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	7031 – Leisure Membership Review
Brief description of proposal	Following LGR, leisure operators from the former district councils began a phased transfer of services into North Yorkshire Council’s new Active North Yorkshire (ANY) service. Five of the six operators have already completed the transition, with Scarborough and Ryedale scheduled to join in June 2027. Currently, the service is operating under legacy pricing and membership structures. This presents significant challenges and highlights the need for a comprehensive review to establish a single, consistent ANY approach that meets the needs of residents and communities across North Yorkshire. For this reason, there is a need to create a single pricing model with the following objectives: · Establish a fair, consistent, and more equitable membership structure across all sites within North Yorkshire · Create a range of products which give customers choice and which meet changing customer needs and expectations. · Create clear pathways for all customer types, encouraging more people to become and remain active. · Position ANY as a health and wellbeing service, not just a traditional leisure provider. · Simplify marketing through targeted campaigns for specific user groups. · Maintain current income levels while unlocking greater potential to grow income. · Support ongoing investment in leisure facilities, as identified through the Leisure Investment Strategy, to ensure facilities are attractive, modern and financially sustainable and achieve projected income targets linked to these investments.
Directorate	Community Development
Service area	Sports & Active Wellbeing
Lead officer	David Ashbridge/Ben Walker
Names and roles of other people involved in carrying out the impact assessment	Ben Walker (Commercial Development Manager) Thomas Stead (Project 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:	✓	Continue to full CCIA:
Reason for decision	This membership review is to create a new membership offer for existing customers as well as creating a consistent offer for customers in the future. Most local offers already consist of multi-site access and therefore we would not envisage any additional travel pollution in addition to what is already in place for the current membership offers. Any customer who currently does not have a multi-site offer who may take one up in the future, it is likely that they will be travelling for personal reasons such as work and family which will not be a direct result of the new pricing structure/offer.
Signed (Assistant Director or equivalent)	Jo Ireland
Date	07/01/26