The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 311

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991

Made

21st February 1991

Laid before Parliament

27th February 1991

Coming into force

for the purposes referred to in article 1(2)

20th March 1991

for all other purposes

1st April 1991

The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 51(2) and 67(4) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order which gives effect to proposals submitted to him under sections 47, 48(1) and 51(1) of that Act, more than six weeks before the making of this Order, by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 20th March 1991 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) (coming into operation of order) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976(2).

(3) For all other purposes this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order “boundary map” means one of the 21 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991”, duly numbered for reference and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976.

Transfers from Cheshire to Staffordshire

3.  The part of the county of Cheshire, the borough of Congleton and the parish of Church Lawton marked A97 on boundary map 21 shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of Staffordshire and the Kidsgrove electoral division of that county;

(b) the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Kidsgrove ward of that borough;

(c) the parish of Kidsgrove;

(d) the Pirehill North petty sessional division;

(e) the North Staffordshire Coroner’s district.

Transfers from Staffordshire to Cheshire

4.  The part of the county of Staffordshire, the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the parish of Kidsgrove marked A98 on boundary map 21 shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of Cheshire and the Alsager and Lawton electoral division of that county;

(b) the borough of Congleton and the Lawton ward of that borough;

(c) the parish of Church Lawton;

(d) the Congleton petty sessional division;

(e) the West and Central Cheshire Coroner’s district.

Transfers from Hereford and Worcester to Staffordshire

5.  Those parts of the county of Hereford and Worcester, the district of Wyre Forest and the parish of Wolverley and Cookley marked A95 and A96 on boundary map 20 shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of Staffordshire and the Kinver electoral division of that county;

(b) the district of South Staffordshire and the Kinver ward of that district;

(c) the parish of Kinver;

(d) the Seisdon petty sessional division;

(e) the South Staffordshire Coroner’s district.

Transfers from Derbyshire to Staffordshire

6.—(1) The area or areas of the county of Derbyshire marked on a boundary map as shown in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order and forming part of the district and of the parish, if any, specified in relation thereto in columns 2 and 3 respectively shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of Staffordshire;

(b) the electoral division of that county specified in relation to the area or areas in question in column 4 of that Schedule;

(c) the district and the electoral ward of that district specified in relation to the area or areas in question in columns 5 and 6 respectively;

(d) the parish or unparished area, petty sessional division and Coroner’s district specified in relation to the area or areas in question in column 7.

(2) Where, in relation to an area or areas for which a parish is specified in column 3 of Schedule 1, an unparished area is specified in column 7 of that Schedule, that area, or those areas, shall cease to form part of a parish.

Transfers from Staffordshire to Derbyshire

7.  The area or areas of the county of Staffordshire marked on a boundary map as shown in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order and forming part of the district and of the parish, if any, specified in relation thereto in columns 2 and 3 respectively shall be transferred to—

(a) the county of Derbyshire;

(b) the electoral division of that county specified in relation to the area or areas in question in column 4 of that Schedule;

(c) the district and the electoral ward of that district specified in relation to the area or areas in question in columns 5 and 6 respectively;

(d) the parish or unparished area, petty sessional division and Coroner’s district specified in relation to the area or areas in question in column 7.

Town and country planning

8.  Any provision of a development plan applying to an area transferred by this Order shall continue to apply thereto notwithstanding the transfer; and after such transfer, any such provision shall, so far as it so applies, be for all purposes deemed to be a provision of a corresponding plan of the authority which becomes the appropriate local planning authority for the transferred area as a result of the transfer.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment

