Require developers to compensate buyers for missed completion dates
- Final Signatures: 59
Contracts for newbuild homes seem heavily weighted in favour of the developer, as is the industry-led code of practice that informs them. The sector should provide compensation for missed completion dates to make buying a newbuild home fairer.
Ban the development of Wind Farms within AONBs and National Parks in England
- Final Signatures: 182
We want a ban to all Wind Farm developments within the environmentally designated AONBs and National Parks. This is due to the onshore wind farms having too much of an impact in terms of Sustainable Development
Ban developments on Green belt and Greenfield sites across the country
- Final Signatures: 13,947
Loss of green belt & greenfield sites for housing negatively affects the environment, releasing carbon from the land & losing that land's ability to capture new carbon. Wildlife and plant life already under stress, are displaced & loss of green spaces has a negative effect on communities.
The Government responsed to this petition on 1st March 2022 (View Full Response)Councils should be improving and building sites for Travelling and Gypsy people, but tend ignore their duties to provide for these communities. I want the Government to impose new requirements on local authorities to fund improvements for Traveller sites.
The Government should recognise that domestic abuse is a gendered crime and women are the majority of victims and the vast majority of severe injury and domestic homicide victims, and require local authorities to fund specific domestic abuse services for women.
The Government responsed to this petition on 28th May 2021 (View Full Response)Require developers relocate not demolish buildings of historical interest
- Final Signatures: 51
I request that where developers plan to develop sites of buildings of historical value, , the developer has to pay full relocation costs for the building to an appropriate local site to ensure historical preservation and continued access to the local community.
Many students are currently tied into expensive agreements for rooms they do not need and would rather not use. Scotland has already legislated for this. We want all students to have the same rights. We were misled into thinking universities would be Covid-safe. The reality is that they are not.
The Government responsed to this petition on 23rd February 2021 (View Full Response)Increase Local Authority funding for libraries and children's centres.
- Final Signatures: 32
I am calling upon Government to get behind councils with increased ring fenced funding and for these vital centres and libraries to stay open.
The impact of these shutting would undoubtedly increase long term issues and negative impact on communities.
Reform rules for mutual exchange of social housing
- Final Signatures: 923
Introduce some clear rules to reduce the amount of tenants pulling out of mutual exchanges. Set Cut off dates to reduce pull outs for example 10 days after approved request. If a tenant pulls out of an exchange more than 3 times they no long can apply for a new exchange.
I call on the government to liaise with charities and establish a central fund to provide grants of up to £50,000 to Local Authorities to fund the creation of local arboretums as public places of remembrance in the aftermath of the current crisis.