{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/269478.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":269478,"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Make altering property borders without consent a specific criminal offence","background":"Call on the Government to make it a criminal offence for neighbours to alter property borders. This can happen when neighbours move borders by putting up fences or walls on private land.","additional_details":"Currently there is a criminal offence of aggravated trespass used where people trespass to intimidate, obstruct or disrupt a legal activity. The Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994 created some circumstances in which trespass to land can also be a crime. https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/trespass-and-nuisance-land.\r\n\r\nI propose the Government pass a law to make this a specific criminal offence to protect all, as this issue affects many people & results in costly civil disputes, often the offenders are well off.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2019-08-10T11:31:47.501Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:53:09.899Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2019-09-17T15:27:03.817Z","closed_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-08-15T13:32:22.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":7}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Doncaster Central","ons_code":"E14000668","mp":null,"signature_count":1},{"name":"Woking","ons_code":"E14001047","mp":null,"signature_count":6}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":1},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":6}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}