Lancaster City Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#30 of 69Lancaster City Council has passed 8 plant-based food transition actions. The council has a strong record of formally committing to plant-based transition actions. 1 earlier commitment has not been reaffirmed in over 2 years. 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
16.93
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
21
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
0.81
Meetings processed: 2313 · Evidence spans: 74
Behaviour profile
Active
↗ Improving · ⚠ 1 stale commitment
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GreenWash alignment
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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·964 meetings·2004 docs·last: Dec 2026
Council behaviour profile
Active⚠
1 commitment not reaffirmed in over 2 years.
- Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)· last seen Mar 2022
- Formally committed
- Discussed, not decided
- Active opposition
- Commitments dropped
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 1 public-facing document
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Overview and Scrutiny CommitteePlanning Regulatory Committee | 5 | 27 Oct 2025 |
Shift land ownership/control into community hands for green space, reforestation, and community food gardens (asset transfer/CLTs/right-to-buy where applicable)action 62View action page → | Community Land & Ownership: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetCouncilPlanning Regulatory Committee | 5 | 04 Feb 2026 |
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CabinetCouncilthe Cabinet+3 | 101 | 22 Apr 2026 |
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)action 65View action page → | Food Access & Justice: PBT Redirect | Supporting | Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 2 | 20 Nov 2024 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Supporting | CabinetCouncilOverview and Scrutiny Committee+1 | 23 | 20 Apr 2026 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetProposed by: Caroline JacksonMatthews | 1 | 01 Mar 2022 |
Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)action 20View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 3 | 20 Nov 2024 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetCouncilOverview and Scrutiny Committee+1 | 28 | 07 Apr 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 | Council | 1 | 22 Apr 2026 |
Adopt plant-forward / plant-based procurement policyaction 37View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Neutral | Council | 1 | 27 Jul 2022 |
Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)action 54View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Council | 1 | 22 Apr 2026 |
Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council landaction 53View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 12 Apr 2022 |
Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & eventsaction 31View action page → | Planning & Regulation | Neutral | CabinetCouncil | 3 | 10 Feb 2026 |
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)action 74View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Neutral | Council | 2 | 21 Jun 2023 |
Plant-based options standards for social care, care homes & NHS settingsaction 42View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Neutral | Council | 1 | 21 Jun 2023 |
Prevent conversion of cropland to animal feed crops (feed maize/soya)action 36View action page → | Planning & Regulation: RELINQUISH | Neutral | Planning Regulatory Committee | 1 | 24 Nov 2025 |
Public awareness campaigns for food transition (reduce meat/dairy, plant-rich)action 45View action page → | Public Engagement & Education | Neutral | Council | 1 | 27 Jul 2022 |
Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnershipaction 16View action page → | Inter-Council Collaboration | Neutral | Council | 1 | 27 Jul 2022 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Neutral | CabinetCouncilPlanning Regulatory Committee | 65 | 22 Apr 2026 |
Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offeringsaction 48View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Neutral | Council | 1 | 27 Jul 2022 |
Reform farm subsidies and agri-environment schemes to reward reduced livestock density and shift to horticulture/plant-protein cropsaction 27View action page → | National Advocacy | Opposing | CabinetCouncilPlanning Regulatory Committee | 13 | 27 Oct 2025 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred14 docs20 Apr 2026
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsProposed3 docs24 Nov 2025
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)Proposed2 docs08 Jul 2025
Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)Proposed2 docs20 Nov 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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