Current ePetitions

The Council accepts hard copy and e-petitions.

If you wish to submit a hard copy petition, you need to send it to the Head of Governance.

If you wish to submit an e-petition, you can do this using the Council’s e-petition facility or use an external e-petitions website. Please be advised that petition signatures must be from Barnet citizens, otherwise they will not count towards the overall signature total. If you are using an external e-petition website, you need to ensure that the Council will be able see evidence that signatories are Barnet citizens or the petition will not be accepted.

Petitions that relate to planning or licensing matters, appeals or reviews will be treated as letters of representation and will be dealt with by the relevant service area. Petitions submitted in response to a consultation will be reported as part of that process.

Names of individuals signing a petition are published on the Council’s website. Individuals can ask at the time of their contact with the council, for their name to be anonymised by contacting governanceservice@barnet.gov.uk.

ePetitions
Title Respondents Deadline to sign by
Installation of Mini Roundabout Grove Gardens junction with Colindeep Lane NW4 4SG 41 29/04/2024
Implement a 20mph Speed Limit on East Finchley's County Roads 159 03/05/2024
CPZ (Restricting parking of Vans) in Stanhope Avenue 23 15/05/2024
Residents parking for Park View Crescent and Spencer Road 13 18/05/2024
CPZ opposite Princess Park Manor 3 22/12/2024
Increase Mental Health Funding, especially for The Youth 1 04/05/2031
Clean Up and Renovation 1 01/05/2045
Implementation of Controlled Parking Zone on Court Way NW9 28 Finished

Supporting an e-Petition
To support an existing e-Petition choose an e-Petition and add your name, address and email address. To find out more about the issue, see the supporting information, provided by the lead petitioner, attached to the e-Petition.

Submitting an e-Petition
An e-Petition can relate to any issue on which the Council has powers or duties or on which it has shared delivery responsibilities through the Local Area Agreement or other partnership arrangement.

Signatories Authority
1 - 24

Joint statement of representation. Passed to the appropriate department.
25 - 500

Written response from the relevant Cabinet Member
501 - 3,000

Reported to Cabinet or relevant committee: Cabinet; or Area Committee; or Other Committee The Lead Petitioner will be given 3 minutes to present the petition to Cabinet or Committee. Following the presentation, the Leader and Cabinet Members, or Chair and Committee Members will have an opportunity to ask the Lead Petitioner questions. After the debate Cabinet or the committee will decide to:

  • Take no action
  • Refer the matter to the relevant Cabinet Member or Committee Chair to provide a written respond to Lead Petitioner within 20 working days; or
  • Instruct an officer to prepare a report for a future meeting of Cabinet or the Committee on the issue(s) raised with a recommended course of action
3001 or more

Referred to Full Council (excluding Annual Council) The petition will be considered by Full Council and the following process will be followed:

  • Lead Petitioner is given five minutes to present the petition;
  • Council Members have an opportunity to ask questions of the Lead Petitioner then debate the item;
  • The relevant Cabinet Member or Committee Chair will respond to the issues raised in the petition and outline the decision route (if any) he/she proposes to take which may include:
  • Take no action
  • Provide a written respond to Lead Petitioner within 20 working days; or
  • Instruct an officer to prepare a report for a future meeting of Cabinet or a Committee on the issue(s) raised with a recommended course of action

Disclaimer
This Council accepts no liability for the petitions on these web pages. The views expressed in the petitions do not necessarily reflect those of the providers.
Petition signatures will remain on the council’s website up to 6 months after a formal decision on the petition has been made. For further information on how your data will be processed please see Privacy notices | Barnet Council.