The Official Newcastle United FC Annual 2024 (The Official Newcastle United Annual)

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The Regenerate Partnership has also undertaken numerous feasibility studies and development activities relating to future low carbon heat networks. Supporting the review of local energy institution governance, which looks at the specific role hydrogen plays in the energy system.

The recent national developments in creating an organisation called Active Travel England and the potential Multi Year funding settlements for active travel that are expected to be forthcoming will support this work. Investigate the potential to expand the support and information available to reduce the barriers for households to retrofit their homes. Several funding applications have been supported to date around Net Zero related work programmes – see Priority Action A16 for further information. Many of these funding applications have involved supporting or working directly with city partners to either submit bids collectively (for example the Green Recovery Fund by Northern Powergrid) or learning from each others’ successes and challenges. Score : Ranked 3 E18 Prepare for and deliver an ambitious programme of Public Sector Decarbonisation of anchor institutions property portfolios via the forthcoming funding mechanismSchool Streets Trial was conducted at 3 schools in October 2021, with roads outside schools being closed from 8am to 4pm. We also have 75 non-automatic monitoring stations at locations across the city to monitor roadside levels of nitrogen dioxide.

City partners including the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle University, Northumbria University and Newcastle College Group have also made excellent progress with defining science-based targets, strategic action planning and delivering programmes of work for the Net Zero transition. I have also been delighted to see the rapidly growing commitment to the Net Zero agenda from a range of businesses, utility companies and community groups within the city and the region, which has been very clear in the Net Zero Business Forums held over the past year. I’m pleased to report that Newcastle City Council has reduced its organisational emissions by 14% in 2020/21 from the previous year, which is a 52% reduction from our base year of 2009/10. We must continue to focus efforts on reducing our organisational emission through green fleet programmes and decarbonising our buildings. We are also supporting residents to reduce their emissions through our home energy efficiency and Active Travel projects. As part of the green economic sector and skills study a working group engaging key employers and businesses across the city will be used to understand and prepare businesses for the skills needed for the low carbon transition and how to best prepare the workforce for the transition. It is the intention that current faulty infrastructure was replaced in the first phase of rollout with the intention of proceeding with first replacements in late 2022. We also have to prepare our city for the changes in our local climate which we face as a result of the climate emergency. In the reporting period (April 2021 to August 2022), we have experienced extreme wind, severe flooding, heat waves and droughts, that most of us haven’t seen in our lifetimes. These are stark reminders of the increasing frequency and intensity of events that Newcastle will have to prepare for. To understand the severity of these impacts, we commissioned the Met Office to undertake analysis of climate change impacts over the coming decades. The key findings are shown below:E8 Continue to support local SMEs with access to energy audits and energy grants through the Business Energy Savings Team (BEST) project. Consider opportunities under new planning guidelines and the Local Plan for the Planning Authority to implement Sustainability Guidance and establish a higher standard for low carbon measures through planning policy. Score: Ranked 4 A6 - Improve over time local emission monitoring (either directly or via indicators) to improve the accuracy of Newcastle's emissions inventory Score: Ranked 3 T1 Develop detailed plans for a city-wide Low Carbon Transport Vision including 15 Minute City concept, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and incorporating the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan and School Streets initiative

Score: Ranked 2 T21 Develop an ambitious city-wide plan for the rollout of Electric Vehicle infrastructure across the city. Work with North East Combined Authority to deploy Rapid Chargers, particularly to encourage use by electric taxis Further work is ongoing across Newcastle City Council to ensure Net Zero and climate change adaptation is embedded as a key part of the next Local Plan. An exercise in learning from other planning authorities in the UK and internationally is underway to inform the Local Plan key workstreams. In addition, an assessment of evidence for Net Zero aspects of planning policy is underway and being collated into an Evidence Base folder. Electrification of Heat project led by E.ON has installed 210 heat pumps to homes across the city and was completed in November 2021. Please see Priority Action E14 for more information. In August 2022, the Society announced it had entered into an exclusivity agreement with Manchester Building Society to explore the possibility of a merger by way of a transfer of Manchester Building Society’s engagements to Newcastle Building Society. Subsequently in February 2023, it entered into Heads of Terms with the expectation that subject to resolutions by the Boards of both building societies and regulatory approval, a merger will complete later in the year.

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Plans to open a new community branch in the refurbished Tynemouth library continue in partnership with North Tyneside council, with an anticipated opening due in 2024. The society continues to explore additional and innovative new branch opportunities in the north east with a view to expanding its physical presence. There exists a variation of 22 mm | 1 inch in precipitation levels between the month with the least rainfall and that which experiences maximum downpour. The variation in temperatures throughout the year is 11.2 °C | 20.2 °F. Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) which outlines the proposed walking and cycling network has been adopted by Cabinet and published. Score : Ranked 1 T23 Develop a plan for the city to implement Freight Consolidation Hubs and low carbon last mile freight deliveries, and assess practical implementation options, as well as seeking funding