Current ePetitions

Online petitions must follow the same guidelines as paper petitions. As the petition organiser, you'll need to provide us with your name, postal address and email address. You'll also need to decide how long the petition will be open for signatures. Most petitions run for 6 months, but a shorter or longer timeframe can be chosen, up to a maximum of 12 months.

When you create an online petition, it may take 5 working days before it's published online. This is because we have to check that the content of your petition is suitable before it's made available for signature.

If we feel we cannot publish your petition for some reason, we'll contact you to explain. A summary of the petition and the reason why it has not been accepted will be published under the 'rejected petitions' section.

When a petition has closed for signatures, it will automatically be submitted to the director of legal services.

In the same way as a paper petition, you'll receive an acknowledgement within 10 working days. If you'd like to present your petition to a meeting of the council, please contact the director of legal services within 10 working days of receipt of the acknowledgement.

A petition acknowledgement and response will be emailed to everyone who has signed the petition. The acknowledgement and response will also be published.

Select an earlier date range below to find completed e-Petitions and responses from the Council.

ePetitions
Title Respondents Deadline to sign by
Implementing better road safety around St Marys Catholic Primary School Chesterfield during drop off and collection times (EPET409) 292 22/03/2025
Implementing a Weight Restriction in Ockbrook, Derbyshire 196 Finished
Objection to Derbyshire County Council's proposal to Close 8 Day Centres for Older People (EPET402) 1288 Finished

Supporting an e-Petition

To support an existing e-Petition choose an e-Petition and add your name, address and email address.

To find out more about the issue, see the supporting information, provided by the lead petitioner, attached to the e-Petition.

Submitting an e-Petition

An e-Petition can relate to any issue on which the Council has powers or duties or on which it has shared delivery responsibilities through the Local Area Agreement or other partnership arrangement.

Disclaimer

This Council accepts no liability for the petitions on these web pages. The views expressed in the petitions do not necessarily reflect those of the providers.