Initial Climate Change Impact Assessment

Decision (Please tick one option)

Full CCIA not relevant or proportionate:

Continue to full CCIA:

Reason for decision

There will be no greater impact to the change proposed as it will continue to require children to travel to an agreed delivery base and for staff to do the same. It may be that this has a lesser impact as children currently travel multiple bases and the new model may prove more efficient in terms of travel. However at this stage it is expected this would be marginal and difficult to accurately identify/assess.

Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent)

A Fielding

1/9/25 Reviewed 5/12/25

Initial Climate Change Impact Assessment (Form created August 2021) Appendix C

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	Primary Exclusions and Day 6 Provision
Brief description of proposal	The Local Authority are responsible for arranging suitable and (normally) full time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of exclusion, illness or other reasons, would not receive a suitable education without such provision under Section 19 of the Education Act (1996. The current model is not sustainable, so alternative options have been considered and a decision to consult on a commissioned approach to this provision is being sought.
Directorate	CYPS
Service area	Inclusion
Lead officer	Chris Reynolds
Names and roles of other people involved in carrying out the impact assessment	Julie Bunn, Chris Reynolds, Wendy Rowley

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.