| Theme | Cross Cutting Theme | Action Number | Action | Section of the plan | Prioritisation score | Who is most likely to help deliver this action? | Where should this action take place? | Anticipated financial status | Potential new funding stream where identified |
| Cross Cutting Themes | Access to finance and resources | C1 | Foster innovation in technologies, institutions, business models, policy design and behaviour to achieve net-zero. | 6.4.1 | All | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Cross Cutting Themes | C2 | Provide high quality, objective information and education for communities about the crisis nature of the climate emergency. | 6.4.2 | All Councils, National Park Authorities, Community Organisations, Education Establishements | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Cross Cutting Themes | Behaviour transformation and community engagement; Spatial Planning | C3 | Support communities to develop local net-zero visions. | 6.4.2 | County Councils and Unitary Councils, Community Organisations, Education Establishements, Individuals | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Cross Cutting Themes | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | C4 | Provide support to communities to deliver their low-carbon transformation. | 6.4.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Community Organisations | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Cross Cutting Themes | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | C5 | Research the effectiveness of the Devon Climate Assembly to inform whether this approach could be applied to citizen participation in other decisions locally. | 6.4.3 | All Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Cross Cutting Themes | C6 | Development plans to demonstrate how they will shape places in ways that contribute to radical reductions in greenhouse gas emissions as a primary planning objective, including drawing on the principles of 20-minute neighbourhoods and One Planet Development. | 6.4.4 | All Councils and National Park Authorities, Individuals | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Cross Cutting Themes | Spatial Planning | C7 | Involve communities in an update to the landscape strategies and guidelines within Devon’s Landscape Character Assessment to plan positively for achieving net-zero and the changes which climate change will bring. | 6.4.5 | All Councils and National Park Authorities, Individuals | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | R1 | Deliver targeted communication to empower people and businesses to adopt more sustainable consumption habits, prevent waste and shift to a culture of sharing, reusing and recycling. | 7.5.1 | National Park Authorities, All Councils, Community Organisations, Environmental Organisations, and Education Establishments. | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning; Behaviour transformation and community engagement | R2 | Support communities to establish waste and resources projects. | 7.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Community Organisations, Environmental Organisations | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Access to finance and resources | R3 | Improve the reuse facilities at Household Waste Recycling Centres. | 7.51 | County Council, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | R4 | Encourage the enjoyment of low-carbon experiences rather than material consumption. | 7.5.1 | All Councils, National Park Authorities, Community Organisations, Environmental Organisations, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Economy and resources | Access to finance and resources | R5 | Support immature industries and new models that have the potential to contribute to delivering net-zero. | 7.5.1 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | R6 | Align Devon’s household waste collection services as far as viable. | 7.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | R7 | Consider reducing the frequency or volume of black bin collections. | 7.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Economy and resources | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | R8 | Commercial waste services to collect a wider variety of separated materials for recycling. | 7.5.2 | Businesses, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | New investment required | ||
| Economy and resources | Procurement and commissioning | R9 | Waste Collection Authorities that do not collect commercial waste to consider offering a high-quality service. | 7.5.2 | Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Economy and resources | Procurement and commissioning | R10 | Business Improvement Districts and Chambers of Commerce to consider offering commercial waste management solutions for local businesses. | 7.5.2 | Business Improvement Disricts, Chambers of Commerce, and Businesses | City and Town | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Procurement and commissioning | R11 | Raise awareness of the opportunity and benefits from specifying reclaimed and recycled materials. | 7.5.2 | Local Enterprise Partnership, Environmental Organisations, County Councils, Unitary Councils, District and Borough Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Economy and resources | R12 | Work with government to incentivise the recycling of materials based on their carbon intensity as well as weight. | 7.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Economy and resources | R13 | Continue to engage with government on the design of the Extended Producer Responsibility schemes. | 7.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Economy and resources | R14 | Work with government to improve commercial waste data. | 7.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Economy and resources | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | R15 | Encourage commercial and household waste collections to consider collecting food waste separately. | 7.5.3 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | R16 | Help find opportunities for unavoidable wastes within the food supply chain to be used as a resource by others. | 7.5.3 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, Community Organisations, Environmental Organisatoins, and Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | |||
