The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987

• Citation: S.I. 1987/305
• Sections: 17

Section 1 Title and commencement

This order may be cited as the Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987.

Section 2 Title and commencement

(1) 30th March 1987 is hereby specified as the day on which this order shall come into force for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) (coming into operation of order) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 .

(2) For all other purposes, this order shall come into force on 1st April 1987.

Section 3 Interpretation

In this order—

“boundary maps” means the 4 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; and

“county electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Kent.

Section 4 Transfers from the city of Canterbury to the district of Dover

(1) Those parts of the city of Canterbury and of the parishes of Adisham and Womenswold which are marked Area 1 and Area 2 on boundary map 2 shall be transferred to—

(a) the district of Dover;

(b) the Aylesham ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Aylesham;

(d) the Dover Rural county electoral divison; and

(e) the Dover and East Kent petty sessional division.

(2) Those parts of the city of Canterbury and of the parish of Barham which are marked Area 3, Area 5 and Area 6 on boundary maps 2 and 3 shall be transferred to—

(a) the district of Dover;

(b) the Shepherdswell with Coldred ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Denton with Wootton;

(d) the Dover Rural county electoral division; and

(e) the Dover and East Kent petty sessional division.

Section 5 Transfer from the district of Dover to the city of Canterbury

The part of the district of Dover and of the parish of Denton with Wootton which is marked Area 4 on boundary map 3 shall be transferred to—

(a) the city of Canterbury;

(b) the Barham Downs ward of that city;

(c) the parish of Barham;

(d) the Canterbury South county electoral division; and

(e) the Canterbury and St Augustine petty sessional division.

Section 6 Transfer from the district of Dover to the district of Shepway

That part of the district of Dover and of the parish of Denton with Wootton which is marked Area 8 on boundary map 3 shall be transferred to—

(a) the district of Shepway;

(b) the Swingfield and Acrise ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Swingfield;

(d) the Elham Valley county electoral division;

(e) the Folkestone and Hythe petty sessional division; and

(f) the Ashford and Shepway Coroner’s district.

Section 7 Transfer from the district of Shepway to the district of Dover

Those parts of the district of Shepway and of the parish of Swingfield which are marked Area 7 and Area 9 on boundary map 3 shall be transferred to—

(a) the district of Dover;

(b) the Shepherdswell with Coldred ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Denton with Wootton;

(d) the Dover Rural county electoral division;

(e) the Dover and East Kent petty sessional division; and

(f) the Canterbury and Dover Coroner’s district.

Section 8 Transfers from the borough of Maidstone to the borough of Tunbridge Wells

Those parts of the borough of Maidstone and the parish of Yalding which are marked, C, E and G on boundary map 1 shall be transferred to—

(a) the borough of Tunbridge Wells;

(b) the Paddock Wood ward of that borough;

(c) the parish of Paddock Wood;

(d) the Tunbridge Wells Rural East county electoral division;

(e) the Tunbridge Wells and Cranbrook petty sessional division; and

(f) the West Kent Coroner’s district.

Section 9 Transfers from the borough of Tunbridge Wells to the borough of Maidstone

Those parts of the borough of Tunbridge Wells and of the parishes of Capel and Paddock Wood which are marked A, B, D and F on boundary map 1 shall be transferred to—

(a) the borough of Maidstone;

(b) the Yalding ward of that borough;

(c) the parish of Yalding;

(d) the Maidstone Rural West county electoral division; and

(e) the Maidstone petty sessional division and Coroner’s district.

Section 10 Transfers from the district of Sevenoaks to the borough of Dartford

The areas of the district of Sevenoaks and of the parishes of Longfield and Hartley which are marked 1 and 2 on boundary map 4 shall be transferred to the borough of Dartford, to the Dartford South East county electoral division and to the North Kent Coroner’s district.

Section 11 Transfers from the borough of Gravesham to the borough of Dartford

The unparished area of the borough of Gravesham which is marked 3 on boundary map 4, and the area of the borough of Gravesham and of the parish of Meopham which is marked 3A on that boundary map shall be transferred to the borough of Dartford and to the Dartford South East county electoral division. The area marked 3A on boundary map 4 shall additionally be transferred to the Dartford petty sessional division.

