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Is my petition valid?

When the council receives a petition, the Petitions Officer (who is also the council’s Monitoring Officer) first looks at whether it is ‘valid’ under the Scheme.

The information below will help you to understand how the Petitions Officer will decide if the petition is valid.

1. Does your petition have ALL of the following?

• A clear statement setting out the subject of the petition and what you want the council to do in response to it? It must relate to matters that directly affect Knowsley and to matters that the council or its partners can influence directly.
• The name and postal address of the person the council should write to (usually the ‘petition organiser’')
• Valid names, addresses and signatures of at least 50 people?

(NB In this instance ‘valid’ means people who live, work or study in Knowsley. For example, if the person signing the petition only works in Knowsley and does not live there, then he/she must write down the address of their place of work. If he/she wrote down their home address, which was outside of Knowsley, the signature would be ‘invalid’.)

If the answer to any of these questions is ‘no’

The petition will be ‘invalid’. Where a submitted petition is invalid, we will contact the petition organiser to say why. Details of the petition will be included in the petition register on the council’s website with an explanation of why it is invalid.

2. Does your petition relate to any of the following?

• Planning or licensing issues?
• Traffic Regulation Orders?
• A matter where an individual or organisation has another statutory right of appeal?
• Other statutory petitions – for example a request for a mayoral referendum?

If the answer is ‘no’.

This will be a valid petition unless, in the view of the council’s Monitoring Officer (who is also the ‘Petitions Officer’), the petition is vexatious, abusive or otherwise inappropriate, or substantially the same as one submitted to, and considered by, the council within the last six months.

If the answer is ‘yes’.

For planning petitions, telephone (0151) 443 2380 or e-mail
planning@knowsley.gov.uk

For licensing petitions, telephone (0151) 443 2300 or e-mail
licensing@knowsley.gov.uk

For advice on the other matters described telephone (0151) 443 3502 or e-mail committees@knowsley.gov.uk