Liverpool City Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#51 of 69Liverpool City Council has passed 5 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
8.90
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
12
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
0.74
Meetings processed: 2422 · Evidence spans: 43
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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Since last snapshot:Behaviour:Active↘Inconsistent
Data coverage·973 meetings·1914 docs·last: Nov 2026
Council behaviour profile
Inconsistent- Formally committed
- Discussed, not decided
- Active opposition
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetPlanning Committee | 6 | 12 May 2026 |
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 | CabinetIt was resolved that Cabinetthe CitySafe Board | 2 | 10 Dec 2024 |
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop landaction 55View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Supporting | Sustainable, Safe & Thriving Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 30 Jul 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 | CabinetCity Council MeetingPlanning Committee+1 | 30 | 05 May 2026 |
Reform farm subsidies and agri-environment schemes to reward reduced livestock density and shift to horticulture/plant-protein cropsaction 27View action page → | National Advocacy | Supporting | CabinetPlanning CommitteeSustainable, Safe & Thriving Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee | 9 | 21 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 | Sustainable, Safe & Thriving Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee | 3 | 01 Apr 2025 |
Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)action 20View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Neutral | Planning Committee | 1 | 30 Jul 2024 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | Planning Committee | 25 | 12 May 2026 |
Integrate plant-based nutrition into JSNA / public health strategyaction 13View action page → | Health & Equity Integration | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 10 Sep 2024 |
Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chainsaction 47View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Neutral | Planning Committee | 1 | 17 Sep 2024 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Neutral | CabinetCity Council MeetingPlanning Committee+1 | 70 | 02 Jun 2026 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Opposing | CabinetCity Council MeetingPlanning Committee+1 | 35 | 21 Apr 2026 |
Changes since previous snapshot
Dropped (1)
- Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsSupporting
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred13 docs12 May 2026
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsDeferred2 docs21 Apr 2026
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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