Petitions

Starting a petition
If there is an issue in your area that you and other people in your community wish to raise with the council you can start a petition and collect signatures from the people who support your call for action from the council.

There is a template in the download box (right hand side)that can be used as the format to print out and fill in for your petition.

Please ensure that you are clear about the topic of your petition – that is what it is about – and what action you, and your fellow signatories, want the council to take.  Also you must identify the lead petitioner and give their contact details.  The lead petitioner is usually the person who started the petition and the reason that we need their contact details is so that we can let them know what has happened to the petition and what action will be taken.

Handing in a petition
Once completed, the petition should be delivered to:

Democratic Services
Hart District Council
Civic Offices
Harlington Way
Fleet, Hampshire
GU51 4EA.

All petitions sent or presented to the council will receive an acknowledgement from the council within 10 working days of receipt.

Electronic petitions
If you want submit an electronic petition you can do so by submitting an email to petitions@hart.gov.uk.  You should read the petitions scheme to make sure that your email includes all the relevant points and information.

e-petitions will be published on our epetitions page for others to read and support.  Your name and email address will be published but your postal address will be withheld.

What happens next
If the petition is about something to do with one of our services or functions then it will be passed to the relevant Cabinet member, whose portfolio covers the area concerned.  With planning, licensing or other regulatory or standards issues, the petition will usually be in response to a consultation from the council and the petition will be handled in the same manner as other responses to the consultation.

If the issue is something that is not a matter under the district council’s control, we will pass the petition to the relevant organisation to deal with the matter and will ask to be kept up to date on what happens to it.