The Spinney Hill and Greville Road petition closes Monday 31 August. It has passed the 50 names that force a council reply, 748 short of a council meeting.
A petition asking Warwickshire County Council for a 20mph limit on Spinney Hill and Greville Road in Warwick closes on Monday 31 August. It had 252 signatures on Thursday 27 August.
That number matters more than it looks, because the county’s petition scheme sets two thresholds and the petition currently sits between them.
What it asks for
Spinney Hill runs from the Spinney Hill roundabout down to Emscote Road in Warwick. The petition asks the county council to:
- set a 20mph speed limit along Spinney Hill and Greville Road, between the Spinney Hill roundabout and Emscote Road
- start making plans for additional safe pedestrian crossings
It describes the streets as residential roads used daily by families, children, pedestrians and cyclists, with a single safe crossing outside the Chantry shops.
According to the petition, a serious collision happened on 26 June 2026 when two cars collided near the corner of Spinney Hill and Blacklow Road. It also cites an earlier incident at the same spot on 3 April 2025, in which a car lost control, mounted the pavement and hit a wall. Those are the petitioners’ account. We have not seen a police statement on either.
The two numbers that decide what happens next
Warwickshire County Council’s petition rules are short and specific:
- 50 signatures. “For the county council to respond to your petition, you must have at least 50 signatures of people who live, work or study in Warwickshire.”
- 1,000 signatures. “If you receive 1000 signatures you may present your petition to a council meeting.”
At 252, the Spinney Hill petition has comfortably cleared the first bar. The council has to respond to it. It is 748 short of the second, so on current numbers it will not be presented to a council meeting.
Everyone who signs must give a full name, address and postcode for the signature to count. On an e-petition, only the name is published.
The other petitions open now
Four e-petitions are live on the county council’s site. Signature counts are as at Thursday 27 August:
| Petition | Signatures | Closes |
|---|---|---|
| Dangerous Darlingscott Crossroads (near Shipston on Stour, south Warwickshire) | 614 | 30 August 2026 |
| Spinney Hill and Greville Road, Warwick | 252 | 31 August 2026 |
| A444 Bedworth Bypass noise fence (north Warwickshire) | 68 | 25 September 2026 |
| Better bus links between The Asps, Warwick and Leamington | 26 | 21 August 2027 |
The Asps petition is the one with the longest run and the fewest names. It asks for a reliable, frequent bus service for the new community south of Warwick, with direct links to both Warwick and Leamington Spa. It argues the current 69 service runs only a small number of buses a day and goes only to Leamington, which makes getting to Warwick difficult. It asks for a service roughly every 30 minutes.
20mph is already being rolled out around here
The Spinney Hill petition is not asking for something unusual in the district. The county council has been making and proposing 20mph orders across Warwick district through 2026, each advertised on its Warwick district traffic order page:
- Leamington Spa. A 20mph order for Leam Terrace and various roads was advertised on 29 May 2026. Objections had to be in by 22 June.
- Barford. A combined 20mph and 30mph order was advertised on 10 July 2026.
- Norton Lindsey. A 20mph order has been made.
That is the context the petition is working in. It calls on the council to “urgently progress with, and deliver on, existing plans” for 20mph on these roads, rather than to invent a new policy.
What it means for you
- If you want to sign, you have until Monday 31 August, which is the late summer bank holiday. You must live, work or study in Warwickshire, and you need to register on the council’s e-petitions site.
- Signing is not the only route. A speed limit change is made through a traffic regulation order, and every proposed order is advertised with a fixed window for written objections and representations. Those go to County Highways Minor Works at Shire Hall, or by email to chminorworks@warwickshire.gov.uk with the order’s name in the subject line.
- Objections are public. The council states that objections, representations and the name of the objector will normally be treated as public information and may be published.
- Watch the district page, not the news feed. Proposed and made orders for this area are all listed on the county’s Warwick district traffic order page, usually weeks before anything changes on the ground.
We track the orders and closures that follow on our Leamington roadworks and travel page, and the parking restrictions that come with them on our parking in Leamington page.
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