Petition · past parliament

Stop the plans to build 3000 homes on Kempton park racecourse

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

I've worked in Horseracing for a decade and personally Kempton is one of my favourite courses it has a good fixture list for the AW meetings and obviously the history that goes with the National Hunt season with important races like the King George wouldn't be the same held anywhere else.

Why it was rejected

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

The decision to develop Kempton Park racecourse appears to be one to be taken by your local council and not the UK Government. You can use this page to find out who your local councillors are and how to contact them:

https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

Once an application is made for the development to take place, all local residents have the right to request that a planning application be ‘called in’ by the Department for Communities and Local Government. This means that it will assess the planning application against certain criteria and decide if a full inquiry is needed. For more information, including the criteria and how to request the call in of a planning application, see:

http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN00930/SN00930.pdf

You could also contact your local MP, who may wish to request the decision is called in if they agree with you. You can use this page to find out who your local MP is and how to contact them:

http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/

If you want the UK Government or Parliament to take action, for example to amend the legislation and policy framework which governs planning and development decisions taken by local authorities, you could start a new petition specifically asking for that action, giving as your reasons the proposal to develop Kempton Park Racecourse for housing and its likely effects.

Timeline

14 Jan 2017 Petition opened for signatures
18 Jan 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Jan 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.