Adur District Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#55 of 69Adur District Council has passed 3 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
7.58
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
10
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
0.76
Meetings processed: 884 · Evidence spans: 13
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:Stalled↗Inconsistent
Data coverage·317 meetings·847 docs·last: Jan 2027
Council behaviour profile
Inconsistent- Formally committed
- Discussed, not decided
- Active opposition0 signals
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Adur Council | 1 | 23 Sep 2025 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | Adur Council | 1 | 20 Feb 2025 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Supporting | Adur Planning Committee | 1 | 01 Jun 2026 |
Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)action 20View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Neutral | Adur Council | 1 | 24 Nov 2022 |
Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)action 54View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Adur CouncilAdur Planning Committee | 2 | 23 Feb 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 | Adur CouncilAdur Planning Committee | 3 | 19 Oct 2023 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Neutral | Adur Council | 1 | 26 Mar 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 | Adur Council | 2 | 26 Mar 2026 |
Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)action 67View action page → | Agricultural Policy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Adur Council | 2 | 17 Jul 2025 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Neutral | Adur CouncilAdur Planning Committee | 8 | 01 Jun 2026 |
Changes since previous snapshot
Stance changed (1)
- Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsNeutral→Supporting
Data last published: 13 Jun 2026, 03:41 BST· pbt_v2
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