The Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 402

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993

Made

24th February 1993

Laid before Parliament

5th March 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 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 Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (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(2).

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

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

• “district” includes a city;

• “electoral division” means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred by this Order(3);

• “the map” means one of the 4 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County Boundaries) Order 1993”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

• “Staffordshire” means the county of Staffordshire, and any reference to Lichfield is a reference to the Staffordshire district of that name;

• “Warwickshire” means the county of Warwickshire, except in the expression “North Warwickshire”, where it means the Warwickshire district of that name;

• “West Midlands” means the metropolitan county of West Midlands, and “Birmingham” means the city of Birmingham in that county;

• 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(4).

Transfers between Warwickshire (North Warwickshire) and West Midlands (Birmingham)

3.—(1) The following areas—

(a) the part of the parish of Curdworth marked A on map 3; and

(b) the parts of the parish of Water Orton marked B and C on map 3, and B, D, F, G and J on map 4

shall cease to form part of any parish, and shall be transferred from Warwickshire, and from North Warwickshire to West Midlands, to Birmingham, to the Sutton New Hall ward, and to the Sutton Coldfield petty sessional division and the Birmingham coroner’s district.

(2) The unparished areas which are marked A, C, E and H on map 4 shall be transferred from West Midlands, from Birmingham, and from the Sutton New Hall ward to Warwickshire, to North Warwickshire, to the parish, ward and electoral division of Water Orton, and to the Atherstone and Coleshill petty sessional division and the North Warwickshire coroner’s district.

Transfers from West Midlands (Birmingham) to Staffordshire (Lichfield)

4.  Each unparished area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from West Midlands, from Birmingham, and from the Sutton Four Oaks ward to Staffordshire, to Lichfield, to the parish, ward, electoral division, and petty sessional division named in column 3, and to the Staffordshire South coroner’s district.

Table

1. Area marked	2. On map	3. Transferred to—
A	2	Parish of Hints Bourne Vale ward Lichfield Rural East electoral division Tamworth petty sessional division
B	1	Parish of Shenstone Little Aston ward Lichfield Rural South electoral division Lichfield petty sessional division
A	1	Parish of Shenstone Shenstone ward Lichfield Rural South electoral division Lichfield petty sessional division

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(5)).

(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

24th February 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes minor changes in the boundary of the metropolitan county of West Midlands (city of Birmingham) with—

(a) the county of Warwickshire (district of North Warwickshire); and

(b) the county of Staffordshire (district of Lichfield). Consequential changes to local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts are made.

The map and table forming part of this Note are a general guide onlyto the areas affected. The table gives in approximate terms the hectarage and population affected by the transfers. The maps described in article 2 should be inspected for full details of the transfers.

Any person may inspect the maps at any reasonable time at the offices of each city or district whose area is affected, and additionally at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P3EB. The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one.

Table

Transfers	Description
BETWEEN WARWICKSHIRE (NORTH WARWICKSHIRE) AND WEST MIDLANDS (BIRMINGHAM) Article 3 Transferred to Birmingham— Area(total): 90 hectares Population(total): Nil Transferred from Birmingham— Area: 1 hectare Population: Nil	Transfer to Birmingham of part of sewage works near Curdworth, lying between Kingsbury Road and the River Tame. Realignments to more defined boundary near Water Orton West Junction/Water Orton Bridge/Birmingham Road.
FROM WEST MIDLANDS (BIRMINGHAM) TO STAFFORDSHIRE (LICHFIELD) Article 4 Area: 5 hectares Population: 8	Minor realignment at Watford Gap, in the vicinity of the A4026 road and Biddles Farm. Realignment near Milestone Plantation at Turf Pits Lane/A38 road.

(1)

1972 c. 70.

(2)

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

(3)

Every non-metropolitan county is divided into electoral divisions for the purposes of the election of county councillors (section 6(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972).

(4)

Every district (whether metropolitan or non-metropolitan) is divided into wards for the purposes of the election of district councillors (sections 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Local Government Act 1972).

(5)

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