Part 4G of the Council’s Constitution sets out how many valid signatures a petition must contain to be considered at the Committees mentioned below. The number of valid signatures required can also be found in the relevant Decision Notice after the meeting which can be found on the Committee page.
If a petition contains a total number of 1,000 valid signatures it will be considered at a meeting of the full Council.
If a petition contains a total number of 500 valid signatures it will be considered at a meeting of the relevant Strategic Committee.
If the relevant decision making body in respect of a petition is a Neighbourhood Committee and a petition contains a total number of valid signatures equivalent to at least the number as set out below it will be considered at the relevant Neighbourhood Committee.
Kingston & North Kingston Neighbourhood - 150 valid signatures
Surbiton Neighbourhood - 150 valid signatures
New & Old Malden Neighbourhood - 150 valid signatures
South of the Borough Neighbourhood - 100 valid signatures
Where a petition qualifies under this section to be considered at a meeting of Council or a Strategic or Neighbourhood Committee it will normally be considered at the next meeting of the relevant body but where this is not practicable consideration will take place at a subsequent meeting. The petition organiser will be given five minutes to present the petition at the meeting and the petition may then be discussed by Councillors for a maximum of 30 minutes. The Council or Committee will decide how to respond to the petition at this meeting. The petition organiser will receive written confirmation of this decision.
