The Bexley and Greenwich (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 1091

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Bexley and Greenwich (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

Made

16th April 1993

Laid before Parliament

27th April 1993

Coming into force

for the purposes referred to in article 1(2)

1st December 1993

for all other purposes

1st April 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 51(2) and 67(4) 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, with modifications, 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 Bexley and Greenwich (London Borough 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(2).

(3) For all other purposes, this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1994.

Interpretation

2.  In this Orderany reference to Bexley or Greenwich is a reference to the London borough of that name;

“the map” means one of the 5 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Bexley and Greenwich (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

and any reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the London borough from or to which an area is transferred.

Transfers from Bexley to Greenwich

3.  Each area which is marked as shown in colum 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Bexley, and from the ward named in column 3 to Greenwich, to the ward named in column 4, to the Greenwich (South Eastern Division) petty sessional division and to the Inner South London coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked	On map	Transferred from Bexley, and from the following ward	To Greenwich, and to the following ward
A	3	Blackfen	Avery Hill
A	5	East Wickham	Slade
A, C, E and G C & E	2 3	Lamorbey	Avery Hill
B & E	1	Sidcup West	New Eltham

Transfers from Greenwich to Bexley

4.  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 Greenwich, and from the ward named in column 3 to Bexley, to the ward named in column 4, to the Bexley petty sessional division, and to the Southern London coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked	On map	Transferred from Greenwich, and from the following ward	To Bexley, and to the following ward—
B, D, F, H and J D and F	2 3	Avery Hill	Lamorbey
A	4	Deansfield	Falconwood
B	4	Eltham Park	Falconwood
A, C and D	1	New Eltham	Sidcup West
B	5	Slade	East Wickham

Town and country planning

5.—(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(3)).

(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.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment

Robin Squire

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

16th April 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes changes to the central and southern sections of the boundary between the London boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich.

The map and table at the end of this Note give a general guide to the areas affected and the changes made.

The table also gives an approximate figure for the total area of land involved (in hectares), and for the population affected.

For full details of the transfers made, the order maps (described in article 2) should be inspected.

Any person may inspect them at any reasonable time at the offices of each of the boroughs whose area is affected, and also at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

Consequential changes are also made to petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts.

The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 (S. I. 1976/246, amended by S. I. 1978/247) contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.

TABLE

Description of transfersTransfer to Bexley of properties in Agaton Road and Dulverton Road.

Transfer to Bexley of area in vicinity of Falconwood Station and to the north east of Wincrofts Drive, including Lingfield Crescent and Braywood Road.

Transfers to unite Woolwich Cemetery in Greenwich.

Transfer to unite Restons Crescent in Greenwich.

Transfer to Greenwich of part of Avery Hill Sports Ground.

Realignment of boundary in vicinity of

(i) Mervyn Avenue/Rutland Place;

(ii) Cradley Road/Oakley Drive;

(iii) Glenmore Road;

(iv) Halfway Street; and

(v) Bournewood Road/Alliance Road.

Total amount of land transferred and population affected—

Bexley to Greenwich Areas transferred total 10 hectares Population affected 210

Greenwich to Bexley Areas transferred total 10 hectares Population affected 620

(1)

1972 c. 70.

(2)

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

(3)

1990 c. 8. This definition was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), Schedule 4, paragraph 34.