To consider the submitted report on the above.

The Council received the submitted report on the review of polling districts, polling places and polling stations 2014 which ensured all polling stations were suitable for all types of elections and to comply with the requirements of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013.

It was proposed by Councillor McPhail and seconded by Councillor Ellery:

that the recommendations of the Electoral Registration Officer and Polling Review Working Group as set out below be approved:

(i)         that the following polling stations be amended as stated:

(a)       that a replacement polling place/polling station be created at St Mathews Church, top of Walnut Road, Torquay, TQ2 6JA for polling district BB and the boundary of BB be moved to include St Matthews Road (49 properties), Vicarage Road (26 properties), Brooklands Lane (3 properties) and Rawlyn Road (68 properties) (from BE);

(b)       that a replacement polling place/polling station be created at Brunel Manor, Teignmouth Road, Torquay, TQ1 4SF for polling district HA;

(c)        that a replacement polling place/polling station be created at the rear of Dunboyne Court, 170 St Marychurch Road, Torquay, TQ1 3AB for polling district HC;

(d)       that Riviera Life Church becomes the permanent polling place/polling station for polling districts MC and MD;

(e)       that St Boniface Church Hall, Belfield Road, Paignton, TQ3 3UY becomes a new double polling place/polling station for polling districts AA and AB;

(f)         that the Old Monastery, Berry Drive, Paignton be reinstated as a polling place/polling station for polling district CB;

(g)       that Time Out Coffee Shop becomes the permanent polling place/polling station for polling district IA;

(h)        that the Paignton Club becomes the permanent polling place/polling station for polling districts RB and RC;

(i)            that Brixham Rugby Club becomes the permanent polling place/polling station for polling districts JA and JB and that the Returning Officer ensures that both sides of the bar are used for large elections;

(j)         that a replacement polling place/polling station be created in the Lecture Room, Brixham Hospital, Greenswood Road, Brixham, TQ5 9XW for polling district SC. 

(k)        that a replacement polling place/polling station be created at St Mary’s Park Bowling Club, St Marys Park, Upton Manor Road, Brixham, TQ5 9RD for polling district SD and the boundary of SD be moved to include Pensilva Park (11 properties), Stoneacre Close (21 properties) and Vicarage Road (11 properties) (from SC); and

(l)         that a replacement mobile polling place/polling station be created in the DFS car park at the Willows Retail Park, Nicholson Road, Torquay, TQ2 7TD for polling district TB;

(ii)        that the following polling districts be combined into a single polling district:

·        AE and AE A – become AE;

·        CA and CA A – become CA; and

·        CC and CC A – become CC;

(iii)       that for Parliamentary Elections the Church Hall at St George’s Hall, Barn Road, Paignton be used as a polling station for polling district IB – Torbay Constituency and the side accessible entrance of St George’s Church be used as a polling station for polling district GA – Totnes Constituency to prevent ballot papers being placed in the wrong ballot boxes, for all other elections the Church Hall be used as a double polling station; and

(iv)       that the changes to polling districts, polling places and polling stations be implemented from 1 December 2014 when the new electoral register is published.

On being put to the vote, the motion was declared carried.