| Economy and resources | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | R17 | Encourage food supply-chain businesses to implement the Courtauld Commitment using the free toolkit. | 7.5.3 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Community Organisations, Environmental Organisations, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Economy and resources | R18 | Enhance the capture of emissions from waste-water treatment. | 7.5.3 | South West Water | Will occur everywhere | New investment required | |||
| Economy and resources | Procurement and commissioning | R19 | Anchor institutions to embed local social and environmental value further into tendering procedures. | 7.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils, National Park Authorities, District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, NHS and Public Health, Businesses, Education Establishments | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Economy and resources | Procurement and commissioning | R20 | Anchor institutions to support community-owned companies to provide goods and services back to those institutions. | 7.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils, National Park Authorities, District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, NHS and Public Health, Businesses, Education Establishments | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | R21 | Provide schools with curriculum support on net-zero issues. | 7.5.6 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Community Organisations, Environmental Organisations | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | R22 | Provide net-zero training and reskilling opportunities. | 7.5.6 | Local Enterprise Partnership, Education Establishments, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning; Access to finance and resources | R23 | Provide a net-zero-transition support service to businesses. | 7.5.6 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | R24 | Provide support for individuals experiencing career difficulties due to the transition to net-zero. | 7.5.6 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Community Organisations | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Access to finance and resources | R25 | Support the development of regional banks. | 7.5.7 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Economy and resources | Access to finance and resources | R26 | Consider using municipal bonds to raise finance for municipal infrastructure. | 7.5.7 | All Councils, National Park Authorities | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Economy and resources | Access to finance and resources | R27 | Share community crowd-funding case studies and good practice. | 7.5.7 | All Councils, National Park Authorities, Community Organisations | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Energy Supply | E1 | Develop an Energy Plan for Devon to deploy renewable energy generation to meet future energy needs. | 8.5.1 | All Councils, National Park Authorities, Businesses, Local Enterprise Partnership, Environmental Organisations, Community Organisations, Western Power Ditribution, Wales & West | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Energy Supply | E1.1 | Update assessments of the accessible renewable energy resources available in Devon | 8.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, National Park Authorities | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Energy Supply | E1.2 | Identify opportunities for renewable energy and storage deployment on land owned or managed by Devon Climate Emergency partners. | 8.5.1 | Devon Climate Emergency partners | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Energy Supply | Spatial Planning | E1.3 | Identify locations for renewable energy and energy storage informed by the emerging Land Use Framework and environmental and social sensitivities. | 8.5.1 | All Councils, National Park Authorities, Businesses, Local Enterprise Partnership, Environmental Organisations, Community Organisations | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Energy Supply | E1.4 | Explore opportunities to create economic benefit from offshore technologies along Devon’s two coastlines. | 8.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Local Enterprise Partnership, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Energy Supply | E1.5 | Consider the role of nationally significant energy infrastructure (including that developed outside Devon), flexibility markets, and storage technologies, and how these could change the total energy required to be generated in Devon. | 8.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Energy Supply | E1.6 | Consider the potential role and feasibility of a green-hydrogen industrial cluster. | 8.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Local Enterprise Partnership, Businesses | City and Town | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Energy Supply | Spatial Planning | E1.7 | Appraise the potential for low carbon heat networks in new development to make best use of existing heat producers e.g. the Energy from Waste facility in Exeter, and as a retrofit opportunity in off-gas areas. | 8.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | City and Town | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Energy Supply | Spatial Planning | E2 | Look to allocate locations for renewable and low-carbon energy initiatives in Local Plans and Neighbourhood Plans, ensuring community involvement. | 8.5.1 | Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Energy Supply | Access to finance and resources | E3 | Provide support for communities wishing to develop their own energy infrastructure | 8.