Petitions for debate

If you wish to present a petition at full council, please email or write to our Democratic Services team. 

Please provide us with

• your name
• address
• the subject matter of your petition

We must receive this at least seven working days before the meeting. You will have three minutes to speak about the petition.

You can request for your petition to be debated by the council or the appropriate Policy and Scrutiny Committee. 

To qualify, your petition will need to meet the following guidelines

• for council debate - you will need 2500 or more signatures
• for Policy and Scrutiny Committee debate - you will need between 500 and 2499 signatures
• the signatures will need to consist of
  • residents
  • business rate payers
  • electors of the area

Petitions will be excluded from debate if they meet the above threshold and they address

• planning decisions
• licensing decisions
• any other decision that already has an appeals process in place
• a duplicate petition
• any matter that has been considered in the last 12 months

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