FOI request (FOIR-364881630)

Please note that there are six parts to this question. 

1. Has the council declared a climate emergency?

2. Is there a councillor at Cabinet level who is a Climate Champion?

3. Does the council have a Local Transport plan? If so, does the plan include a carbon budget as defined as a cap on the amount of greenhouse gases emitted? 

4. How many council properties are there? How many council properties have been retrofitted to Energy Performance Certificate c or higher?

6. How many council-owned locations are there? Of these, how many electric vehicle charging points have been installed? 

7. How many street lights are there? Of these, how many lights are LED?

2. Yes,  Councillor Kim Forward , Leader - https://hastings.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=127 and Councillor Maya Evans, Environment Portfolio Holder - https://hastings.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1169

3. Hastings Borough Council are not responsible for the preparation of the Local Transport Plan, this is dealt with by East Sussex County Council – www.eastsussex.gov.uk

4. Hastings Borough Council do not own any housing stock, this was transferred to 1066 Housing Association (now Optivo) back in 1996 as part of a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT).

5. N/A

6. 21 council owned car parks and 20 electric vehicle charging points.

7. Street lighting is dealt with by East Sussex County Council – www.eastsussex.gov.uk