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Energy Supply | Spatial Planning | E4 | Local Plan updates will look to include policies that give positive weight to renewable and low-carbon energy initiatives which have clear evidence of local community involvement and leadership. | 8.5.2 | Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Energy Supply | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | E5 | Provide advice on choosing genuine renewable-energy tariffs. | 8.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, Community Organisations | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Energy Supply | Spatial Planning | E6 | Work with government to amend national planning legislation to make it more straightforward for onshore wind developments to get planning consent, especially those that are community owned. | 8.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Energy Supply | E7 | Test approaches to making the energy system smarter and more flexible. | 8.5.3 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Community Organisations, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Energy Supply | E8 | Work with government to enable timely and cost-effective grid upgrades. | 8.5.3 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Local Enterprise Partnership | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Energy Supply | Access to finance and resources | E9 | Work with government to ensure effective incentives are available for the use of renewable heat and waste heat from industrial and commercial facilities, including waste Energy Recovery Facilities. | 8.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Local Enterprise Partnership | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Energy Supply | Access to finance and resources | E10 | Work with government to reintroduce support mechanisms for smaller-scale renewable electricity generation. | 8.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Local Enterprise Partnership | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Energy Supply | Access to finance and resources | E11 | Remain engaged with government funding opportunities to pilot carbon capture and storage technology on industrial facilities in Devon. | 8.5.5 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Local Enterprise Partnership | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Built Environment | Procurement and commissioning | B1 | Expand whole-house retrofit by working with social landlords to aggregate their housing stock and collectively procure retrofit. | 9.5.1 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | Initial grant funding will speed up development of the market, Finance from long term savings on existing social landlord maintenance budgets and resident energy bill savings | |
| Built Environment | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | B2 | Take opportunities to enhance and raise awareness about financial support available for people and organisations to retrofit their properties. | 9.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, Community Organisations and NHS and Public Health and Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Built Environment | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | B3 | Raise awareness of the co-benefits of living in net-zero homes. | 9.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, Community Organisations and NHS and Public Health, Businesses, Individuals | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Built Environment | Access to finance and resources | B4 | Work with government to encourage VAT breaks on retrofit activity and products. | 9.5.1 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Built Environment | Access to finance and resources | B5 | Work with government to continue exploring the use of Council Tax and Business Rates to encourage energy efficiency upgrades of buildings. | 9.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils and District and Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Built Environment | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | B6 | Establish a Devon-wide energy advice service. | 9.5.2 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, Community Organisations, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Built Environment | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | B7 | Keep abreast of innovative retrofit solutions emerging for businesses, pilot promising approaches and share experience with others. | 9.5.2 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Council, Community Organisations, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Built Environment | Spatial Planning | B8 | Evaluate the use of planning conditions to require energy-efficiency upgrades at the time of extending a home, and any other local regulatory opportunities that arise. | 9.5.3 | District & Borough Councils, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Built Environment | Access to finance and resources | B9 | Work with Government to ensure effective minimum energy efficiency standards and that resources are available to enforce non-compliance. | 9.5.3 | Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Built Environment | B10 | Work with government to explore additional mechanisms to require energy-efficiency upgrades. | 9.5.3 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Built Environment | Spatial Planning | B11 | Produce a regularly-updated Devon-wide evidence base on the costs of developing net-zero carbon homes for use in Local Plan viability appraisals. | 9.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils and National Park Authorities | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Built Environment | B12 | Local Plan reviews to implement zero-carbon buildings in operation and set embodied carbon targets as soon as possible where viable. | 9.5.4 | Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils and National Park Authorities | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Built Environment | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | B13 | Demonstrate the viability of building net-zero carbon homes using modern construction techniques by reviewing the opportunity for local authorities to use their own land in partnership with a developer. | 9.