2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Has the council taken steps to support local food growing?

Question code
7.5
Section
Waste Reduction & Food
Topic
Local Food Growing
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the council has proactively created more space for local food growing through providing funding, land, staff or other resources to support:
- community garden or orchards
- schools to have growing spaces
- community or city farms or gardens, including edible fruit/veg/herbs patches in public spaces such as parks, rooftops or grass verges.

Clarifications

Allotment space is not included in this question as it is a statutory requirement for councils to provide allotments.

Question performance

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0 points

2 county councils

1 point

19 county councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

county councils

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councils scored higher in 2025
00
councils scored lower in 2025

Legends for difference column

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CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Devon County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
East Sussex County Council1/1▲ 1
Essex County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Kent County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Leicestershire County Council1/1▲ 1
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found