Cancel Viewforth Link Road

Information Provided by the Principle Petitioner

This existing petition covers the salient points well. A link to a change.org petition was provided.

This road is not wanted or needed by the community, has had no support from residents or community groups, yet planning permission was granted. The plans are out of date and do not serve our current needs. A huge unnecessary expense, money which could be going to far more worthwhile projects.

Reason the petition was assessed as invalid

The Council is unable to accept petitions about:

• Matters which are the subject of individual planning, licensing or other similar regulatory processes where there are already procedures in place to consider objections and an appeal against a decision.
• The petition raised no issues for the Council to resolve and refers to planning objections and planning permission, which there is already an appropriate route through the planning process for these issues to be dealt with.
•  Matters which have not been discussed in detail with relevant Council Officers.
• The petition raises no issues for the Council to resolve and provides no evidence that the petitioner has raised matters with officers of the Council.

Please refer to point 3 of the Council's petitions guidance.

Action before Submitting a Petition  

• Before a petition is submitted, petitioners must, in the first instance, have taken reasonable steps in attempting to resolve the issues with the appropriate Council Officer/organisation. Copies of relevant correspondence should be appended to the petition. As well as contacting relevant Council Officers, Petitioners may also consider other routes such as the Council’s complaints procedure or by raising the issue with and attempting to obtain the support of the relevant Local Elected Member, Member of Parliament, Member of the Scottish Parliament and Area Community Planning Forum. If petitioners have explored these routes copies of any correspondence should be included as supporting information and submitted with the main petition.
•  Petitioners should also contact the relevant Community Council prior to submitting the petition. The Community Council may be pursuing the same issue with the Council.
• The Petition also refers to another petition which has been submitted on an alternative site. The Council are unable to accept petitions from other sites/formats.

Please refer to point 5 of the Council's petitions guidance.