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Community Organisatins | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Built Environment | Spatial Planning | B14 | Planning authorities to ensure vegetation, and the necessary arrangements for maintenance, is included within new development to aid building energy efficiency. | 9.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, National Park Authorities | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Built Environment | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning; Access to finance and resources | B15 | Anchor institutions to deliver net-zero new build to set an example to other regional organisations and establish the South West as a leading region for low-carbon buildings. | 9.5.4 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Education Establishments, NHS and Public Health, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Built Environment | B16 | All organisations to review external lighting provision and switch to LED technology. | 9.5.5 | Education Establishments, NHS and Public Health, Businesses, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, National Park Authorities, Community Organisations | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Built Environment | B17 | Work with Highways England to review opportunities for rationalisation of streetlight provision in its Devon network. | 9.5.5 | All partners | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | T1 | Continue the roll out of the Connecting Devon and Somerset programme. | 10.5.1 | County Council | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Transport | Spatial Planning; Finance, Access to finance and resources | T2 | Continue to provide employment and community assets across Devon in order to minimise the need to travel. | 10.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, Community Organisations | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | Procurement and commissioning | T3 | Consider the carbon implications when making changes to community services. | 10.5.1 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, NHS and Public Health | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Transport | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning; Behaviour transformation and community engagement | T4 | Provide up-to-date information and advice about reducing the need to travel and the most sustainable travel choices. | 10.5.2 | All Councils, Community Organisations and Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Transport | T5 | Implement car free days in Devon’s urban areas. | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils | City and Town | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | T6 | Develop Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs). | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | T7 | Provide more cycle confidence and maintenance training. | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, Community Organisations, Education Establishments, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | T8 | Support community bike rental schemes | 10.5.2 | All Councils, Community Organisations and Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | T9 | Where possible, design pavements and junctions to prioritise pedestrians and cyclists. | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | T10 | Introduce reduced speed limits where appropriate. | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | T11 | Reallocate road capacity to sustainable modes. | 10.5.2 | All Councils | City and Town | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | Spatial Planning | T12 | Local Plans to ensure new developments are designed with filtered permeability to promote sustainable travel. | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | City and Town, Suburbs | Within existing resources | ||
| Transport | T13 | Reduce the space available for parking where appropriate. | 10.5.2 | Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | City and Town | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | Access to finance and resources | T14 | Support car clubs. | 10.5.2 | All Councils, Community Organisations, Education Establishments, Businesses and Individuals | City and Town, Suburbs | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | T15 | Promote car sharing technology to link drivers with passengers. | 10.5.2 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, Community Organisations and Businesses | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Transport | Procurement and commissioning | T16 | Support innovative transport solutions in rural areas, including long-term options for community and voluntary sector transport. | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, Town and Parish Councils and Community Organisations | Rural | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | T17 | Enhance bus priority measures. | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | City and Town | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | Access to finance and resources; Procurement and commissioning | T18 | Protect and enhance funding for local bus routes, to ensure people can access services, employment and events without requiring a car. | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | T19 | Explore opportunities to set fares to support equal opportunities to access mobility for all. | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Transport | Access to finance and resources; Procurement and commissioning | T20 | Encourage government to remove VAT from cycles and e-cyles. | 10.5.2 | All partners | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Transport | T21 | Work with government to improve strategic and branch-line rail infrastructure and services, including reviewing the reopening of lines. | 10.5.2 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Transport | T22 | Take advantage of opportunities arising from the National Bus Strategy to deliver long-term, sustained improvements in bus services. | 10.5.2 | County Council, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New investment required | National Bus Strategy | ||
