However, Conservative Simon Tagg, who previously held the role of cabinet member for environment, said he had proposed an alternative suggestion to rescinding the original declaration.
“We should be refreshing and replacing it, and moving it forward,” he said.
He said he hoped he and other Tory councillors could work with the Reform UK administration on measures his party had initiated.
“The portfolio holder who was proposing his motion was talking about energy efficiency savings that can be made, green spaces and better recycling – they’re all of the things that we were pushing for four or five years anyway.”
He said he felt Reform UK councillors had to be “seen to be making a big gesture” due to their party’s national position on issues such as climate change.
He was pleased the authority’s nature recovery declaration from 2021 had not been rescinded, he added.