London Borough of Lambeth
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#61 of 69London Borough of Lambeth has passed 4 plant-based food transition actions. The council engages with these issues but tends to defer rather than decide. 3 earlier commitments have not been reaffirmed in over 2 years. The council's formal decisions deliver more than public claims suggest. 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
5.43
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
13
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
0.42
Meetings processed: 2650 · Evidence spans: 34
Behaviour profile
Inconsistent
↘ Regressing · ⚠ 3 stale commitments
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GreenWash alignment
Modest
Public claims vs formal delivery
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Public pressure
–
Public demand vs council response
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Since last snapshot:Behaviour:Active↘Inconsistent
Data coverage·973 meetings·2274 docs·last: Jun 2026
Council behaviour profile
Inconsistent⚠
3 commitments not reaffirmed in over 2 years.
- Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop land· last seen Jun 2022
- Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)· last seen Mar 2023
- Join/Sign Plant-Based Treaty (membership/pledge)· last seen Oct 2023
- Formally committed
- Discussed, not decided
- Active opposition
- Commitments dropped
Based on formal council meeting records
Alignment: Actions vs Public Claims
ModestPublic claims (3)Delivered (4)
Overall index: -0.25 (positive = more claims than delivery)
Based on 2 curated commitment documents + 1 other public doc
| Theme | Claimed | Delivered | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-Based & Agricultural Transition | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Nature, Land & Animal | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Governance & Accountability | 1 | 2 | -1 |
Based on 3 public-facing documents (2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Join/Sign Plant-Based Treaty (membership/pledge)action 9View action page → | Governance & Strategy | Supporting | — | 1 | 19 Oct 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 | CabinetCorporate CommitteeCouncilProposed by: KayBridson+3 | 37 | 27 May 2026 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | Housing Scrutiny Sub-CommitteePlanning Applications Committeethe CommitteeProposed by: Malcolm ClarkMartin Bailey+3 | 5 | 21 Mar 2023 |
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop landaction 55View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Supporting | Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 29 Jun 2022 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 21 Mar 2022 |
No new large-scale industrial fishing vessels; limit/phase-down industrial fishing capacityaction 73View action page → | Fisheries Policy: PBT Relinquish | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 24 Jan 2024 |
Prioritize plant-based/vegan traders in markets & licensingaction 32View action page → | Planning & Regulation | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 25 Oct 2024 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Neutral | CabinetCouncilHousing Scrutiny Sub-Committee+2 | 13 | 28 Apr 2026 |
Staff training on inclusive catering (cultural diets, vegan/vegetarian)action 14View action page → | Health & Equity Integration | Neutral | Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 26 May 2023 |
Support programme for food businesses to transition to plant-based offeringsaction 48View action page → | Supply Chain & Infrastructure | Neutral | Overview and Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 26 May 2023 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Neutral | CabinetCouncilHousing Scrutiny Sub-Committee+2 | 46 | 27 Jan 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 | CabinetCorporate CommitteeCouncil+2 | 27 | 10 Mar 2026 |
Endorse/Adopt Plant-Based Treaty (motion/committee decision)action 6View action page → | Governance & Strategy | Opposing | Council | 2 | 17 Jul 2024 |
Changes since previous snapshot
Stance changed (1)
- Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)Supporting→Neutral
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred7 docs28 Apr 2026
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)Recommended3 docs30 Jan 2024
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)Recommended2 docs22 Nov 2022
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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