The Greater London, Kent and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/400
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Order may be cited as the Greater London, Kent and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1993.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st December 1993 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 1994.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

“Bexley” means the London borough of Bexley, and “Bromley” means the London borough of Bromley;

“district” includes a borough and a London borough;

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

“Kent” means the county of Kent, and “Sevenoaks” means the Kent district of Sevenoaks;

“the map” means one of the 12 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Greater London, Kent and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1993”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

“Surrey” means the county of Surrey, and “Tandridge” means the Surrey district of Tandridge;

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

“ward” means a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferred.

Section 3 Transfers between Greater London (Bexley and Bromley) and Kent (Sevenoaks)

(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 Greater London, and from the district and the ward named in column 3 to—

(a) Kent;

(b) Sevenoaks;

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

(d) the West Kent coroner’s district—

and shall cease to form part of the Metropolitan Police District.

TABLE

Parish of Swanley

Swanley White Oak ward

Swanley electoral division

Dartford petty sessional division

Parish of Westerham

Westerham and Crockham Hill ward

Sevenoaks West electoral division

Sevenoaks petty sessional division

Parish of Crockenhill

Crockenhill ward

Darent Valley electoral division

Dartford petty sessional division

Parish of Shoreham

Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount ward

Sevenoaks West electoral division

Sevenoaks petty sessional division

C17

C19

6

8

Parish of Shoreham

Shoreham ward

Sevenoaks North electoral division

Sevenoaks petty sessional division

Parish of Brasted

Brasted ward

Sevenoaks West electoral division

Sevenoaks petty sessional division

7

9

12

Parish of Halstead

Halstead, Knockholt and Badgers Mount ward

Sevenoaks West electoral division

Sevenoaks petty sessional division

4

5

Parish of Westerham

Westerham and Crockham Hill ward

Sevenoaks West electoral division

Sevenoaks petty sessional division

Parish of Crockenhill

Crockenhill ward

Darent Valley electoral division

Dartford petty sessional division

Parish of Crockenhill

Crockenhill ward

Darent Valley electoral division

Dartford petty sessional division

Parish of Swanley

Swanley St. Mary’s ward

Swanley electoral division

Dartford petty sessional division

(2) 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 Kent, from Sevenoaks and from the parish named in column 3 to—

(a) Greater London;

(b) Bromley;

(c) the ward mentioned in column 4;

(d) the Bromley petty sessional division and Southern London coroner’s district; and to

(e) the Metropolitan Police District—

and shall become unparished.

TABLE

Section 4 Transfers between Greater London(Bromley) and Surrey(Tandridge)

(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 Greater London, from Bromley, and from the Biggin Hill ward to—

(a) Surrey;

(b) Tandridge;

(c) the parish mentioned in column 3;

(d) the Chelsham and Farleigh, Tatsfield and Titsey ward and the Warlingham electoral division; and to

(e) the Godstone petty sessional division and the Surrey coroner’s district—

and shall cease to form part of the Metropolitan Police District

TABLE

3 }

10 }

11 }

(2) The following areas—

(a) the parts of the parish of Chelsham and Farleigh marked B1 and B2 on map 1, and B3 and B4 on map 2;

(b) the parts of the parish of Titsey marked B5, B6 and B7 on map 2, and B8 on map 3; and

(c) the parts of the parish of Tatsfield marked B15, B16, B17 and B18 on map 10, and B19 on map 11—

shall be transferred from Surrey and Tandridge to Greater London, to Bromley, to the Biggin Hill ward, to the Bromley petty sessional division and the Southern London coroner’s district, and to the Metropolitan Police District, becoming unparished.

Section 5 Town and country planning

(1) In this article, “provision” means a provision of a development plan (as defined in section 336(1) 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.