The East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/2096
• Sections: 9

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st October 1992 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 .

(3) For all other purposes, this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“district” includes a borough;

“East Sussex” means the county of East Sussex, and any reference to Brighton, to Hove, to Lewes, to Rother or to Wealden is a reference to the East Sussex district of that name;

“electoral division” means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred;

“Kent” means the county of Kent, and any reference to Tunbridge Wells is a reference to the Kent district of that name;

“the map” means one of the 16 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent (County Boundaries) Order 1992”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish;

any reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the district to or from which an area is transferred, except in the expression “parish ward”, where it means a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred; and

“West Sussex” means the county of West Sussex, and any reference to Adur or to Mid Sussex is a reference to the West Sussex district of that name.

Section 3 Transfers between East Sussex (Hove) and West Sussex (Adur)

(1) The area which is marked A on map 1 shall be transferred from East Sussex, from Hove and from the Portslade South ward to—

(a) West Sussex;

(b) Adur, the Eastbrook ward, and the Southwick electoral division; and to

(c) the Steyning petty sessional division, and the West Sussex coroner’s district;

the area shall remain unparished.

(2) The areas which are marked B and C on map 1 shall be transferred from West Sussex, from Adur and from the Eastbrook ward to—

(a) East Sussex;

(b) Hove, the Portslade South ward, and the Portslade South electoral division; and to

(c) the Hove petty sessional division and the East Sussex Western coroner’s district;

the areas shall remain unparished.

Section 4 Transfers between East Sussex (Lewes) and West Sussex (Mid Sussex)

(1) Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from East Sussex, from Lewes and from the parish named in column 3 to—

(a) West Sussex;

(b) Mid Sussex;

(c) the parish (if any), ward and electoral division mentioned in column 4; and to

(d) the Mid Sussex petty sessional division and the West Sussex coroner’s district.

TABLE

Parish of Keymer

Keymer ward

Hassocks and Burgess Hill West electoral division

Parish of Haywards Heath

Haywards Heath Franklands ward

Haywards Heath East electoral division

Parish of Lindfield Rural

Lindfield Rural ward

Cuckfield Rural electoral division

(2) The following areas—

(i) the parts of the parish of Haywards Heath marked A, B and C on map 4;

(ii) the parts of the parish of Lindfield Rural marked A, B, C and D on map 6—

shall be transferred from West Sussex and from Mid Sussex to East Sussex, to Lewes, to the Chailey electoral division, and to the Lewes petty sessional division and the East Sussex Western coroner’s district. They shall additionally be transferred to parishes and wards as follows—

Parish of Wivelsfield

Wivelsfield ward

Parish of Chailey

Chailey ward

Section 5 Transfers between East Sussex (Wealden) and West Sussex (Mid Sussex)

(1) Each area described in column 1 of the following Table shall be transferred from East Sussex and from Wealden to West Sussex, to Mid Sussex, to the Mid Sussex petty sessional division and the West Sussex coroner’s district, and to the parish, ward, and electoral division named in column 2.

TABLE

This area appears in more detail marked B1 to B5 (inclusive) on map 10A.

Parish of Horsted Keynes

Horsted Keynes ward

Cuckfield Rural electoral division

Parish of East Grinstead

East Grinstead East ward

East Grinstead East electoral division

Parish of West Hoathly

West Hoathly ward

East Grinstead South electoral division

(2) The parts of the parish of Horsted Keynes which are marked D and E on map 7 shall be transferred from West Sussex and from Mid Sussex to—

(a) East Sussex;

(b) Wealden;

(c) the parish of Danehill, the Danehill ward, and the Buxted Maresfield electoral division; and to

(d) the Crowborough petty sessional division and the East Sussex Eastern coroner’s district.

(3) The parts of the parish of East Grinstead which are marked B on map 8 and E , F, G and H on map 10 shall be transferred from West Sussex and from Mid Sussex to—

(a) East Sussex;

(b) Wealden;

(c) the parish of Forest Row, the Forest Row ward and the Forest Row electoral division; and to

(d) the Crowborough petty sessional division and the East Sussex Eastern coroner’s district.

The area marked B on map 8 shall form part of the Forest Row parish ward, and the areas marked E, F, G and H on map 10 of the Ashurstwood parish ward.

Section 6 Transfer from West Sussex (Mid Sussex) to East Sussex (Brighton)

The part of the parish of Pyecombe marked A on map 2 shall be transferred from West Sussex and from Mid Sussex to—

(a) East Sussex;

(b) Brighton;

(c) Patcham ward and Patcham electoral division; and to

(d) the Brighton petty sessional division and the East Sussex Western coroner’s district—

and shall be unparished

Section 7 Transfers between East Sussex (Rother) and Kent (Tunbridge Wells)

(1) The parts of the parish of Ticehurst which are marked B on map 15 and A and B on map 16 shall be transferred from East Sussex and from Rother to—

(a) Kent;

(b) Tunbridge Wells;

(c) the Tunbridge Wells Rural East electoral division; and to

(d) the Tunbridge Wells and Cranbrook petty sessional division and the West Kent coroner’s district.

The areas marked A and B on map 16 shall additionally be transferred to the parish of Goudhurst and to the Goudhurst ward, and the area marked B on map 15 to the parish of Lamberhurst and to the Lamberhurst ward.

(2) The following areas—

(i) the parts of the parish of Goudhurst marked C on map 15, and C and D on map 16;

(ii) the part of the parish of Hawkhurst marked E on map 16; and

(iii) the part of the parish of Lamberhurst marked A on map 15—

shall be transferred from Kent and from Tunbridge Wells to—

(a) East Sussex;

(b) Rother;

(c) the parish of Ticehurst, the Ticehurst ward, and the Ticehurst electoral division; and to

(d) the Battle and Rye petty sessional division and the East Sussex Eastern coroner’s district.

Section 8 Transfers between East Sussex (Wealden) and Kent (Tunbridge Wells)

(1) The parts of the parish of Frant and of the parish of Wadhurst described in column 1 of the following Table shall be transferred from East Sussex and from Wealden to Kent, to Tunbridge Wells, to the parish (if any), ward and electoral division mentioned in column 2, and to the Tunbridge Wells and Cranbrook petty sessional division and the West Kent coroner’s district.

TABLE

Unparished

St. Mark’s ward

Tunbridge Wells South electoral division

Unparished

Pantiles ward

Tunbridge Wells South electoral division

Unparished

Park ward

Tunbridge Wells East electoral division

Parish of Lamberhurst

Lamberhurst ward

Tunbridge Wells Rural Eas electoral division

Parish of Lamberhurst

Lamberhurst ward

Tunbridge Wells Rural East electoral division

(2) The area described in column 1 of the following Table shall be transferred from Kent and from Tunbridge Wells to—

(a) East Sussex;

(b) Wealden;

(c) the parish, the parish ward (if any) and the ward named in column 2; and to

(d) the Wadhurst electoral division, the Crowborough petty sessional division and the East Sussex Eastern coroner’s district.

TABLE

The unparished part of St. Mark’s ward marked A on map 12.

The unparished part of Park ward marked C on map 12.

The parts of the parish of Lamberhurst marked B on map 13, and B and C on map 13A.

Parish of Frant

Bells Yew Green parish ward

Frant ward

Parish of Wadhurst

Wadhurst ward

Section 9 Town and country planning

(1) In this article, “provision” means a provision of a development plan as defined in section 336 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 .

(2) Any provision applying to an area transferred by this Order shall continue to apply to that area, notwithstanding the transfer, until replaced by a provision which so applies, and which is expressed to supersede the preserved provision.