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	Capital Growth Project Pipeline
Brief description of proposal	To outline the proposed pipeline of North Yorkshire Capital Growth Priorities, to feed into strategic work with the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and seek Executive approval of the proposed approach.
Directorate	Community Development
Service area	Place Shaping & Growth
Lead officer	Kathryn Daly, AD Place-Shaping & Growth
Names and roles of other people involved in carrying out the impact assessment	Amy Thomas, Strategy & Skills Manager

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	No effect on waste	No effect on waste	No effect on waste
Water use	No effect on water usage	No effect on water usage	No effect on water usage
Pollution (air, land, water, noise, light)	No effect on pollution	No effect on pollution	No effect on 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:	Yes	Continue to full CCIA:
Reason for decision	As the report is related to a strategy and the approach to the creation of a project pipeline, no specific project activity or delivery is included which may have a positive or negative impact on climate change.  As schemes identified within the pipeline are developed and come forwards for approval to proceed, Climate Change Impact Assessments will be completed for each. Capital projects are likely to be subject to planning approval.
Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent)	K. Daly
Date	26 November 2025