Petition · past parliament
Impose Nationwide moratorium on basement applications and change planning rules
Closed
371 signatures
What the petition asks
The threat to neighbourhoods and businesses suffering this plague of development show planning rules to be far too heavily weighted in favour of developers. Local residents and businesses, ambushed by ambitions plans, are now often locked out of any consultation process - their rights ignored.
Local councils, who they count on to represent their interests are increasingly unwilling to fund legal appeals against their own refusals of planning consent - so give in. Now, not only are homes and businesses put at risk but the quality of life of entire neighbourhoods is vandalised. Innocent property owners should not have to mortgage their livelihoods to fight off the life-style expansions imposed by their neighbours and absent developers. This is wrong and needs to change nationally.
Timeline
| 14 Jan 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Jul 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
371
Status
Closed
Opened
14 Jan 2016
Closed
14 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.