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Ban and stop the “15 minute cities” initiative in the UK

Submitted by natalie kearney on Friday 13th February 2026

Published on Wednesday 8th April 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Thursday 8th October 2026

Current Signatures: 9,853
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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15 minute cities ~ Cities ~ Council ~ ECHR ~ Freedom ~ Freedom of Movement ~ Human Rights ~ Human Rights Act ~ Individuals ~ Mandate ~ movement ~ Oxford ~ Protocol ~ Proven ~ rights act ~ They Live ~ Viewing ~ work

Petition Action

Ban and stop the “15 minute cities” initiative in the UK

Petition Details

Ban the “15 minute cities” initiative which is happening in places such as Oxford immediately and stop all councils immediately from implementing such schemes for which there is no national mandate.

Additional Information

We believe the initiative is a restriction on individual freedom of movement & restricts people’s ability to choose where they live, work or travel, contravening both the Human Rights Act & ECHR (primarily through Article 2 of Protocol #4) which guarantees the right to move freely & choose their residence in the territory they live in, ensuring that individuals can live, work & travel domestically without arbitrary restriction. In our view there are no valid or proven reasons for this initiative to go ahead.


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