal Codes to environment, new ones Thanet Coastal g Code Statutory Coast Group & help safeguard the area’s whilst where Codes ‘Relevant Project links with coastline and wildlife of the NE encouraging needed Dog Authority’ role Officer local Kent MPA people to use recreational Walking the coast & community Code responsibly groups and safely. Also Field Trip additional Code local agreements -

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Horse Bait digging & Riding Kitesurfing Code

Marine Wildlife Watching Code

Powercra ft Activities Code

Shellfish Harvestin g and Fixed Netting Code

Shore Angling Code

Wind powered activities

Seaweed Harvestin g Code

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Fossil Code

Network of volunteers (eyes & ears of the coast) helping keep in a favourable

In particular: a) Monitoring recreational activity pressures; and Volunteer where coastal engagement Thanet Coastal Warden codes are Thanet Reports to and involvement Funding Coastal Scheme (Guardians) - broken or Set up in Coast NEKMPA on looking after Continuing Required Community monitoring, reporting, action & wildlife 2004 Project Managemen the coastal and from 2020 Volunteers awareness raising events disturbance; Officer t Group marine environment b) reporting incidents for the authorities to deal with straight away

c) Educational awareness raising through a series of local events and activities Volunteer task teams trained Control of the Control External Thanet Non-native Team 1) and run tasks to tackle spread spread of a) work on Continuing funding Coast marine species Natural Volunteers of non-native marine species Pacific Oysters an annual (stared 2007) (2-ends Project control England; (due to warmer seas) and b) monthly 2020) Officer /

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Wireweed in programm Assistant Team 2) targeted e over low Harbour Kent Wildlife locations on tides Master Trust the Thanet (Guardians Coast of the Deep) Advice & Help loan community Sea scheme Thanet groups to New loan Changers Community Advice and loan scheme for set up; External Coast Beach Cleans tackle and scheme set Grant 2019 Groups & group beach cleans with Funding Project reduce beach up in 2019 / Street Businesses regular Officer litter on the Cleansing volunteer Thanet coast cleans

Press & Communications

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climate working emergency, groups. include relevant stakeholders, mobilise community groups. To increase Date TBC but resident ongoing Comms KRP funded- comms on comms Across all focus managers district Comms to attend KRP resident wase and calendar Press KRP headings- workshop contribution Op services comms recycling shared and team members engagement planned made behaviour underway for date TBC annually change issues seasonal needed. campaigns

Community Development

Progress- Other Started/Pl Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Timescales departments anned/Pro officer stakeholders involved posed Reputational, Communi Across all focus Continued support for Dane local ty Estates, Community headings- Park/Ellington Park projects and improvements Started Ongoing Officer time Develop Open groups engagement other community groups to green ment Spaces spaces Officer Communi Across all focus Non-specific promotion of TDC ty Community headings- green initiatives with all Various Started Ongoing Officer time Develop All groups engagement stakeholders ment Officer

Policy

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Financial implications: Already Progress- budgeted/ Other Started/Pl external Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Timescales departments anned/Pro funding officer stakeholders involved posed achieved or identified/ funding required? Across all focus headings: Depende Dependent Policies, Ongoing - ● The nt on Climate on what Strategies and Dependen Council is Update Policies, Strategies & what Change service area Protocols t on Compliant Protocols to reflect new Ongoing service Officer the reflect any new Parliament with any legislation. area the Working legislative legislative ary new legislative Group. changes changes. timetable. legislative changes relate to. measures. relate to. Service areas are aware of Maintain a watching brief as the potential Bill passes through the impacts of the Climate 2nd Legislative process and provide Bill and are Change 2019-21 reading Ongoing Policy updates to service areas. able to plan in Officer Environment Bill took place Officer advance to Working 26 Feb 20 https://services.parliament.uk/bil implement Group. ls/2019-21/environment.html measures in the Bill when it is Enacted. Other existing COP 26- Services aware policy- UN 2020 Climate Maintain a watching brief as of all relevant international/nati climate Change changes develop across these current onal: summit Officer policies and provide updates to legislation and -Paris Working service areas. potential Agreement General Group. impact of -Convention on election