| Transport | Access to finance and resources; Procurement and commissioning | T23 | Investigate the concept and mechanisms of a Tourist Levy, including careful consideration of its impact on local businesses. | 10.5.3 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Local Enterprise Partnership, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | T24 | Review the potential for congestion charges and low emission zones in appropriate areas across Devon on a place-by-place basis, giving consideration to local impacts and likely effectiveness. | 10.5.3 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Local Enterprise Partnership, Businesses | City and Town | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | T25 | Use car park pricing to balance the needs of vehicle access to rural and urban areas with those of reducing car use. | 10.5.3 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | City and Town | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | T26 | Employers to be encouraged and supported to make commuting by active, shared and public transport more attractive. | 10.5.3 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District and Borough Councils, Businesses, NHS and Public Health, Education Establishments | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | T27 | Greater provision of cycle parking across Devon and at key interchange locations. | 10.5.4 | District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, Education Establishments, NHS and Public Health, Businesses, Community Organisations | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Transport | Spatial Planning | T28 | Local Plans to require mobility hubs for new developments of appropriate size. | 10.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils and District & Borough Councils | City and Town, Suburbs | Within existing resources | ||
| Transport | T29 | Make it easier to take cycles on trains. | 10.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Transport | T30 | Introduce integrated ticketing. | 10.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils and Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Transport | T31 | Modernise and create car parks at strategic points to encourage car sharing and onward journeys by active travel or public transport. | 10.5.4 | County Council, Unitary Councils | City and Town, Suburbs | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Transport | T32 | Develop EV Charging Strategies to deploy the right chargers in the right place. | 10.5.5 | All Councils, Community Organisations, Local Enterprise Partnership, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - identified but not secured | Use aggregated purchasing power to reduce costs of vehicles and charging infrastructure •Existing fleet management budgets. •Fuel bill and maintenance savings •Government grant and incentives as available. | ||
| Transport | T33 | DCE partners to use their assets to provide publicly-accessible EV charging and shared mobility infrastructure. | 10.5.5 | All partners | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - identified but not secured | •Use aggregated purchasing power to reduce costs of vehicles and charging infrastructure •Existing fleet management budgets. •Fuel bill and maintenance savings •Government grant and incentives as available. | ||
| Transport | T34 | Provide electric charging infrastructure in harbours and marinas. | 10.5.5 | Harbour Authorities, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Businesses | Coast | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Transport | T35 | DCE partners and organisations in the County to transition their fleets to Ultra Low Emission Vehicles. | 10.5.5 | All partners, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - identified but not secured | •Use aggregated purchasing power to reduce costs of vehicles and charging infrastructure •Existing fleet management budgets. •Fuel bill and maintenance savings •Government grant and incentives as available. | ||
| Transport | T36 | Accelerate the switch to Ultra Low Emission Vehicle taxis by placing requirements and incentives within the licencing process. | 10.5.5 | Unitary Councils and District & Borough Councils | City and Town | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | T37 | Seize opportunities to trial low-carbon aviation. | 10.5.6 | Local Enterprise Partnership and County Council | City and Town, Suburbs | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | T38 | Support the provision of electric cargo bikes. | 10.5.7 | County Council, Unitary Councils and District & Borough Councils, Community Organisations and Businesses | City and Town | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Transport | T39 | Transport authorities and hauliers to collaborate to identify opportunities to reduce emissions. | 10.5.7 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, NHS and Public Health, Businesses | City and Town | Within existing resources | |||
