Climate & Sustainability Screening - Performance Improvement Plan 2024-25 p3
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2.10 What impact will the proposals have on ensuring: |
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Peace |
Nature of Impact: Positive |
The Performance Improvement Plan is envisioned to have a positive impact in relation to peace. The following Improvement Objectives have peace benefits and impacts, and include the detailed deliverables and targets: People – We will work with partners to improve the lives of citizens.
Place – We will maintain and improve our local areas.
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Justice |
Nature of Impact: No Impact |
N/A |
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Political voice |
Nature of Impact: Positive |
The development of the Performance Improvement Plan was based on a thorough evidence-based understanding of the communities we serve, local needs, and an assessment of our capacity to meet those needs. Our approach included:
The MEA Citizens Survey (summer 2022) consisted of a representative sample of 810 people across the borough. Participant bands were agreed for residential quotas based on the 2021 Census outputs. Quotas included, Age, Gender, Settlement (urban and rural), Socio-economic coding (ABC1, C2DE), and District Electoral Area (Ballymena, Bannside, Braid, Carrick Castle, Coast Road, Knocking and Larne Lough). The Council also ran a public consultation on the three draft Improvement Objectives over a period of 12 weeks (9 January 2024 to 2 April 2024). A series of indicative actions were provided against each of the objectives. The consultation was open to all to respond (with no specific demographic or section 75 quota), with direct promotion with local community and business groups, and the Council’s Section 75 consultee list. The consultation involved:
Respondents were asked review the objectives and indicate if they supported the Council in pursuing them. They had the opportunity to comment on each objective, and to submit their own ideas for improvement. Council’s Elected Members provided feedback during the development process, allowing for consideration from multiple political groups. The political breakdown of Council’s Elected Members is as follows:
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Partnerships |
Nature of Impact: Positive |
It is anticipated that Council will work in partnership within a number of organisations ranging from government bodies, citizens, businesses and community groups etc. in the delivery of the Performance Improvement Plan. |
Section 3 – Determination of screening outcome
Use the information from Section 2 to complete the table below. Tally up the number of instances each impact category is recorded to provide an assessment of overall sustainability impact.
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Positive impact |
Number of times selected 28 |
What does this mean? If the majority of the impacts are positive, it indicates the project is being appropriately managed and that opportunities to enhance sustainability are being taken. It is recommended that (subject to implementation of mitigation measures for any negative impacts) the proposal should be considered favourably. |
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Negative impact |
Number of times selected 1 |
What does this mean? More than 5 of these answers indicates that the project could unintendedly cause wide-ranging damage to society and / or the environment if negative impacts are not appropriately mitigated. It is recommended that the proposals are revised with guidance from the appropriate departmental experts so that liabilities and risks can be minimised. It is recommended that the proposals are not approved until these liabilities are minimised as far as reasonably practicable. Where a policy affects an area with heritage value or at risk of flooding, some red flags are inevitable but providing that these are explained satisfactorily in the comments section of the assessment this is acceptable. |
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Mixed Impact |
Number of times selected 1 |
What does this mean? More than 5 ‘Mixed Impact’ responses indicates that the proposal must be reviewed to include a better management of potential negative effects. It is recommended that the proposals are not approved until the potential negative impacts have been identified and a solution has been suggested. |
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No impact |
Number of times selected 6 |
What does this mean? More than 5 of these answers indicates that the decision has very few environmental / social impacts or that the assessment has not been completed properly. It is recommended that if there is a risk that social / environmental impacts have been overlooked, the assessment is repeated with support from relevant lead departments so that a more comprehensive understanding of impacts can be provided for decision making. |
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Don’t know |
Number of times selected 0 |
What does this mean? If there are more than 5 'don't know' responses, it is recommended that the assessment is repeated with support from relevant service areas, so that data gaps can filled. It is recommended that the proposals are not approved until social / environmental impacts are better understood. |
Section 4 – Formal record of the screening decisions
Title of proposal being screened:
Performance Improvement Plan 2024/25
I can confirm that the proposal has been screened for: (place an X below)
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sustainability |
On the basis of the answers to the screening questions, I recommend this proposal is (choose from the following):
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Deferred - we are deferring the final decision in relation to the outcome of this screening to allow for consultation feedback. Once this consultation is complete, the feedback will be used, if applicable, to update the screening and a view taken as to the best screening outcome decision. |
N/A |
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Screened In – Necessary to carry out mitigation measures and screen again |
N/A |
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Screened Out – No impacts or very few negative impacts. |
YES |
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Screening assessment completed by (Officer level) - |
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Name: Business Planning & Performance Manager |
Date: 25 April 2024 |
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Department: Corporate Performance & Improvement |
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Screening assessment approved by - |
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Name: Environmental Education Officer |
Date: 25 April 2024 |
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Department: Climate and Sustainability |
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