North Tyneside Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#53 of 69North Tyneside Council has passed 4 plant-based food transition actions. The council engages with these issues but tends to defer rather than decide. 2 earlier commitments have not been reaffirmed in over 2 years. Insufficient public-facing documents to assess communications vs delivery alignment. The council is responding to public demand in its formal decisions. The trajectory is stable — the rate of supporting decisions has not changed significantly.
Total impact score
8.40
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
11
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
0.76
Meetings processed: 2271 · Evidence spans: 39
Behaviour profile
Inconsistent
→ Stable · ⚠ 2 stale commitments
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GreenWash alignment
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Public claims vs formal delivery
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Public pressure
Responsive
Public demand vs council response
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Since last snapshot:Pressure:Democracy Deficit↗Responsive
Data coverage·925 meetings·2047 docs·last: Jan 2027
Council behaviour profile
Inconsistent⚠
2 commitments not reaffirmed in over 2 years.
- Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)· last seen Aug 2022
- Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop land· last seen Nov 2022
- 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
ResponsiveCouncil acting in response to public demand
Public demand (4 actions raised)Delivered (4)
Public demandDelivered
Density: 4.00 actions/doc
| Theme | Pressured | Delivered | Gap | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-Based & Agricultural Transition | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| Nature, Land & Animal | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Governance & Accountability | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
Based on 1 public pressure document (public forum packs, petitions)
Scored actions
Click an action to see scoring breakdown and evidence snippets.
| Action | Category | Stance | Body | Mentions | Last meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetGreen Sub-Committee | 2 | 27 Oct 2025 |
Declare a climate emergency (including explicit recognition of food-system emissions and plant-based transition)action 63View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CabinetCouncilfull Council+1 | 39 | 16 Mar 2026 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | Planning Committee | 2 | 18 Aug 2022 |
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop landaction 55View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Supporting | Planning Committee | 3 | 23 Nov 2022 |
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 | Cabinet | 1 | 18 Sep 2023 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | Cabinet | 3 | 29 Jul 2024 |
Food security priority policy (ending poverty/hunger; nutritious food accessible for all)action 65View action page → | Food Access & Justice: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 16 Mar 2026 |
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reportingaction 64View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Cabinet | 1 | 01 Aug 2022 |
Plant-based catering requirements for major venues & eventsaction 31View action page → | Planning & Regulation | Neutral | Cabinet | 2 | 28 Nov 2022 |
Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)action 52View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Cabinet | 2 | 28 Jul 2025 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Neutral | CabinetCouncilGreen Sub-Committee+1 | 53 | 04 Nov 2025 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred2 docs26 Jun 2023
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landProposed2 docs24 Jan 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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