Milton Keynes City Council
Englandcouncil•Last update: 13 Jun 2026
Summary
#35 of 69Milton Keynes City Council has passed 5 plant-based food transition actions. The council has a strong record of formally committing to plant-based transition actions. 1 earlier commitment has not been reaffirmed in over 2 years. 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
15.07
Sum across in-scope actions
Actions in scope
10
Actions with a score for this council
Average per action
1.51
Meetings processed: 1869 · Evidence spans: 20
Behaviour profile
Active
↗ Improving · ⚠ 1 stale commitment
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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·732 meetings·1599 docs·last: Oct 2026
Council behaviour profile
Active⚠
1 commitment not reaffirmed in over 2 years.
- Shift land ownership/control into community hands for green space, reforestation, and community food gardens (asset transfer/CLTs/right-to-buy where applicable)· last seen Mar 2024
- 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 1 public-facing document
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shift policy support from monoculture toward diversified agroecological/veganic/regenerative farming (permaculture principles)action 67View action page → | Agricultural Policy: PBT Redirect | Supporting | CabinetEnvironment & Place Scrutiny Committee | 3 | 03 Mar 2026 |
Urban biodiversity programme (trees, wildflowers, green roofs, wildlife corridors, green community projects)action 61View action page → | Urban Nature & Biodiversity: RESTORE | Supporting | CabinetCouncilEnvironment & Place Scrutiny Committee+1 | 12 | 18 Feb 2026 |
Provide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)action 59View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Supporting | Council | 3 | 18 Feb 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 | Supporting | Budget & Resources Scrutiny CommitteeCabinetChildren & Young People Scrutiny Committee+2 | 16 | 18 Feb 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: RESTORE | Supporting | Council | 1 | 13 Mar 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 | Environment & Place Scrutiny Committee | 2 | 18 Feb 2026 |
Allocate land/allotments for community food growing and plant-rich diets (edible gardens, veg growing)action 20View action page → | Land Use & Producer Transition | Neutral | Environment & Place Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 19 Nov 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 | CabinetCouncilEnvironment & Place Scrutiny Committee | 8 | 03 Mar 2026 |
Divestment from animal agriculture / livestock-heavy investmentsaction 2View action page → | Economic Development & Business | Neutral | Environment & Place Scrutiny Committee | 1 | 19 Nov 2025 |
Rewilding and land restoration payments/subsidies for former livestock landaction 60View action page → | Agricultural Subsidies & Stewardship: RESTORE | Neutral | CabinetCouncilEnvironment & Place Scrutiny Committee | 7 | 19 Nov 2025 |
Under consideration
soft-lane signal — not yet formally adoptedProvide stewardship subsidies for landowners/farmers restoring ecosystem services (carbon, biodiversity, flood defence)Proposed2 docs18 Feb 2026
Planning framework: food-system land use in planning guidanceProposed2 docs16 Jul 2025
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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