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Biological changes on Diversity, horizon Sustainable Development Goals

-Climate Change Act 2008 -Clean Growth Strategy -25 Year Environment Plan -Resource and Waste Strategy 2018 -Planning Act 2008

Linking to Kent To keep up to Climate Change Planned- Kent date on Kent Network (CCN) Attending CCN meetings and next Councils wide strategy, TBC and Kent input meeting in within the tools and best Environment January network practice. Strategy (KES) Coordination of the response See other for TDC, Coordination councils- ensuring joined Current and delivery of Dover up approach, officer the Council’s All depts on already have Recruit a climate change officer all stakeholders Proposed ASAP TBC lead for climate change this plan. one, engaged, good the response and Canterbury governance. subject this action plan just Act as the spoc recruited. for the growing workload this

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subject is generating

Climate Change Action Plan 2- Proposed actions

We are using this action plan as an initial framework for our response to the climate and ecological emergency. This action plan provides an outline of actions which are scheduled/planned, and ideas or proposals to be explored.

This is a working document.

Housing

Progress- Financial Other Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Started/Plann Timescales implications departmen officer stakeholders ed/Proposed :Already tinvolved

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budgeted/ external funding achieved or identified/ funding required? Energy/Emissio ns Planning (Strategic Planning and Planning Applications)

Financial implications :Already budgeted/ Progress- Other external Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Started/Plann Timescales departmen funding officer stakeholders ed/Proposed ts involved achieved or identified/ funding required? Ideas/Proposal Review in Review Local Plan policies as Following Strategic s 2020; Strategic part of wider LP review, in light Not known adoption of Core work Planning Central Govt update to Planning of changing Govt policy. Local Plan Manager follow Provide suitable Strategic Following Review of Walking & Cycling alternatives for Review in Planning Strategic adoption of Unfunded KCC Strategy cyclists and 2020 Manager Planning Local Plan reduce reliance / KCC on cars

Environmental Protection

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Financial implications :Already budgeted/ Progress- Other external Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Started/Plann Timescales departmen funding officer stakeholders ed/Proposed ts involved achieved or identified/ funding required? Grant Funding of Education for Green Travel Schemes July 2014 through KM WoW Initiative Charity to Residents /

reduce Children

emissions Environm Funding https://www.ke ental TDC required for Education ntonline.co.uk/ Ad Hoc Protectio Press external news/charities/ n Office schemes a-breath-of-fres Manager

h-air-25066/ KM Charity

Team Local Press Releases https://www.ke ntonline.co.uk/t August 2019 hanet/news/dist ricts-air-quality- improving-2097 66/ Central government Residents funding request Funding Brexit Planning Operation Brock TBC TBC TBC All / DfT for AQ Required Staff monitoring linked to new

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Manston lorry park (5,800 capacity) to study emissions Carbon Port / University of Explore use of Carbon8 Capture / Thanet Greenwich Technology / Aggregates? Offsetting / Colleges

Education

Reduce TDC Staff

Emissions / EKHR HR Policies - e.g. Cycle to Work Improve Staff Scheme? Wellbeing Local

Food Business

https://www.ke Team

nt.gov.uk/busin (signpostin Low Carbon Plus Grants from ess/Business-a g KCC? nd-the-environ informatio

ment/eu-funde Funding n during Woodland

d-projects/low- required for inspection Trust / Ideas TBC TBC TBC carbon-plus external visits?). Community

schemes Groups / ‘Life Tree’ Planting Scheme Option to plant KCC (approx. 1500 births per annum a tree in Open Registrars in Thanet)? Thanet Spaces

following

registration of a Suppliers

birth. Procurement Policies?

