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What happens after the petition is submitted?

The Petitions Officer will look at the petition and assess whether or not it is ‘valid’.

If it is valid, the Petitions Officer will arrange for a letter to be sent to the petition organiser setting out what the council intends to do with the petition. This will be done within 10 working days of the petition being received. The information in the letter, describing the council’s intended actions, will be shown in the petition register (the petition register will not include anybody’s personal details).

If the acknowledgement letter sets out steps the council intends to take, the Petitions Officer will write to the petition organiser again once all those steps have been carried out. This will usually be done within six months of the first letter.