Bolton Council

EnglandcouncilLast update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
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Bolton Council has passed 1 plant-based food transition action. Many actions have been discussed but not formally decided — a gap between proposals and delivery. Insufficient public-facing documents to assess communications vs delivery alignment. No public forum or petition data found — pressure cannot be assessed. The trajectory is stable — the rate of supporting decisions has not changed significantly.

Total impact score
4.00
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
5
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
0.80
Meetings processed: 735 · Evidence spans: 8
Behaviour profile
→ Stable
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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·168 meetings·546 docs·last: May 2026
Council behaviour profile
Stalled
Stable
  • Formally committed
  • Discussed, not decided
  • Active opposition0 signals
  • 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.

ActionCategoryStanceBody
Mentions
Last meeting
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page →
Land Use & Producer TransitionSupporting
Planning CommitteeProposed by: MortMorgan
216 Apr 2026
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page →
Governance & Strategy: PBT RedirectNeutral
Executive Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment
106 Oct 2025
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page →
Economic Development & BusinessNeutral
Planning Committee
116 Apr 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: RESTORENeutral
the Executive Cabinet
122 Jul 2024
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page →
Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORENeutral
Executive Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment
508 Dec 2025
Data last published: 13 Jun 2026, 03:41 BST· pbt_v2
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