Introduce

carbon neutral / Procurem

offsetting ent Staff

clause to PIF

forms & tender

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Reduce use of TDC buildings Reduce EKHR / through agile working - Home heating / Facilities working and Hot-desking? lighting and unnecessary staff travel (ie. emissions)

Parks and Open Spaces

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equipment purchase possibly from capital.

Waste, Recycling & Street Cleansing

Financial implications :Already budgeted/ Progress- Other external Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Started/Plann Timescales departmen funding officer stakeholders ed/Proposed ts involved achieved or identified/ funding required? Waste/resource management To understand up to date resident recycling behaviours and composition of domestic waste Proposed- Funding Consider commissioning waste streams partner with required Waste & KCC/Dover/ Waste and Early 2020 composition analysis - last one produced in other EK circa £20K- recycling Comms Folkestone/ resources decision undertaken in 2015/16 Thanet. To set Councils for not manager Canterbury achievable efficiency budgeted performance targets. Use to inform comms/ projects to drive to 50% recycling.

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Diversion of Funding viable recyclate Waste & 2020 required- Street KRP/other Litter/recycling Explore on street recycling pilot from litter Proposed recycling project look to KRP cleansing councils street/beach manager for support arisings Promoting waste hierarchy of Reduction in reduce and re-use. Changing waste KRP Waste & Comms/ Single use view of waste to resource. Input produced, Proposed comms KRP recycling Waste & KRP plastics into deposit return scheme increase in calendar? manager recycling (DRS) as it develops nationally. recycling rate. Less materials Explore swap shop/ diversion of Proposed- KCC Re-use at KCC ending up at tip Members/re items at HWRC- before they get consultation TBC KCC waste Comms HWRC sites that could be sidents tipped planned liaison re-used.

Operational Services- Fleet management

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Facilities

Financial implications :Already budgeted/ Progress- Other external Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Started/Plann Timescales departmen funding officer stakeholders ed/Proposed ts involved achieved or identified/ funding required? LED lighting has started mainly in LED lighting is meeting being rooms but will implemented Internal Energy savings, the way we be extended within the office resource use our electric and Gas, to main areas, gas LED efficiencies looking at more efficient lighting offices on a Facilities savings to be replacemen across offices and how we reduce usage in rolling Manager made by t 2023 and satellite turning things off. Possibility for programme, adjusting sites. a green energy supplier. gas settings settings and have been timer of adjusted and controls will monitor future fuel costs Encourage use of keep cups Less impact To be and refillables. Do we need the from TDC staff, managed Procurement of Work vending machine? If so get rid promoting within resources towards Apr Your leisure of plastic products from it. positive budget- Facilities across offices Proposed 2020 start- ALL already Purchase greener alternatives, environmental efficiencies Manager and satellite phased doing this. recycled products. Encourage behaviours, from less sites. approach paperless and reduce printing leading by paper, quotas! example. cups,

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vending contract etc need to be understood. May offset higher price of recycled products as example?

Coastal/Foreshores & Thanet Coast Project

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Spaces/ Harbours/ Communit ySafety-Ev ents) Raise awareness of the important marine and bird life,and how to avoid Annual damaging them programme of awareness

raising event; Coastal Work with local people to Education website & Community safeguard coastal wildlife event TDC social media Funding Thanet programme: a) Events Thanet Coast Annual required Coast NEKMPA public events team Project (avoiding programme from Project Managemen Encourage and run wildlife (20/yr); b) damage - see approval 2020 Officer t Group related events community Thanet coastal required codes; for /Advisory events (12/yr) volunteering - Group see Thanet Focal point for enquiries Coastal and gathering information Warden/Guardia & Keeping everyone n Scheme below) informed

First codes started in These codes Seashore 10 ‘Relevant 2002. help people to Code Authorities’ Reviews reduce our form the update Produce and implement a set of impact on the Bait Digging No budget/ Managemen coastal Thanet voluntary Coastal Codes to environment, & Collecting Statutory t Group & Thanet Coastal codes and Coast help safeguard the area’s whilst Code ‘Relevant links with Codes introduce Project coastline and wildlife of the NE encouraging Authority’ local new ones Officer Kent MPA people to use role recreational Dog where & the coast Walking needed community responsibly Code groups and safely.

