Petition Planning Applications which have a petition with over Ten Thousand names against it should go to a local referendum

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Contentious planning applications can cause large amounts of public concern and unhappiness
An example of this is the Mega Mosque application in Dudley which has had over 75000 names petition against it
If a local referendum were triggered after a petition of 10000 names was recieved, these issues could be resolved democratically

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

34 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 34 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 12 August 2012
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