Exeter City Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#11 of 69Exeter City Council has passed 14 plant-based food transition actions. The council has a strong record of formally committing to plant-based transition actions. 9 earlier commitments have 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 regressing — fewer recent decisions support plant-based transition than in prior years.
Total impact score
25.92
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
30
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
0.86
Meetings processed: 2518 · Evidence spans: 55
Behaviour profile
Active
↘ Regressing · ⚠ 9 stale commitments
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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·818 meetings·2200 docs·last: Apr 2027
Council behaviour profile
Active⚠
9 commitments not reaffirmed in over 2 years.
- Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)· last seen Jun 2022
- Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)· last seen Aug 2022
- Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnership· last seen Dec 2022
- Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offerings· last seen Apr 2023
- Targets for plant-based/plant-rich procurement in public catering· last seen Apr 2023
- Community food hubs / social supermarkets prioritising affordable plant-based staples· last seen Apr 2023
- Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)· last seen Apr 2023
- Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & events· last seen Apr 2023
- Public awareness campaigns for food transition (reduce meat/dairy, plant-rich)· last seen Apr 2023
- 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 (1 curated)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnershipaction 16View action page → | Inter-Council Collaboration | Supporting | CouncilExecutiveScrutiny CommitteeProposed by: WoodWright+1 | 3 | 13 Dec 2022 |
Prioritize plant-based/vegan traders in markets & licensingaction 32View action page → | Planning & Regulation | Supporting | CouncilProposed by: WoodWright | 3 | 10 Sep 2024 |
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 | CouncilExecutive | 3 | 25 Feb 2026 |
Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & eventsaction 31View action page → | Planning & Regulation | Supporting | CouncilExecutiveProposed by: WoodWright | 3 | 04 Apr 2023 |
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CouncilExecutivePlanning CommitteeProposed by: Read | 36 | 17 Mar 2026 |
Education in schools to reduce animal-based food consumption (curriculum/resources/programmes)action 68View action page → | Public Engagement & Education: PBT Redirect | Supporting | Council | 1 | 10 Sep 2024 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | Planning Committee | 1 | 01 Aug 2022 |
Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offeringsaction 48View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Supporting | CouncilExecutiveProposed by: WoodWright | 2 | 04 Apr 2023 |
Targets for plant-based/plant-rich procurement in public cateringaction 49View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Supporting | CouncilExecutiveProposed by: WoodWright | 3 | 04 Apr 2023 |
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)action 65View action page → | Food Access & Justice: PBT Redirect | Supporting | ExecutiveScrutiny CommitteeProposed by: Bennett | 1 | 30 Jun 2022 |
Public awareness campaigns for food transition (reduce meat/dairy, plant-rich)action 45View action page → | Public Engagement & Education | Supporting | CouncilExecutiveProposed by: WoodWright | 3 | 04 Apr 2023 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | CouncilExecutivePlanning Committee | 39 | 03 Feb 2026 |
Community food hubs / social supermarkets prioritising affordable plant-based staplesaction 4View action page → | Food Access & Justice | Supporting | Executive | 1 | 04 Apr 2023 |
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)action 74View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Supporting | CouncilExecutiveProposed by: WoodWright | 5 | 04 Apr 2023 |
Adopt plant-forward / plant-based procurement policyaction 37View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Neutral | Executive | 1 | 04 Apr 2023 |
Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)action 54View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Executive | 1 | 22 Jul 2025 |
Deforestation-free supply chains: no ecosystem clearing for animal farming; mandatory trade deal clausesaction 71View action page → | Land Use & Deforestation: PBT Relinquish | Neutral | Council | 1 | 18 Oct 2022 |
Dietary guidelines updated to recommend reduced meat/dairy and plant-based food shiftaction 26View action page → | National Advocacy | Neutral | Executive | 1 | 01 Nov 2022 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | CouncilExecutivePlanning CommitteeProposed by: Wood | 14 | 03 Feb 2026 |
Endorse Plant-Based Treaty / commit to national plant-based food transitionaction 30View action page → | National Advocacy | Neutral | Planning Committee | 2 | 08 Feb 2023 |
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Neutral | CouncilExecutiveProposed by: Wood | 3 | 04 Apr 2023 |
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reportingaction 64View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | CouncilExecutiveProposed by: WoodWright | 4 | 13 Dec 2022 |
Integrate plant-based nutrition into JSNA / public health strategyaction 13View action page → | Health & Equity Integration | Neutral | Executive | 1 | 04 Apr 2023 |
Planning enforcement/refusal guidance for intensive livestock & slaughterhouse proposalsaction 34View action page → | Planning & Regulation: RELINQUISH | Neutral | Planning Committee | 1 | 04 Dec 2019 |
Prevent conversion of cropland to animal feed crops (feed maize/soya)action 36View action page → | Planning & Regulation: RELINQUISH | Neutral | ExecutivePlanning Committee | 4 | 04 Aug 2025 |
Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)action 52View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Council | 1 | 18 Oct 2022 |
Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)action 67View action page → | Agricultural Policy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Executive | 1 | 05 Mar 2024 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Neutral | ExecutivePlanning Committee | 17 | 09 Feb 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 | Opposing | CouncilExecutivePlanning Committee | 24 | 27 Apr 2026 |
Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chainsaction 47View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Opposing | CouncilExecutive | 4 | 22 Jul 2025 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred17 docs09 Feb 2026
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)Proposed6 docs04 Apr 2023
Targets for plant-based/plant-rich procurement in public cateringDeferred3 docs21 Feb 2023
Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & eventsDeferred3 docs21 Feb 2023
Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnershipDeferred3 docs21 Feb 2023
Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offeringsDeferred2 docs21 Feb 2023
Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chainsDeferred2 docs22 Jul 2025
National food strategy adoption with plant-based food security targetsProposed2 docs21 Feb 2023
Public awareness campaigns for food transition (reduce meat/dairy, plant-rich)Proposed2 docs21 Feb 2023
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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