Isle of Wight Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#40 of 69Isle of Wight Council has passed 4 plant-based food transition actions. Many actions have been discussed but not formally decided — a gap between proposals and delivery. Public communications broadly align with formal decision-making. 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
12.73
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
17
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
0.75
Meetings processed: 1934 · Evidence spans: 46
Behaviour profile
Stalled
↗ Improving
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GreenWash alignment
Aligned
Public claims vs formal delivery
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Public pressure
–
Public demand vs council response
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Data coverage·758 meetings·1734 docs·last: Sep 2026
Council behaviour profile
Stalled- Formally committed
- Discussed, not decided
- Active opposition0 signals
- Commitments dropped0 actions
Based on formal council meeting records
Alignment: Actions vs Public Claims
AlignedPublic claims (5)Delivered (4)
Overall index: +0.20 (positive = more claims than delivery)
| Theme | Claimed | Delivered | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Security & Justice | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Plant-Based & Agricultural Transition | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nature, Land & Animal | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Governance & Accountability | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Advocacy & Partnerships | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Based on 3 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 | Environment and Community Protection CommitteeFull CouncilPlanning Committee | 4 | 05 Jan 2026 |
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reportingaction 64View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | Environment and Community Protection CommitteeFull Council | 2 | 29 Jan 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 | Supporting | CabinetEnvironment and Community Protection CommitteeFull Council | 3 | 29 Jan 2026 |
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)action 65View action page → | Food Access & Justice: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CabinetEnvironment and Community Protection CommitteeFull CouncilProposed by: Brodie+2 | 7 | 26 Mar 2026 |
Advocate for fiscal measures to discourage high-carbon meat/dairy and fund plant-based transition supportaction 28View action page → | National Advocacy | Neutral | Environment and Community Protection Committee | 1 | 29 Jan 2026 |
Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)action 54View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Environment and Community Protection CommitteeFull Council | 4 | 26 Mar 2026 |
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop landaction 55View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Planning Committee | 1 | 05 Sep 2023 |
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | CabinetFull CouncilPlanning Committee | 11 | 25 Feb 2026 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | CabinetEnvironment and Community Protection CommitteeFull Council+1 | 7 | 29 Jan 2026 |
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Neutral | CabinetEnvironment and Community Protection Committee | 3 | 29 Jan 2026 |
Just transition programme for food sector away from animal productsaction 50View action page → | Workforce & Skills | Neutral | Environment and Community Protection Committee | 1 | 29 Jan 2026 |
Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council landaction 53View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Environment and Community Protection Committee | 1 | 29 Jan 2026 |
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)action 74View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Neutral | Environment and Community Protection Committee | 1 | 29 Jan 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 | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 20 Jun 2022 |
Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)action 67View action page → | Agricultural Policy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Environment and Community Protection Committee | 2 | 29 Jan 2026 |
Staff training on inclusive catering (cultural diets, vegan/vegetarian)action 14View action page → | Health & Equity Integration | Neutral | Environment and Community Protection Committee | 1 | 29 Jan 2026 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Neutral | CabinetEnvironment and Community Protection CommitteeFull Council+1 | 13 | 29 Jan 2026 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred6 docs13 Jan 2026
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)Proposed3 docs04 Dec 2025
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsDeferred2 docs20 Nov 2024
Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targetsDeferred2 docs28 Aug 2025
Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)Deferred2 docs29 Jan 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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