Online petitions
The Council welcomes petitions which are created and submitted through the Council’s website. Online petitions must follow the same guidelines as paper petitions as outlined above. The petition organiser will need to provide the Council with their name and email address. They will also need to decide how long they would like their petition to be open for signing.
When an online petition is created, it may take five working days before it is published online. This is because the Council has to check that the content of the petition is suitable before it is made available for the public to sign. If the Council feels it cannot publish the petition for some reason, they will contact the petition organiser within this time to explain why. The petition organiser will then be able to change and re-submit their petition if they wish.
When an online petition has closed for signing, it will automatically be submitted to Democratic Services in the same way as a paper petition and the petition organiser will receive an acknowledgement within five working days. It will ask them how they prefer to progress the petition in line with the Council’s petition scheme. Assistance will be provided to help them decide which is the most appropriate route.