Blatch

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

21st February 1991

Article 6

SCHEDULE 1 TRANSFERS FROM DERBYSHIRE TO STAFFORDSHIRE

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Map and area	Transferred from district	Transferred from parish	Transferred to electoral division	Transferred to district	Transferred to ward	Transferred to parish, or unparished area, petty sessional division and Coroner’s district
2 A7 to A11	High Peak	Hartington Upper Quarter	Leek Rural	Staffordshire Moorlands	Longnor	Hollinsclough parish Leek petty sessional division North Staffordshire Coroner’s district
2 A20	Derbyshire Dales	Hartington Middle Quarter	Leek Rural	Staffordshire Moorlands	Longnor	Hollinsclough parish Leek petty sessional division North Staffordshire Coroner’s district
3 A24 A25	Derbyshire Dales	Hartington Middle Quarter	Leek Rural	Staffordshire Moorlands	Longnor	Longnor parish Leek petty sessional division North Staffordshire Coroner’s district
2 A21 A23	Derbyshire Dales	Hartington Middle Quarter	Leek Rural	Staffordshire Moorlands	Longnor	Longnor parish Leek petty sessional division North Staffordshire Coroner’s district
8 A30	Derbyshire Dales	Norbury and Roston	Uttoxeter Rural	East Staffordshire	Weaver	Ellastone parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
10 A34 A35	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Uttoxeter Rural	East Staffordshire	Churnet	Rocester parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
11 A37 A38	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Uttoxeter Urban	East Staffordshire	Heath	Uttoxeter parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
11 A40 to A42	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Uttoxeter Urban	East Staffordshire	Town	Uttoxeter parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
12 A44	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Uttoxeter Rural	East Staffordshire	Abbey	Uttoxeter Rural parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
13 A45 A47	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Uttoxeter Rural	East Staffordshire	Crown	Marchington parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
13 A48	Derbyshire Dales	Sudbury	Uttoxeter Rural	East Staffordshire	Crown	Marchington parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
14 A56 to A59	Derbyshire Dales	Sudbury	Uttoxeter Rural	East Staffordshire	Crown	Draycott in the Clay parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
14 A69 to A77	South Derbyshire	Foston and Scropton	Dove	East Staffordshire	Tutbury and Hanbury	Hanbury parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
14 A78	South Derbyshire	Foston and Scropton	Dove	East Staffordshire	Tutbury and Hanbury	Tutbury parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
15 A82	South Derbyshire	Hoon	Dove	East Staffordshire	Tutbury and Hanbury	Tutbury parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
15 A83	South Derbyshire	Marston on Dove	Dove	East Staffordshire	Tutbury and Hanbury	Tutbury parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
15 A84	South Derbyshire	Marston on Dove	Dove	East Staffordshire	Rolleston	Rolleston on Dove parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
15 A87	South Derbyshire	Egginton	Dove	East Staffordshire	Rolleston	Rolleston on Dove parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
15 A89	South Derbyshire	Egginton	Dove	East Staffordshire	Stretton	Stretton parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
15 B1 B3	South Derbyshire	Egginton	Burton Town	East Staffordshire	Burton	Unparished area Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
15 B2	South Derbyshire	Newton Solney	Burton Town	East Staffordshire	Burton	Unparished area Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
16 B4	South Derbyshire	Newton Solney	Burton Tower	East Staffordshire	Winshill	Unparished area Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
16 B5	South Derbyshire	Bretby	Burton Tower	East Staffordshire	Winshill	Unparished area Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
16 B6 B7	South Derbyshire	Bretby	Burton Tower	East Staffordshire	Stapenhill	Unparished area Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
17 B8 B9	South Derbyshire		Burton Trent	East Staffordshire	Edgehill	Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
18 A90 A91	South Derbyshire	Walton upon Trent	Needwood Forest	East Staffordshire	Needwood	Barton-under-Needwood parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
18 A93	South Derbyshire	Catton	Needwood Forest	East Staffordshire	Needwood	Wychnor parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district
18 A99	South Derbyshire	Catton	Needwood Forest	East Staffordshire	Needwood	Barton-under-Needwood parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district

