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	Childrens residential development
Brief description of proposal	To develop new childrens home provision to meet the needs of complex children across the county, this will consist of a 6 bedded home in Selby and a cluster of 3, 2 bedded homes in the Northallerton area.
Directorate	CYPS
Service area	Childrens Social Care
Lead officer	Judith Russ
Names and roles of other people involved in carrying out the impact assessment	James Cliffe (Group Manager NWD)

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	No effect on emissions	No Effect on emissions	No effect on emissions
Waste	Increases waste	Increases waste	Increases waste
Water use	Increases water usage	Increases water usage	Increases water usage
Pollution (air, land, water, noise, light)	Increases pollution	Increases pollution	Increases pollution
Resilience to adverse weather/climate events (flooding, drought etc)	No effect on resilience	No effect on resilience	No effect on resilience
Ecological effects (biodiversity, loss of habitat etc)	No effect on ecology	No effect on ecology	No effect on ecology
Heritage and landscape	No effect on heritage and landscape	No effect on heritage and landscape	No effect on heritage and landscape

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:	X
Reason for decision	Full details on construction not yet available, but a full CCIA will be completed once the project plan is finalised. Full impact cannot be assessed at this stage until site locations are identified.
Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent)
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