West Sussex County Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#16 of 69West Sussex County Council has passed 8 plant-based food transition actions. The council has a strong record of formally committing to plant-based transition actions. 1 earlier commitment has 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
23.18
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
12
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
1.93
Meetings processed: 2070 · Evidence spans: 42
Behaviour profile
Active
↗ Improving · ⚠ 1 stale commitment
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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·758 meetings·1845 docs·last: Jun 2026
Council behaviour profile
Active⚠
1 commitment not reaffirmed in over 2 years.
- Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)· last seen Feb 2024
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Communities, Highways and Environment Scrutiny CommitteeCounty Council | 11 | 03 Feb 2026 |
Map and support plant-protein processing infrastructure (pulses, legumes) and value chainsaction 47View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Supporting | Cabinetthe CabinetThe Cabinet | 3 | 11 Mar 2025 |
Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)action 52View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Supporting | Communities, Highways and Environment Scrutiny CommitteeCounty Council | 2 | 03 Feb 2026 |
Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)action 20View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Communities, Highways and Environment Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 03 Feb 2026 |
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop landaction 55View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Supporting | Communities, Highways and Environment Scrutiny CommitteeCounty Council | 2 | 03 Feb 2026 |
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | CabinetPlanning and Rights of Way Committeethe CommitteeProposed by: AtkinsDuncton+3 | 4 | 14 Feb 2025 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetCommunities, Highways and Environment Scrutiny CommitteeCounty Council | 5 | 16 Feb 2024 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetCommunities, Highways and Environment Scrutiny CommitteeCounty Council+1 | 14 | 14 Apr 2026 |
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Communities, Highways and Environment Scrutiny CommitteeCounty CouncilPlanning and Rights of Way Committee | 6 | 17 Nov 2023 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | Communities, Highways and Environment Scrutiny CommitteePlanning and Rights of Way Committee | 7 | 04 Feb 2026 |
Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council landaction 53View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Communities, Highways and Environment Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 03 Feb 2026 |
Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)action 67View action page → | Agricultural Policy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 11 Mar 2025 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred6 docs23 Jun 2025
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsDeferred4 docs01 Apr 2026
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)Deferred4 docs14 Apr 2026
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsDeferred3 docs08 Oct 2024
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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