West End polling places consultation

The City Council is about to launch a consultation exercise on possible changes to polling stations in the City Council.    I am advised by the council that in relation to the West End :

"The boundaries of WBD, WBJ and WAJ will be re-aligned. Electors in WBD (north of Hawkhill) who currently vote at Park Place Primary will vote at the Al-Maktoum Institute, as will electors in the southern section of WBJ (Brewery Lane etc) who currently vote at Mitchell Street Centre.  Park Place Primary is available for elections in 2012 but will no longer be available thereafter.  Following the 2012 elections, officers will attempt to identify suitable premises within the new polling district WBD.   If this is not possible then Dundee West Church Hall which is currently a polling place for electors in WBE can be considered as an option."

I have made clear my view that once Park Place Primary School's current premises are no longer available, it would be good to get a local facility such as DCA or the Bonar Hall for electors in the Nethergate/South Tay Street/West Port area.    Officers may also consider the nearby Dundee House - it is not actually in the West End Ward, but close by.   

Comments are to be returned to the City Council by no later than the end of September and the final proposals will go before the City Council on 31st October in time for the publication of the new register on 1st December.