The Chief Executive submitted a report as Returning Officer on suggested changes to polling station premises.

Following the last elections there had been a small number of requests to change polling station premises in the Euxton North, Adlington and Anderton and Chorley South West wards. However since the announcement of the Borough Ward Boundary Review, it was proposed that two of the three requests for alternative premises be deferred until the Boundary Review was complete in 2020 at which point all premises would need to be appraised. The third request was more straightforward and was a proposal to use the new Buttermere Community Centre as a replacement for Gillibrand Primary School to allow the school to continue to remain open.

Councillor Alan Cullens asked that the use of the Primrose Hill Primary School be reconsidered, however Councillor Danny Gee reported that the head teacher felt that in 2018 the school would be able to remain open during election day.

2.    That any other polling station reviews be suspended and dealt with as part of the forthcoming borough ward boundary review.