Petition Scheme Additional Information

The Council welcomes petitions and recognises that petitions are one way in which people can let us know their concerns. Any petition containing a minimum of 10 signatures, presented in hard copy format to the Council, will receive an acknowledgement from the Council within 10 working days of receipt and will include details of the timescale for the matter to be determined or considered further by the Council.

We will treat something as a petition if it is identified as being a petition, or if it seems to us that it is intended to be a petition. A petition should however contain a clear statement of the persons concerns and what the person wants the authority to do.

Paper petitions can be sent to:

Head of Democratic Services
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Dunedin House
Columbia Drive
Stockton-on-Tees
TS17 6BJ

If your petition has received 1000 signatures or more, it will automatically be referred to a meeting of full Council for a full and proper debate and if this is the case, we will let you know when this will happen.