Nottingham City Council
Englandcouncilβ’Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#31 of 69Nottingham City Council has passed 8 plant-based food transition actions. The council engages with these issues but tends to defer rather than decide. 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 β pressure cannot be assessed. The trajectory is improving β more recent decisions support plant-based transition than older ones.
Total impact score
15.98
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
23
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
0.69
Meetings processed: 1934 Β· Evidence spans: 43
Behaviour profile
Inconsistent
β Improving Β· β 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 coverageΒ·551 meetingsΒ·1808 docsΒ·last: Oct 2026
Council behaviour profile
Inconsistentβ
1 commitment not reaffirmed in over 2 years.
- Shift land ownership/control into community hands for green space, reforestation, and community food gardens (asset transfer/CLTs/right-to-buy where applicable)Β· last seen Sep 2023
- Formally committed
- Discussed, not decided
- Active opposition0 signals
- Commitments dropped
Based on formal council meeting records
Alignment: Actions vs Public Claims
Insufficient dataFewer than 2 public-facing documents found β not enough data to compute an alignment index.
Based on 1 public-facing document (1 curated)
Public Pressure vs Council Response
Insufficient dataNo public forum or petition documents found β 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page β | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | Executive BoardPlanning Committee | 3 | 18 Nov 2025 |
Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chainsaction 47View action page β | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Supporting | Planning Committee | 7 | 21 Aug 2024 |
Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offeringsaction 48View action page β | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Supporting | at Exec BoardEMCCA BoardHealth and Wellbeing Board+1 | 1 | 12 May 2026 |
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page β | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Executive BoardPlanning Committee | 2 | 21 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 β | Community Land & Ownership: RESTORE | Supporting | City CouncilCouncil | 2 | 11 Sep 2023 |
Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)action 20View action page β | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Executive Board | 2 | 24 Feb 2026 |
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page β | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | City CouncilExecutive BoardPlanning Committee | 10 | 12 May 2026 |
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)action 74View action page β | Procurement & Council Operations | Supporting | City CouncilExecutive Board | 3 | 12 May 2026 |
Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targetsaction 58View action page β | Climate Adaptation & Nature-Based Solutions: RESTORE | Neutral | Executive Board | 1 | 21 Oct 2025 |
Community cooking & food skills programmes (plant-based cooking)action 44View action page β | Public Engagement & Education | Neutral | City Council | 1 | 09 Jan 2023 |
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop landaction 55View action page β | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Executive Board | 1 | 21 Oct 2025 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page β | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | Executive Board | 1 | 21 Oct 2025 |
Menu carbon labelling / footprint labels in council catering and public venuesaction 24View action page β | Monitoring & Accountability | Neutral | City Council | 1 | 09 Jan 2023 |
Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council landaction 53View action page β | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Executive Board | 1 | 21 Oct 2025 |
Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & eventsaction 31View action page β | Planning & Regulation | Neutral | City Council | 1 | 09 Jan 2023 |
Prevent conversion of cropland to animal feed crops (feed maize/soya)action 36View action page β | Planning & Regulation: RELINQUISH | Neutral | Executive Board | 1 | 21 Oct 2025 |
Prioritize plant-based/vegan traders in markets & licensingaction 32View action page β | Planning & Regulation | Neutral | City Council | 1 | 09 Jan 2023 |
Public awareness campaigns for food transition (reduce meat/dairy, plant-rich)action 45View action page β | Public Engagement & Education | Neutral | City Council | 1 | 09 Jan 2023 |
Reform farm subsidies and agri-environment schemes to reward reduced livestock density and shift to horticulture/plant-protein cropsaction 27View action page β | National Advocacy | Neutral | Executive BoardPlanning Committee | 10 | 24 Feb 2026 |
Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)action 52View action page β | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Executive BoardPlanning Committee | 3 | 21 Oct 2025 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page β | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Neutral | City CouncilExecutive BoardPeople, Communities and Environment Scrutiny Committee+1 | 32 | 18 Mar 2026 |
Targets for plant-based/plant-rich procurement in public cateringaction 49View action page β | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Neutral | City Council | 1 | 09 Jan 2023 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page β | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Neutral | City CouncilExecutive BoardPeople, Communities and Environment Scrutiny Committee+1 | 43 | 22 Apr 2026 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal β not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred7 docs18 Mar 2026
Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chainsDeferred3 docs22 Apr 2025
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)Under consultation2 docs12 May 2026
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop landDeferred2 docs21 Oct 2025
Detected by pattern matching in agendas, work programmes, and meeting records. Confidence β₯ 0.55 Β· β₯ 2 documents Β· not yet showing as formally supported.
Data last published: 13 Jun 2026, 03:41 BSTΒ· pbt_v2
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