Statutory Review of Polling Districts and Places

Notice of review

Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Section 18C of the Representation of the People Act 1983 South Hams District Council (the Council) is to carry out a review of its polling districts and polling places. 

Relevant information regarding the current arrangements and proposals for changes can be found on the Council’s website  or can be inspected at Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NE.

The (Acting) Returning Officer (ARO) for the Parliamentary Constituencies of South Devon and South West Devon will comment on the proposals. Those representations will be published on the Council’s website and will be available for inspection at Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NE  in accordance with the timetable set out below.

Electors within the Council area or within a UK Parliamentary constituency which has any part in the authority may make a representation. We invite comments from all electors regarding the convenience of voting at polling stations currently used for elections and would welcome suggestions for alternative sites.

The Council would also welcome the views of all residents, particularly disabled residents, or any person or body with expertise in access for persons with any type of disability, on the proposals, ARO’s representations or any other related matters.

Anybody making representations should, if possible, give alternative places that may be used as polling places.

Comments and representations may be submitted as follows:

  • Email: elections@southhams.gov.uk
  • Post: Electoral Services Manager, Polling District Review 2024, South Hams District Council, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NE

All representations must be made by no later than 5pm Monday 7 October 2024.

The outcome of the review will be published by the Council in December 2024 and will be available for inspection on the Council's website and at Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5NE.  

Anybody making representations should be aware that, upon completion of the review, all correspondence and representations received must, by law, also be published.

Dated: 2 September 2024

Andrew Bates 

Chief Executive

South Hams District Council