High carbon infrastructure and fossil fuel extraction planning
Climate Emergency UK made this Freedom of Information request to Darlington Borough Council as part of a batch sent to 151 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Darlington Borough Council,
Please treat this as a Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request.
I would like information about your council’s planning in relation to climate action for the Council Climate Action Scorecards. This information is most likely to be held by a planning officer or similar.
In particular, please supply me with information relating to the following questions:
a. Has the Council approved any new *1 or expanded *2 roads or road junctions in its area from 1st January 2019 until 1st January 2023? Please list which ones were accepted.
*1 The intention of this question is to understand overall increases in road capacity, rather than recent housing developments. Please exclude minor roads built exclusively to connect new housing to the pre-existing road network.
*2 An expanded road or road junction is one that has increased capacity for motor vehicle traffic, not counting bus lanes, cycle infrastructure, or pedestrian infrastructure. Please include roads and junctions where new lanes have been added.
b. Has the council approved any new or expanded airport runways, terminals, measures to increase passenger numbers or other planning proposals that expand airport capacity in its area since 1st January 2019 until 1st January 2023? Please list which ones were accepted.
c. Has the Council approved any planning applications for fossil fuel extraction projects proposed in its area since 1st January 2019 until 1st January 2023? Please list which ones were accepted, including where relevant fossil fuel projects that were later ‘called in’ by central government.
By fossil fuel extraction projects we mean: any oil wells and fields (on or offshore), coal mines, fracking and shale gas, gas, natural (including liquified) gas (on or off shore) plants, and unabated fossil fuel generation and power plants well as related infrastructure such as pipelines and terminals for the fossil fuels.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Hannah Jewell, Climate Emergency UK
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Dear Ms Jewell
Thank you for your request for information, received 16th January 2023.
We are processing your request in accordance with our Freedom of
Information and Environmental Information Request Procedure, which is
available on our [2]website or on request.
If we need more information in order to process your request, we will
contact you in due course. We will aim to respond to your request within
20 working days.
Yours sincerely
Rachel Seddon
Complaints & Information Governance Assistant
(01325) 406777
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Dear Ms Jewell
Request Reference: DBC-2387-22
Thank you for your request for information. Please find attached the
Council's response letter.
Yours sincerely
Richie Sanderson
Complaints & Information Governance Assistant
(01325) 406777
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