Petition

How does the council respond to the petition of local residents that asks for the schemes to be to removed?

The council has currently received 3 petitions relating to the Streetspace programme. One calling for a road to be closed in Isleworth, one objecting to the trial scheme in Park Road/Staveley Road and one asking for more consultation on schemes in South Chiswick. At borough council on 10/11 a petition was virtually handed in by Cllr Hearn calling for all street space schemes implemented in Chiswick since April to be removed. This is currently being processed by democratic services and will be referred to the lead member for consideration in due course, likely as part of the process of considering responses to the consultation that is currently underway.

Other petitions currently in train but not yet submitted will also be considered in the same way. The council understands the concerns raised by signatories to the petition and would like to reassure those people that all street space schemes are genuine trials, subject to ongoing consultation over several months and two rounds of interim reviews by an independent consultant to establish impacts. Public feedback, including petitions of this nature, are an important input into the review process.