Fareham Borough Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#4 of 69Fareham Borough Council has passed 9 plant-based food transition actions. The council has a strong record of formally committing to plant-based transition actions. 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
36.55
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
15
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
2.44
Meetings processed: 1274 · Evidence spans: 41
Behaviour profile
Active
↗ Improving
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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·481 meetings·1147 docs·last: Jul 2026
Council behaviour profile
Active- Formally committed
- Discussed, not decided
- Active opposition0 signals
- Commitments dropped0 actions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Supporting | CouncilExecutivePlanning Committee | 6 | 02 Mar 2026 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | Executive | 3 | 02 Oct 2025 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | Executive | 3 | 02 Oct 2025 |
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 | Executive | 4 | 02 Oct 2025 |
Farmer transition grants/advice to shift from livestock to horticulture and plant-protein cropsaction 22View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Executive | 4 | 02 Oct 2025 |
Repurpose council farmland/grazing land to nature recovery (rewilding/woodland creation/habitat restoration)action 52View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Supporting | Executive | 4 | 02 Mar 2026 |
Peatland/wetland restoration (re-wetting, grazing-pressure reduction) on council landaction 53View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Supporting | Executive | 3 | 02 Oct 2025 |
Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)action 20View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Supporting | Planning Committee | 2 | 15 Oct 2025 |
Coastal habitat restoration / blue carbon projects (seagrass, saltmarsh, kelp where applicable)action 54View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Supporting | CouncilEnvironment Advisory PanelExecutive | 7 | 20 Jan 2026 |
Create nature recovery network (wildlife corridors/pollinator habitat) on former grazing or feed-crop landaction 55View action page → | Land Use & Nature Restoration: RESTORE | Neutral | Executive | 3 | 02 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 | Neutral | Environment Advisory Panel | 2 | 24 Jul 2025 |
Include livestock methane in carbon budgets and climate targets; mandatory livestock methane reportingaction 64View action page → | Governance & Strategy: PBT Redirect | Neutral | Executive | 1 | 01 Sep 2025 |
Prevent conversion of cropland to animal feed crops (feed maize/soya)action 36View action page → | Planning & Regulation: RELINQUISH | Neutral | Executive | 2 | 02 Oct 2025 |
Regional food strategy coordination group / food partnershipaction 16View action page → | Inter-Council Collaboration | Neutral | Environment Advisory Panel | 2 | 24 Jul 2025 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Neutral | Environment Advisory PanelExecutivePlanning Committee | 16 | 02 Mar 2026 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedPlanning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceDeferred6 docs20 May 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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