Petition · past parliament
Save Ruscombe's Greenbelt
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
Wokingham Borough Council has plans in place to develop over the rural greenbelt in Ruscombe. The plans involve building thousands of houses and even a railway station on the Borough's only greenbelt. Please sign to protect our beautiful countryside for our future generations.
Development in this area will cause huge overcrowding, with infrastructure already under strain. The Borough's only greenbelt will be destroyed, losing this vital, natural, historical countryside. Local communities will be lost as they merge into towns and our area's rural land will be annihilated for ever for future generations. The government is committed to protecting the greenbelt and must insist that brownfield sites are built on first before considering the destruction of the greenbelt.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Local planning issues are the responsibility of your local council.
You could raise your issue with a local councillor, who represents you. 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
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.
You could raise your issue with a local councillor, who represents you. 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
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.
Timeline
| 3 Dec 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 7 Dec 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
7 Dec 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.