Agenda and decisions

Climate, Energy and Environment Committee - Tuesday, 26th November, 2024 2.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room 1, Wellington House, 40-50 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 2DE

Media

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence Additional documents: Webcast for 1.
2.	Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests Additional documents: Webcast for 2.
3.	Exempt Information - Possible Exclusion of the Press and Public Additional documents: Webcast for 3.
4.	Minutes of the Meeting held on 30 July 2024 PDF 122 KB Copy attached. Additional documents: Webcast for 4.
5.	Monitoring Indicators PDF 312 KB Lead Director: Sarah Eaton, Lead Authors: Peter Glover, Guilherme Rodrigues Additional documents: Item 5 - Appendix - Indicator analysis , item 5. PDF 2 MB Webcast for 5. Decision: Resolved: That the Committee noted the messages from the monitoring indicators.
6.	Home Energy West Yorkshire PDF 329 KB Lead Director: Liz Hunter, Lead Author: Jessica McNeill Additional documents: Webcast for 6. Decision: Resolved: (i) That the Committee noted the progress made so far on the delivery of schemes. (ii) That the Committee shared their views on ambitions to develop new schemes and endorsed the next steps required to do so.
7.	Retrofitting Social Housing PDF 269 KB Lead Director: Liz Hunter, Lead Author: Jessica McNeill Additional documents: Webcast for 7. Decision: Resolved: (i) The Climate Committee noted progress in the delivery of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) programme and the Combined Authority's intention to submit a bid for Warm Homes (WH) Wave 3. (ii) The Climate Committee also noted the delay in delivering the West Yorkshire Housing Partnership (WYHP) solar scheme, while recognising that the outputs remained unchanged.
8.	Flood Resilience Programmes - Update PDF 265 KB Lead Director: Liz Hunter, Lead Author: Rob Tranmer Additional documents: Item 8 - Appendix 1 , item 8. PDF 166 KB Item 8 - Appendix 2 , item 8. PDF 167 KB Webcast for 8. Decision: Resolved: (i) The Committee noted progress with both the Natural and Capital Flood Management programmes and the delays to some projects. (ii) The Committee noted the progress of the West Yorkshire Property Flood Resilience programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). (iii) The Committee endorsed the revised approach for flood projects, the proposal to prioritise those projects that could commence delivery first, and the entry of two new projects onto the Capital Flood Risk Management programme pipeline set out in Appendix 2. (iv) The Committee delegated approval to the Director of Policing, Environment and Place, in consultation with the Chair of the Climate, Energy and Environment Committee, to conduct any future review and reprioritisation of projects on the Natural and Capital Flood Management pipelines, to accept new projects onto either programme, and to transfer projects that posed greater risks to either programme lower down the flood pipeline for consideration as part of any future investment programmes.
9.	Hydrogen Use Case PDF 314 KB Lead Director: Liz Hunter, Lead Author: Oluwafemi Omoniyi Additional documents: Webcast for 9. Decision: Resolved: To have sought a steer from the Climate, Energy and Environment Committee on the identified principles for developing a policy position on hydrogen for West Yorkshire.
10.	Draft Climate and Environment Plan PDF 464 KB Lead Director: Liz Hunter, Lead Author: Noel Collings Additional documents: Webcast for 10. Decision: Resolved: That the Climate, Energy and Environment Committee noted the update.
11.	Date of the Next Meeting and Chair's Closing Remarks The date of the next meeting will be 25 March 2025. Additional documents: Webcast for 11.