| Transport | Spatial Planning | T40 | Local Plans to safeguard existing rail freight infrastructure. | 10.5.7 | County Council, Unitary Councils and District & Borough Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Transport | T41 | Work with government to improve and promote rail-freight grants to incentivise modal shift and provide funding for new infrastructure. | 10.5.7 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Transport | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | T42 | Trial low-carbon propulsion for large vehicles and transition fleets to these new technologies. | 10.5.8 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Transport | T43 | Through the Peninsula Sub-National Body, work with government to pilot and implement a low-carbon fuel solution for trains. | 10.5.8 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, Businesses | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | Access to finance and resources | F1 | Support the Devon Food Partnership | 11.5.1 | Businesses, County Council, Community Organisations, District & Borough Councils, Farmers, NHS and Public Health, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Access to finance and resources | F1.1 | Create local food retail areas. | 11.5.1 | Businesses, Community Organisations, District & Borough Councils, Unitary Councils, County Council | City and Town | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Access to finance and resources | F1.2 | Bring local producers together in food hubs to enable joint processing, marketing and access to local markets. | 11.5.1 | Local Enterprise Partnership, Community Organisations, County Council, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - identified and secured | South West Food Hub project | |
| Food, Land and Sea | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | F1.3 | Promote a healthy and sustainably-produced diet, following the government’s Eatwell Guide. | 11.5.1 | Community Organisations, County Council, District & Borough Councils, Education Establishments, Environmental Organisations, National Park Authorities, NHS and Public Health, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning; Behaviour transformation and community engagement | F1.4 | Provide Grow, Cook, Eat programmes to reconnect people with the origin and seasonality of food and to develop cooking skills. | 11.5.1 | Community Organisations, County Council, District & Borough Councils, Education Establishments, Environmental Organisations, National Park Authorities, NHS and Public Health, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Spatial Planning | F2 | Development plans to allocate land for horticulture near to settlements where suitable. | 11.5.1 | District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | F3 | Show support to government for the introduction of a food labelling system to highlight its environmental impact. | 11.5.1 | Businesses, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Environmental Organisations, Farmers | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | F4 | Encourage central government to give preferential trade tariffs to food products that demonstrate minimum food standards. | 11.5.1 | Council Council, Unitary Councils, Local Enterprise Partnership, NFU, Farmers | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | Procurement and commissioning | F5 | Anchor institutions to consider buying local through the South West Food Hub. | 11.5.2 | Local Enterprise Partnership, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, National Park Authorities, Businesses, Community Organisations, Education Establishments, NHS and Public Health | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - identified and secured | South West Food Hub project | |
| Food, Land and Sea | Procurement and commissioning | F6 | Organisations to provide meals aligned to the government’s Eatwell Guide and incentivise sustainable food-practices through procurement procedures. | 11.5.2 | Businesses, Community Organisations, County Council, District & Borough Councils, Education Establishments, Local Enterprise Partnership, National Park Authorities, NHS and Public Health, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | F7 | Look to set-up a Devon Farm Advice Service. | 11.5.3 | Businesses, Community Organisations, County Council, Environmental Organisations, Farmers, Local Enterprise Partnership, National Park Authorities | Rural | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | F8 | Support development of on-farm anaerobic digestion of agricultural wastes. | 11.5.3 | Businesses, County Council, Education Establishments, Environmental Organisations, Farmers | Rural | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | F9 | Support the testing and adoption of low-carbon agricultural practices. | 11.5.3 | Businesses, County Council, Education Establishments, Environmental Organisations, Farmers | Rural | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | F10 | Explore how the County farms estate could be used to demonstrate low-carbon agriculture. | 11.5.3 | Council Council, Environmental Organisations, Farmers | Rural | Within existing resources | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Access to finance and resources | F11 | Support the sharing of agricultural machinery. | 11.5.3 | Businesses, County Council, Environmental Organisations, Farmers | Rural | New resource required - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Spatial Planning | F12 | Development plans to allow for greater scope in the provision of rural land workers' accomodation. | 11.5.3 | District & Borough Councils, Unitary Councils, Town and Parish Councils | Rural | Within existing resources | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Spatial Planning | F13 | Develop a Land Use Framework | 11.5.4 | Businesses, Community Organisations, County Council, District & Borough Councils, Environmental Organisations, Farmers, National Park Authorities, Town and Parish Councils, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - identified and secured | The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission project | |
| Food, Land and Sea | Spatial Planning | F14 | Develop a Local Nature Recovery Strategy and create and implement a Nature Recovery Network. | 11.5.4 | Businesses, Community Organisations, County Council, District & Borough Councils, Environmental Organisations, Farmers, National Park Authorities, Town and Parish Councils, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - identified but not secured | Defra funding | |