Article 7

SCHEDULE 2 TRANSFERS FROM STAFFORDSHIRE TO DERBYSHIRE

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Map and area	Transferred from district	Transferred from parish	Transferred to electoral division	Transferred to district	Transferred to ward	Transferred to parish, or unparished area, petty sessional division and Coroner’s district
1 A1 A2	Staffordshire Moorlands	Hollinsclough	Whaley Bridge	High Peak	Limestone Peak	Hartington Upper Quarter parish High Peak petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district
2 A3 to A6 A12 to A15	Staffordshire Moorlands	Hollinsclough	Whaley Bridge	High Peak	Limestone Peak	Hartington Upper Quarter parish High Peak petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district
2 A16 to A19	Staffordshire Moorlands	Hollinsclough	Tideswell	Derbyshire Dales	Taddington	Hartington Middle Quarter parish High Peak petty sessional division High Peak West Derbyshire Coroner’s district
2 A22	Staffordshire Moorlands	Longnor	Tideswell	Derbyshire Dales	Taddington	Hartington Middle Quarter parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district
4 A26	Staffordshire Moorlands	Sheen	Wirksworth	Derbyshire Dales	Hartington and Dovedale	Hartington Town Quarter parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district
5 A27	Staffordshire Moorlands	Sheen	Wirksworth	Derbyshire Dales	Hartington and Dovedale	Hartington Town Quarter parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district
6 A28	Staffordshire Moorlands	Sheen	Wirksworth	Derbyshire Dales	Hartington and Dovedale	Hartington Town Quarter parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district
7 A29	Staffordshire Moorlands	Blore with Swinscoe	Wirksworth	Derbyshire Dales	Hartington and Dovedale	Thorpe parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
9 A31	East Staffordshire	Rocester	Ashbourne	Derbyshire Dales	Norbury	Norbury and Roston parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
9 A32 A33	East Staffordshire	Rocester	Ashbourne	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Doveridge parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
10 A36	East Staffordshire	Uttoxeter Rural	Ashbourne	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Doveridge parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
11 A39	East Staffordshire	Uttoxeter	Ashbourne	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Doveridge parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
11 A43	East Staffordshire	Uttoxeter	Ashbourne	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Doveridge parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
13 A46	East Staffordshire	Marchington	Ashbourne	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Doveridge parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
14 A49 to A55	East Staffordshire	Draycott in the Clay	Ashbourne	Derbyshire Dales	Doveridge	Sudbury parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
14 A60	East Staffordshire	Draycott in the Clay	Etwall	South Derbyshire	North West	Foston and Scropton parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
14 A61 to A68	East Staffordshire	Hanbury	Etwall	South Derbyshire	North West	Foston and Scropton parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
14 A79	East Staffordshire	Tutbury	Etwall	South Derbyshire	North West	Foston and Scropton parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
14 A80 A81	East Staffordshire	Tutbury	Etwall	South Derbyshire	Hatton	Hatton parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
15 A85	East Staffordshire	Rolleston on Dove	Etwall	South Derbyshire	Hilton	Marston on Dove parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district
15 A86	East Staffordshire	Rolleston on Dove	Etwall	South Derbyshire	Hilton	Egginton parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district
15 A88	East Staffordshire	Stretton	Etwall	South Derbyshire	Hilton	Egginton parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district
16 C1	East Staffordshire		Repton	South Derbyshire	Repton	Newton Solney parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district
16 C2 C3	South Staffordshire		Repton	South Derbyshire	Repton	Bretby parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district
17 B10	East Staffordshire		Newhall	South Derbyshire	Newhall	Unparished area Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district
18 A92	East Staffordshire	Barton-under-Needwood	Linton	South Derbyshire	Walton on Trent	Walton upon Trent parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district
19 A94	Lichfield	Clifton Campville	Linton	South Derbyshire	Netherseal	Netherseal parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers areas between the counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire. Consequential changes to districts, parishes, local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and Coroners' districts are made.

The map forming part of this note gives a general guide to the areas affected. Prints of the detailed boundary maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the district councils whose areas are affected by this Order, and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

The areas transferred have approximately the area and population shown below.

	Area (hectares)	Population
Cheshire to Staffordshire	3.01	12
	1.40	Nil
Staffordshire to Cheshire
Hereford & Worcester to Staffordshire	12.60	Nil
Derbyshire to Staffordshire	440.21	71
Staffordshire to Derbyshire	315.00	Nil

The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.

(1)

1972 c. 70.

(2)

S.I. 1976/246, amended by S.I. 1978/247.