Section 12 Parishes in the borough of Dartford

(1) There shall be created in the borough of Dartford a new parish of Longfield which shall consist of—

(a) the areas transferred to the borough of Dartford by articles 10 and 11 above; and

(b) the area of the parish of Southfleet in the borough of Dartford which is marked 4 on boundary map 4.

(2) There shall be a parish council for the new parish.

(3) From 1st April 1987 until the fourth day after the ordinary day of elections in 1987 the parish council of the new parish shall consist of the councillors representing the parish of Longfield in the district of Sevenoaks immediately before 1st April 1987. Thereafter it shall consist of 12 parish councillors.

(4) The proper officer of the Dartford Borough Council shall convene—

the first annual meeting of the parish council for the new parish; and the first assembly of the parish meeting for the new parish.

If in the new parish the first assembly of the parish meeting is held before the first annual meeting of the parish council, the parish meeting may appoint a person to take the chair, who shall have, for the purpose of that occasion only, the powers and authority of the chairman.

(5) In the financial year beginning on 1st April 1987, the Dartford Borough Council shall levy rates in the new parish, and make payments to the parish council of the new parish, as if that parish council had issued a precept to the borough council requiring the payment of a sum equal to the product of a rate of 1.44 pence in the pound, calculated on the total rateable value of the new parish as set out in the valuation list at the beginning of that financial year.

(6) The South ward of the parish of Southfleet shall be abolished, and the part of that ward not transferred under paragraph (1)(b) above shall become part of the Central ward of the parish of Southfleet.

Section 13 Parishes in the district of Sevenoaks

(1) The parish of Longfield in the district of Sevenoaks shall be abolished, and its parish council dissolved. The residuary successor of the dissolved authority shall be the parish council of the parish of Longfield in the borough of Dartford, which shall have custody of the public books and documents of the abolished parish.

(2) The areas of the parish of Longfield abolished by paragraph (1) above which are marked 5 and 6 on boundary map 4 shall become part of the parish of Hartley.

Section 14 Electoral arrangements for the borough of Dartford

(1) There shall be created in the borough of Dartford a new ward of that borough, which shall be known as the Longfield borough ward, and which shall consist of the area of the new parish of Longfield created by article 12.

(2) From 1st April 1987 until the fourth day after the ordinary day of elections in 1987 the new ward created by paragraph (1) above shall be represented by those borough councillors representing the Southfleet ward of the borough of Dartford immediately before 1st April 1987. Thereafter it shall be represented by 3 borough councillors.

(3) From the fourth day after the ordinary day of elections in 1987 the representation of the Southfleet ward of the borough of Dartford shall be reduced from 2 borough councillors to 1.

Section 15 Electoral arrangements for the district of Sevenoaks

(1) This article shall have effect from the fourth day after the ordinary day of elections in 1987.

(2) The Longfield ward of the district of Sevenoaks shall be abolished.

(3) The areas of the Longfield ward abolished by paragraph (2) above marked 5 and 6 on boundary map 4 shall become part of the Fawkham and Hartley ward of the district of Sevenoaks.

Section 16 County electoral arrangements within the borough of Dartford

(1) This article shall have effect from the fourth day after the ordinary day of elections in 1989.

(2) The electoral divisions of the county of Kent which immediately before 1st April 1987 consisted of areas within the borough of Dartford shall be abolished. The area of the borough of Dartford as altered by articles 10 and 11 above shall be divided into 5 county electoral divisions which shall bear the names set out in the first column of the Table below, and each electoral division shall consist of the areas of the wards of the borough of Dartford specified in the second column—

(3) The number of councillors to be elected for each electoral division constituted by paragraph (2) above shall be 1.

Section 17 Town and country planning

Any provisions of a local plan adopted by a borough, district or city council which apply immediately before 1st April 1987 to an area transferred by this order shall continue to have effect in relation thereto as if they were part of such a plan adopted by the council of the borough, district or city to which the area is transferred.