Suffolk County Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#17 of 69Suffolk County Council has passed 10 plant-based food transition actions. The council has a strong record of formally committing to plant-based transition actions. 3 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 improving — more recent decisions support plant-based transition than older ones.
Total impact score
22.98
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
16
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
1.44
Meetings processed: 1934 · Evidence spans: 100
Behaviour profile
Active
↗ Improving · ⚠ 3 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·851 meetings·1849 docs·last: Sep 2026
Council behaviour profile
Active⚠
3 commitments not reaffirmed in over 2 years.
- Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)· last seen May 2022
- Targeted plant-based food voucher / cash-first support to reduce food insecurity· last seen Jul 2022
- Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)· last seen Oct 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 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | all the recommendations in the PanelCabinetCouncilProposed by: Paul WestJessica Fleming+5 | 7 | 22 Jul 2025 |
Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council landaction 53View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Supporting | County CouncilDevelopment and Regulation Committee | 6 | 22 Jul 2025 |
Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)action 52View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Supporting | County CouncilThe Cabinet | 5 | 09 Sep 2025 |
Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)action 67View action page → | Agricultural Policy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CouncilCounty CouncilDevelopment and Regulation CommitteeProposed by: Matthew HicksTj Haworth-Culf | 3 | 24 Apr 2025 |
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 | Chairman of the Audit CommitteeCouncilCounty CouncilProposed by: Jack AbbottNick Gowrley+7 | 16 | 09 Sep 2025 |
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | County CouncilDevelopment and Regulation CommitteeScrutiny CommitteeProposed by: Matthew HicksRichard Smith Mvo+5 | 53 | 24 Feb 2026 |
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | County CouncilDevelopment and Regulation CommitteeScrutiny CommitteeProposed by: Richard RoutAndrew Reid+1 | 8 | 19 Jun 2025 |
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)action 65View action page → | Food Access & Justice: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CouncilProposed by: Matthew HicksRichard Rout | 1 | 19 May 2022 |
Targeted plant-based food voucher / cash-first support to reduce food insecurityaction 5View action page → | Food Access & Justice | Supporting | County CouncilScrutiny Committee | 2 | 07 Jul 2022 |
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)action 74View action page → | Procurement & Council Operations | Supporting | County CouncilProposed by: Richard RoutAndrew Reid | 1 | 19 Oct 2023 |
Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)action 54View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | The Cabinet | 3 | 09 Sep 2025 |
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop landaction 55View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | The Cabinet | 2 | 09 Sep 2025 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | County CouncilDevelopment and Regulation CommitteeScrutiny Committee+1 | 13 | 24 Mar 2026 |
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reportingaction 64View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Development and Regulation Committee | 3 | 19 Jun 2025 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Neutral | The Cabinet | 1 | 01 Feb 2022 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Neutral | County CouncilDevelopment and Regulation CommitteeThe Cabinet | 19 | 19 Mar 2026 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred7 docs22 Jul 2025
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)Deferred6 docs17 Oct 2024
Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targetsDeferred6 docs12 Dec 2024
Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)Deferred3 docs09 Sep 2025
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsDeferred3 docs19 May 2022
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)Deferred3 docs18 Apr 2023
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reportingProposed2 docs19 Jun 2025
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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