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 Signature | 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 13th 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 12th June 2016 | 184 signatures | 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 19th May 2016 | 450 signatures
| 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 signatures. | 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 signatures | 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 signatures | 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 signatures | 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 8Th June 2016 | 1450 signatures | 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 signatures | Proposed Housing Allocations, Cheadle South West | Passed to the Council's Regeneration Team |
20 September 2017 | 146 signatures | 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 signatures | 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 signatures 1214 online signatures | 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 signatures | 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 signatures | 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) |