Initial Climate Change Impact Assessment (Form created August 2021)

The intention of this document is to help the council to gain an initial understanding of the impact of a project or decision on the environment. This document should be completed in consultation with the supporting guidance. Dependent on this initial assessment you may need to go on to complete a full Climate Change Impact Assessment. The final document will be published as part of the decision-making process.

If you have any additional queries, which are not covered by the guidance please email climatechange@northyorks.gov.uk

Title of proposal	3068 Outdoor Learning Strategic Review
Brief description of proposal	The purpose of this project was to review the Outdoor Learning Service and to produce a business case for a model to run the service which is financially self-sustaining and which can generate enough surplus to repay any investment in the infrastructure.
Directorate	CYPS
Service area	Education and Skills
Lead officer	Leanne Goodlad
Names and roles of other people involved in carrying out the impact assessment	Align Property Partners

The chart below contains the main environmental factors to consider in your initial assessment – choose the appropriate option from the drop-down list for each one.

Remember to think about the following;

· Travel

· Construction

· Data storage

· Use of buildings

· Change of land use

· Opportunities for recycling and reuse

Environmental factor to consider	For the council	For the county	Overall
Greenhouse gas emissions	Decreases emissions	Decreases emissions	Decreases emissions
Waste	Decreases waste	Decreases waste	Decreases waste
Water use	Decreases water usage	Decreases water usage	Decreases water usage
Pollution (air, land, water, noise, light)	Decreases pollution	Decreases pollution	Decreases pollution
Resilience to adverse weather/climate events (flooding, drought etc)	Increases resilience	Increases resilience	Increases resilience
Ecological effects (biodiversity, loss of habitat etc)	Positive impact on ecology	Positive impact on ecology	Positive impact on ecology
Heritage and landscape	Decreases protection of heritage and lanscape	Decreases protection of heritage and lanscape	Decreases protection of heritage and lanscape

If any of these factors are likely to result in a negative or positive environmental impact then a full climate change impact assessment will be required. It is important that we capture information about both positive and negative impacts to aid the council in calculating its carbon footprint and environmental impact.

Decision (Please tick one option)	Full CCIA not relevant or proportionate:	√	Continue to full CCIA:
Reason for decision	The proposal is subject to Planning Permission, therefore a full CCIA is not required (confirmed with Jos Holmes)
Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent)
Date