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Field Trip Also Code additional local Horse agreements Riding Code - Bait digging & Marine Kitesurfing Wildlife Watching Code

Powercraft Activities Code

Shellfish Harvesting and Fixed Netting Code

Shore Angling Code

Wind powered activities

Seaweed Harvesting Code

Fossil Code

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Network of volunteers (eyes & ears of the coast) helping keep in a favourable

In particular: a) Monitoring recreational activity pressures; and Volunteer where coastal engagement Thanet Coastal Warden codes are Thanet Reports to and involvement Funding Coastal Scheme (Guardians) - broken or Set up in Coast NEKMPA on looking after Continuing Required Community monitoring, reporting, action & wildlife 2004 Project Managem the coastal and from 2020 Volunteers awareness raising events disturbance; Officer ent Group marine environment b) reporting incidents for the authorities to deal with straight away

c) Educational awareness raising through a series of local events and activities Control of the Thanet Team 1) spread of a) Control work Coast Natural Volunteer task teams trained External Non-native Pacific Oysters on an annual Continuing Project England; and run tasks to tackle spread funding marine species and b) monthly (stared Officer / Team 2) Volunteers of non-native marine species (2-ends control Wireweed in programme 2007) Assistant Kent (due to warmer seas) 2020) targeted over low tides Harbour Wildlife locations on Master Trust

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the Thanet (Guardian Coast s of the Deep)

Press & Communications

Financial implications :Already budgeted/ Progress- Other external Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Started/Plann Timescales departmen funding officer stakeholders ed/Proposed ts involved achieved or identified/ funding required? to increase Date TBC resident but ongoing KRP Comms comms on comms funded- Across all focus managers Comms to attend KRP resident wase and calendar district Press Op KRP headings- workshop comms recycling shared and contribution team services members engagement planned date behaviour underway made TBC change issues for seasonal annually needed. campaigns

Community Development

Progress- Other Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Started/Plann Timescales departmen officer stakeholders ed/Proposed ts involved Externally Bikeability schemes for YP funded/inter Communi being co-developed with KCC, Increased nal staff Environme ty Health and staff wellbeing cycling bicycle usage, By Spring wellbeing ntal KCC, Your Proposed Develop Wellbeing promotion reduced 2020 funded by Protection Leisure ment emissions Sports (advisory) Officer Developme nt budget

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Increased walking and Funds bicycle usage, available to Communi reduced KCC in April Central ty Environme DfT, KCC, Health and Clean Air Strategy project emissions, Proposed 2020, likely Govt funded Develop ntal various Wellbeing community Summer via KCC ment Protection others development 2020 Officer including earliest employability

Policy

Financial implications :Already budgeted/ Progress- Other external Lead External Area of focus Action Outcome Started/Plann Timescales departmen funding officer stakeholders ed/Proposed ts involved achieved or identified/ funding required? Across all focus headings: Depende Dependent ● The Policies, Ongoing - nt on Climate on what Council is Strategies and Update Policies, Strategies & Dependent what Change service area Compliant Protocols Protocols to reflect new on Ongoing service Officer the with any reflect any new legislation. Parliamentary area the Working legislative new legislative timetable. legislative Group. changes legislative changes. changes relate to. measures relate to. . Other existing Services aware Climate Maintain a watching brief as COP 26- UN policy- of all relevant Change changes develop across these 2020 climate international/nati current Officer policies and provide updates to summit onal: legislation and Working service areas. -Paris potential Group.

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Agreement impact of General -Convention on changes on Election Biological horizon Diversity, Sustainable Development Goals

-Climate Change Act 2008 -Clean Growth Strategy -25 Year Environment Plan -Resource and Waste Strategy 2018 -Planning Act 2008

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