Voting record
Council, Wednesday, 18th March, 2026 2.00 pm
Item: Notice of Motions
To APPROVE the recommendations of the Climate and Ecological Transformation in the Cotswold District and Gloucestershire Motion:
Motion status:
Carried
Recognising the significant potential of local agriculture to contribute positively to climate and ecological recovery, and the need for coordinated local and regional support to enable this,
Council RESOLVED to:
1. Request that the Chief Executive and the Leader propose the following when representing the Council on the work to prepare for local government reorganisation:
a. That the LGR Programme formally adopts Food and Farming as an active element within its climate planning work - whether as its own strand or as a sub strand as officers determine as most effective; and
b. That the LGR Programme uses Climate Leadership Gloucestershire’s Food and Farming track as a convening mechanism.
2. Request that the Chief Executive and the Leader report back to the July 2026 meeting of the Council with an update on the development of the Future Operating Model(s) of the new unitary council(s) and how Food and Farming is being considered within them and including the following:
a. who will take ownership of it (political and officer leads),
b. what the early priorities are, and
c. which partners could be involved (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, catchment partnerships, Environment Agency, National Landscapes, Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, National Farmers Union, and others as appropriate).
| Vote | Councillors | Count |
|---|---|---|
| For | Bloomer, Brassington, Bridges, Coleman, Dale, Evans, Evemy, Harris, Harris, Hodgkinson, Jenkinson, Layton, Mansilla, McKeown, Neill, Pellegram, Spivey, Thurling, Turner and Watson | 20 |
| Against | None | 0 |
| Abstain | Corps, Fowles, Hall-Wilson, Slater, Stowe and Theyer | 6 |
| Conflict Of Interests | None | 0 |