Petitions

Details of how you can submit a petition and any petitions which have already been submitted.

The council welcomes petitions form those who live, work, or study in the Staffordshire Moorlands and recognises that petitions are one way in which people can let us know their concerns. All petitions sent or presented to the council will receive an acknowledgement from the Council within 10 working days of receipt. This acknowledgement will set out what we plan to do with the petition.

Petitions submitted to the Council must include:

A clear concise statement covering the subject of the petition. It should state what action the petitioners wish the Council to take.
The name and address and signature of any person supporting the petition.

However, there are some matters under this scheme that you cannot raise a petition against. Other procedures apply for matters relating to the following:

Planning
Council Tax
Licensing (Liquor, Entertainment & Taxi/Private Hire Licenses)
Comments, Compliments & Complaints

If you have an electronic copy of your petition with signatures on, it can be emailed to our Democratic Services team.

If you wish to send a paper copy of the petition please send to: Democratic Services, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, Moorlands House, Stockwell Street, Leek, ST13 6HQ.

The Council has received the following petitions:

Date Received	Number of Signatures	Subject	Action
24 February 2015		Residents views of possible gypsy and travellers site in Werrington	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team
9 December 2015		A proposed solar farm at Beacon House Farm, Gillow Heath	Passed to the Council's Planning Team
Received 13^th July 2016	1092	Save the Mount	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the development of the Local Plan
Covering letter dated 12^th June 2016	184	Objection to Local Plan Site site KG049A	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the development of the Local Plan
Received 19^th May 2016	450	Objection to Local Plan site ADD03/BD140 east of Akesmore Lane	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the development of the Local Plan
	114	Objection to Local Plan Site ADD04	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the development of the Local Plan
	361	Support for revised version of Local Plan Site ADD03	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the development of the Local Plan
	883	Objection to Local Plan site BD063A	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the development of the Local Plan
	222	Objection to extension of temporary travellers site	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the development of the Local Plan
Received 8^Th June 2016	1450	Objection to disproportionate number of earmarked traveller sites in the Parish	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the development of the Local Plan
14 September 2016	952	Proposed Housing Allocations, Cheadle South West	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team
20 September 2017	146	Objection to planning application adjacent to the Meigh Road Estate, Werrington	Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the Local Plan Consultation
21 September 2017	173	In support of the Staffordshire Moorlands Local Plan for Werrington 2017 with regard to the small pockets of open & visual land.	Received by the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the Local Plan Consultation
22 September 2017	182 paper 1214 online	Say NO to building on the Green Belt off Warf Road, Biddulph, ST8 6RU	Received by the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the Local Plan Consultation
22 September 2017	36	Objections to Local Plan boundary changes at Bridge End, Leek and to allocation LE102.	Received by the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the Local Plan Consultation
25 October 2019	431	Local Plan Main Modifications consultation Sept-Oct 2019. Objection to Main Modification number 12 (safeguarding of Biddulph sites refs: BD062/BD068/BD087).	Received by the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the Local Plan Consultation
29 October 2019	665	Main Modifications Local Plan consultation - Petition for Local Green Space Designation to be reinstated on Ox Pasture East (LGS ref 30) and ox Pasture West (LGS ref 29)	Received by the Council's Regeneration Team for consideration as part of the Local Plan Consultation
29 October 2019	75	Petition against safeguarding land in Biddulph (from Portland Drive)
17 September 2025	8,321	Local Government Reorganisation - "No to Stoke"	Referred to the Council's Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation Sub-Committee.

Last modified on 10 November 2025