| Food, Land and Sea | F15 | Design and implement a Trees for Devon initiative. | 11.5.4 | Businesses, Community Organisations, County Council, District & Borough Councils, Environmental Organisations, Farmers, National Park Authorities, Town and Parish Councils, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required - yet to be identified | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | Spatial Planning | F16 | Create Biodiversity Net-Gain Planning Guidance. | 11.5.5 | County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Environmental Organisations | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Access to finance and resources | F17 | Develop an online investment platform to provide a match-making service between providers of environmental services and people wishing to purchase them. | 11.5.5 | Businesses, Community Organisations, County Council, District & Borough Councils, Environmental Organisations, Farmers, Local Enterprise Partnership, National Park Authorities, Unitary Councils | Rural, Coast | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Access to finance and resources | F18 | Support the development of carbon storage accreditation schemes for a range of carbon rich terrestrial, coastal and marine habitats. | 11.5.5 | Businesses, Community Organisations, County Council, District & Borough Councils, Environmental Organisations, Farmers, Local Enterprise Partnership, National Park Authorities, Unitary Councils | Rural, Coast | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Access to finance and resources | F19 | Work with government to design an effective Environmental Land Management Scheme that will ensure food production alongside carbon storage and other public goods. | 11.5.5 | Businesses, Community Organisations, County Council, District & Borough Councils, Environmental Organisation, Farmers, National Park Authorities, Unitary Councils | Rural | Within existing resources | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | F20 | Work with government to require marine development to provide environmental net-gain. | 11.5.5 | County Council, Environmental Organisations, Unitary Councils | Coast | Within existing resources | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | F21 | Devon Maritime Forum and Devon's estuary partnerships to push for the aims and priorities set out in the Devon Carbon Plan to be incorporated within Marine Plans. | 11.5.6 | Devon Maritime Forum, Devon's estuary partnerships, County Council, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils | Coast | Within existing resources | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | Spatial Planning | F22 | Future reviews of Devon's Shoreline Management Plans to enable, where possible, carbon-rich habitats to migrate inland with sea-level rise. | 11.5.6 | County Council, District & Borough Councils, Environmental Organisations, Unitary Councils | Coast | Within existing resources | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | F23 | Develop and implement a South Devon Marine Natural Capital Plan. | 11.5.6 | County Council, District & Borough Councils, Town and Parish Councils, Community Organisations, Environmental Organisations, Local Enterprise Partnership | Coast | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | F23.1 | Establish and maintain an inventory of marine natural capital. | 11.5.6 | County Council, District & Borough Councils, Unitary Councils, Education Establishments, Environmental Organisations | Coast | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | F23.2 | Pilot initiatives which increase blue carbon sequestration. | 11.5.6 | County Council, District & Borough Councils, Community Organisations, Education Establishments, Environmental Organisations, Businesses | Coast | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | F23.3 | Provide support for smaller fisheries that implement sustainable practices. | 11.5.6 | County Council, Environmental Organisations, Unitary Councils, Businesses | Coast | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | Knowledge sharing, skills and learning | F23.4 | Trial new ecosystem approaches for fisheries management. | 11.5.6 | Businesses, Community Organisations, County Council, Environmental Organisations, Unitary Councils | Coast | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | F23.5 | Improve access to, and incentivise, shoreside disposal of old fishing equipment. | 11.5.6 | Community Organisations, Unitary Councils, District & Borough Councils, Environmental Organisations, Businesses | Coast | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | Behaviour transformation and community engagement | F23.6 | Encourage behaviour change by enhancing public awareness of behaviours and activities that damage marine and coastal habitat. | 11.5.6 | County Council, Community Organisations, Education Establishments, Environmental Organisations, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | ||
| Food, Land and Sea | F23.7 | Work with government to introduce more marine protected areas and provide the resources necessary to protect and monitor them. | 11.5.6 | County Council, Unitary Councils, Environmental Organisations, Businesses | Coast | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | F23.8 | Work with government for greater monitoring and enforcement of the dumping of fishing gear at sea. | 11.5.6 | Community Organisations, County Council, Unitary Councils, Environmental Organisations | Coast | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | F24 | Develop more whole-catchment improvement projects. | 11.5.6 | County Council, Environmental Organisations, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | Within existing resources | |||
| Food, Land and Sea | Access to finance and resources | F25 | Work with government to improve the effectiveness of environmental legislation and resources for enforcement. | 11.5.7 | County Council, Environmental Organisations, Unitary Councils | Will occur everywhere | New resource required to expand existing delivery - yet to be identified |
