Brighton & Hove City Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#15 of 69Brighton & Hove City Council has passed 8 plant-based food transition actions. The council engages with these issues but tends to defer rather than decide. Insufficient public-facing documents to assess communications vs delivery alignment. No public forum or petition data found — pressure cannot be assessed. The trajectory is improving — more recent decisions support plant-based transition than older ones.
Total impact score
24.70
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
23
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
1.07
Meetings processed: 4347 · Evidence spans: 72
Behaviour profile
Inconsistent
↗ Improving
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GreenWash alignment
–
Public claims vs formal delivery
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Public pressure
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Public demand vs council response
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Data coverage·1107 meetings·4203 docs·last: May 2027
Council behaviour profile
Inconsistent- Formally committed
- Discussed, not decided
- Active opposition0 signals
- Commitments dropped0 actions
Based on formal council meeting records
Alignment: Actions vs Public Claims
Insufficient dataFewer than 2 public-facing documents found — not enough data to compute an alignment index.
Based on 0 public-facing documents
Public Pressure vs Council Response
Insufficient dataNo public forum or petition documents found — not enough data to measure public pressure.
Based on 0 public pressure documents (public forum packs, petitions)
Scored actions
Click an action to see scoring breakdown and evidence snippets.
| Action | Category | Stance | Body | Mentions | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Endorse/Adopt Plant-Based Treaty (motion/committee decision)action 6View action page → | Governance & Strategy | Supporting | CouncilProposed by: HillEarthey | 3 | 18 Dec 2025 |
Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)action 67View action page → | Agricultural Policy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CabinetCouncil | 8 | 22 Jan 2026 |
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)action 65View action page → | Food Access & Justice: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CabinetCouncil | 2 | 13 Oct 2025 |
Education in schools to reduce animal-based food consumption (curriculum/resources/programmes)action 68View action page → | Public Engagement & Education: PBT Redirect | Supporting | Council | 3 | 18 Dec 2025 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | CouncilPlanning Committee | 3 | 19 Dec 2024 |
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CabinetCouncilPlanning CommitteeProposed by: WilkinsonWilkinson | 17 | 22 Jan 2026 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetCouncilPlace Overview & ScrutinyProposed by: Bella SankeyWilliams+1 | 83 | 03 Jun 2026 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetCouncilPlace Overview & Scrutiny+1 | 63 | 04 Mar 2026 |
Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targetsaction 58View action page → | Climate Adaptation & Nature-Based Solutions: RESTORE | Neutral | CabinetPlace Overview & Scrutiny | 2 | 24 Mar 2026 |
Catering contract specifications require plant-based default options and minimum plant-based shareaction 38View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Neutral | Council | 2 | 18 Dec 2025 |
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop landaction 55View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Council | 1 | 14 Dec 2023 |
Designate and convert Marine Protected Areas into fully protected no-take / HPMA zonesaction 56View action page → | Marine & Coastal Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Council | 1 | 02 Feb 2023 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | CabinetCouncil | 3 | 18 Dec 2025 |
Endorse Plant-Based Treaty / commit to national plant-based food transitionaction 30View action page → | National Advocacy | Neutral | Council | 2 | 13 Oct 2025 |
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Neutral | CouncilPlace Overview & Scrutiny | 2 | 24 Sep 2025 |
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reportingaction 64View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Council | 2 | 18 Dec 2025 |
Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chainsaction 47View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Neutral | Council | 1 | 20 Oct 2022 |
Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & eventsaction 31View action page → | Planning & Regulation | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 14 Nov 2024 |
Plant-based options standards for social care, care homes & NHS settingsaction 42View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Neutral | Council | 1 | 28 Mar 2024 |
Prevent conversion of cropland to animal feed crops (feed maize/soya)action 36View action page → | Planning & Regulation: RELINQUISH | Neutral | Planning Committee | 4 | 05 Nov 2025 |
Reform farm subsidies and agri-environment schemes to reward reduced livestock density and shift to horticulture/plant-protein cropsaction 27View action page → | National Advocacy | Neutral | CabinetCouncilPlace Overview & Scrutiny+1 | 37 | 31 Aug 2026 |
Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnershipaction 16View action page → | Inter-Council Collaboration | Neutral | CabinetCouncil | 6 | 21 May 2026 |
Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)action 52View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Council | 2 | 15 Dec 2022 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceProposed7 docs11 Sep 2024
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)Deferred3 docs19 Mar 2026
Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)Under consultation2 docs22 Jan 2026
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)Deferred2 docs06 Sep 2024
Detected by pattern matching in agendas, work programmes, and meeting records. Confidence ≥ 0.55 · ≥ 2 documents · not yet showing as formally supported.
Data last published: 13 Jun 2026, 03:41 BST· pbt_v2
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