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Resident Pulse · prepared for
Marlington Borough Council
Week of 3 August ·
what your residents are petitioning about · population 156,000
Rising this week
Local petitions gaining signatures right now
Save Weirside Leisure Centre — keep the pool open
▲ +842 this week
12,412 signatures · Change.org · Weirside
Reinstate the number 14 bus to the Oakhurst estate
▲ +310 this week
3,154 signatures · Change.org · Oakhurst
Keep Marlington Library open on Saturdays
▲ +121 this week
1,893 signatures · 38 Degrees · town centre
New petitions
Started in the last three weeks
Oppose 450 homes at Long Acre Farm
38 Degrees · started 24 July · 1,730 signatures
Zebra crossing on Milford Road outside St Anne's Primary
Change.org · started 28 July · 214 signatures
Keep the first hour of High Street parking free
Change.org · started 19 July · 892 signatures
Most-signed Parliament petitions locally
Official data: signatures from your residents' constituencies
Increase funding for SEND provision in mainstream schools
612 local · 48,209 UK-wide
Review business rates for high-street retailers
402 local · 28,911 UK-wide
Fund more GP training places
388 local · 61,047 UK-wide
In the council chamber
AI summaries of published minutes; petitions raised in a meeting are flagged
Cabinet — 21 July
- Approved a £2.1m review of the leisure estate, including options for Weirside Leisure Centre
- Agreed the town-centre regeneration grant submission
petition raised
The Weirside options paper responds directly to the 12,400-signature petition to keep the pool open.
Planning Committee — 15 July
- Deferred the Long Acre Farm outline application pending a transport assessment
- Approved shopfront alterations on Bridge Street
petition raised
Deferral follows the 1,730-signature petition opposing the scheme.
Planning watch
Large applications in consultation; overlaps with resident campaigns are flagged
Outline application: up to 450 dwellings, Long Acre Farm (26/01432/OUT)
consulted 1,240 · responses 388 · objections 361 · supporting 14
petition overlap
Same site as the "Oppose 450 homes at Long Acre Farm" petition, now rising ~400 signatures/week.
Neighbour watch
Parliament petition signatures per 1,000 residents (fictional comparators)
| Ashmere District | 71 |
| Harleigh | 63 |
| Marlington | 58 |
| Southmere | 44 |
| Wrenford | 39 |
What local petitions are about
This council's local petitions by topic
Housing & development · 19
Environment & green space · 14
This is a fictional sample. In a real briefing, sources are: UK Parliament
petitions (Open Parliament Licence; local counts from official constituency data),
Scottish Parliament and Senedd petitions, Change.org and 38 Degrees (counts as
reported, linked), published council minutes, and council planning portals
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