Reading Borough Council

Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026

Summary

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Reading Borough 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

4.04

Sum across in-scope actions

Actions in scope

Actions with a score for this council

Average per action

0.45

Meetings processed: 2119 · Evidence spans: 27

Behaviour profile

Inconsistent

↗ Improving

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GreenWash alignment

–

Public claims vs formal delivery

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Public pressure

–

Public demand vs council response

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Data coverage·887 meetings·1880 docs·last: Jun 2026

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Council behaviour profile

Inconsistent

↗ Improving

Formally committed
Discussed, not decided
Active opposition
Commitments dropped0 actions

Based on formal council meeting records

Alignment: Actions vs Public Claims

Insufficient data

Fewer 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 data

No 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
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page →	Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect	Supporting	CouncilPolicy committeePlanning Applications Committee+2	59	13 Apr 2026
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page →	Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE	Supporting	CouncilPolicy Committee	2	15 Oct 2024
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page →	Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE	Supporting	Planning Applications Committee	1	02 Oct 2024
Adopt a funded Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) programme for climate mitigation/adaptation with measurable targetsaction 58View action page →	Climate Adaptation & Nature-Based Solutions: RESTORE	Neutral	Climate changeStrategic Environment, Planning and Transport Committee	3	20 Jun 2024
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page →	Economic Development & Business	Neutral	Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport Committee	2	20 Nov 2024
Plant-based options offered in council catering/venues (non-default)action 74View action page →	Procurement & Council Operations	Neutral	Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport Committee	2	25 Jan 2022
Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnershipaction 16View action page →	Inter-Council Collaboration	Neutral	Climate change	1	16 Nov 2022
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page →	Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE	Neutral	Climate changeCouncilPlanning Applications Committee+2	30	08 May 2026
Endorse/Adopt Plant-Based Treaty (motion/committee decision)action 6View action page →	Governance & Strategy	Opposing	Council	1	15 Oct 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 adopted

Planning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred7 docs03 Mar 2026

Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)Recommended6 docs07 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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