Local Councils must record/publish the votes of Development Control Committees.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

These committees take decisions which affect our lives. Their decisions can be worth £millions to developers. The current system where votes are merely counted on a show of hands is unsatisfactory. These committees are open to fraud and corruption.

This is a zero cost proposal; no public money needs to be spent. If this proposal is adopted these committees will be more democratic and more worthy of trust from the people that they represent. Cynicism is rife regarding local government councillors. This proposal will go some way to reducing this.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We cannot accept your petition because it calls on local councils, not the UK Government or Parliament, to take action.

You could start a new petition calling on Parliament to change the law to require councils to publish records of these votes.

Timeline

16 Feb 2016	Petition opened for signatures
18 Feb 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Feb 2016

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