Environment strategy

Everyday Life

Our vision for Kirklees

We are committed to making the environment a priority in all decision-making, whether big or small, to create a flourishing and sustainable Kirklees. We want to harness the power of the natural environment to enhance the lives of the people who live work and study in Kirklees, fostering healthy, happy, and better-connected communities.

To deliver this strategy, we will work together as a partnership. Our commitment is to ensure that Kirklees is a place where it's easier than ever to make clean, green choices and that fairness is a factor in the decisions we make.

When it comes to the environment, we all have a part to play and this is one strategy, for all.

About the strategy

Partnership foreword

A collective vision for a more greener Kirkees

Council foreword

An introduction from our Cabinet Member for Culture and Greener Kirklees

Introduction

Learn about the strategy, it's themes and priorities

The strategies impact

Why the strategy is needed and its impact

Delivering our strategy together

Pledging to support the strategy together

Governing and monitoring our progress

The environment strategy group and resourcing

Our four themes

Underpinned by our three 'Always On' priorities

Sustainable economic development (SED)

Environment for all (E4A)

Resilient futures (RF)

Our 12 headline targets

Zero avoidable waste by 2038

Growing the sharing economy in Kirklees to be a national leader

Nature in recovery by 2030

All degraded peatland to be in restoration by 2038

Increase Kirklees tree canopy cover to 21% by 2050

All people who live work and study in Kirklees to have access to high quality green and blue space within 5-10 minutes / 500m walk by 2038

Good buildings - all buildings in Kirklees to be energy efficient at a minimum of EPC C by 2030

Net zero energy supply by 2038

Sustainable neighbourhoods programme launched by 2026

60% of journeys within Kirklees to be sustainable journeys by 2030

100% fleet vehicles to be zero carbon by 2038

All of Kirklees homes to be within 1km of public transport connection point via safe pedestrian route by 2038

Our Everyday, Life: An Environment Strategy for Kirklees infographic includes all headline targets, prioties, themes and their explanations

Acknowledgements

Thank you to all who shared their vision, ambitions, and opinions, donating your time to help co-develop this strategy in order to achieve a better, more environmentally sustainable Kirklees.

A special thank you to Creative Concern for facilitating our co-design journey, and for Support To Recovery for helping engage local community groups.