The Local Government Reorganisation (Property) (Greater Manchester) Order 1987

Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 1446

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Local Government Reorganisation (Property) (Greater Manchester) Order 1987

Made

10th August 1987

Laid before Parliament

18th August 1987

Coming into force

8th September 1987

Whereas the Greater Manchester Residuary Body, acting pursuant to section 67(2) of the Local Government Act 1985(1), has submitted proposals to the Secretary of State for the transfer of certain of its properties to local authorities, and he has decided to give effect to those proposals without modification:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 67(3) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Reorganisation (Property) (Greater Manchester) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 8th September 1987.

Interpretation and general provision

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the abolished council” means the Greater Manchester County Council;

“highway” means any highway for which the abolished council was the highway authority;

“local council” in relation to any land (including any length of highway) means the council of the metropolitan district within which such land is situated; and

“the residuary body” means the Greater Manchester Residuary Body.

(2) There shall vest in any body in which land is vested by this Order all rights and liabilities of the residuary body acquired or incurred exclusively in connection with that land.

Land held by the abolished council for highway or road traffic purposes

3.—(1) Any land (other than land described in Schedule 1 to this Order) which—

(a) was held on 1st April 1974 by the abolished council for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (2), and

(b) immediately before 1st April 1986 was held by that council for any such purpose,

shall vest in the local council.

(2) The purposes referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) the construction, maintenance or improvement of a highway;

(b) the improvement or development of frontages to a highway or of land adjoining a highway.

Land below a highway

4.  Where on 1st April 1986 by virtue of section 263 of the Highways Act 1980(2) any highway in Greater Manchester vested in a local council, any interest of the residuary body in any land below such highway shall vest in that council.

Land held by the abolished council for environmental purposes

5.—(1) Any land (other than land described in Schedule 2 to this Order) which was, immediately before 1st April 1986, held by the abolished council for any purpose mentioned in paragraph (2) shall vest in the local council.

(2) The purposes referred to in paragraph (1) are the purposes of the functions of the abolished Council relating to—

• Parks (including country parks)

• Open spaces and burial grounds

• Caravan sites

• Camping sites

• Picnic sites

• Sporting and recreational facilities

• The improvement of derelict, neglected or unsightly land.

Trading and industrial estates

6.  There shall vest in Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council the land specified in Schedule 3 to this Order and that land shall be held by the Council for the joint use and benefit of itself and of all the councils of the other districts in the county of Greater Manchester.

Transfer of specified property

7.  The former London Road Fire Station, Manchester registered at Her Majesty’s Land Registry under Title Number GM.390404 shall vest in the Greater Manchester Fire and Civil Defence Authority.

Article 3(1)

SCHEDULE 1 HIGHWAYS PROPERTY EXCLUDED FROM TRANSFER

A. Bolton Houses, other buildings and sites

Street	Number of house, building or site
Back Clarence Street	2, 4, 6, 8, 16 and 18
Back o' th' Bank Street	1, 3, 5 and 9
Blackbank Street	39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 51 and 55
Bury Road	412, 416, 418, 455, 457, 466, 467, 468, 470, 471, 473, 474, 475, 478, 479, 481, 485, 488, 490, 492, and 494
Charles Rupert Street	52, 62, 64 and 75
Chalfont Street	36, 40, 41, 43, 44, 48, 49, 53, 58, 61, 63, 65 and 67
Chorley Old Road	12 and 20
Clarence Street	128, 130, 132, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 148, 150, 151, 154, 155, 156, 158, 160, 163, 165, 166, 168, 171, 172, 174, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 194, 204 and 208
Clifton Street	1, 2, 5 and former sheet metal works adjacent to no. 7
Conrad Street	7, 12 and former workshop adjacent to no. 12
Davenport Street	23, 35, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89, 91, 101, 103, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125 and approximately 80 square metres of land adjoining no. 25.
Egerton Street	38, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 57 and 67
Everton Street	2, 6, 13, 14, 16, 18 and 22
Hibbert Street	38, 46, 49, 50, 51, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 68, 74 and 75
Higher Market Street, Kearsley	84, 86 and 88
John Brown Street	2, 4, 15, 22, 25, 26 and 27
Larchwood Street	3, 8 and 9
Ruth Street	23
St George’s Road	226
Thomas Holden Street	4, 6 and 14
Thorn Street	22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35 and 38
Vernon Street	37 and 48

Other land

Crofter’s Saw Mills, Back St. George’s Road.

The parcels of land consisting of the approximate area mentioned below and situated as so mentioned:—

1425 square metres	Hardcastle Street, east of its junction with Back Everton Street North.
35 square metres	Adjacent to St Michael’s Church, fronting Manchester Road.

B. Bury Houses, other buildings and sites

Street	Number of house other building or site
In Radcliffe—
Egerton Street	26, 32, 36, 40 and 44
Hampson Street	2
James Street	12
Sion Street	47, 51, 53 and 57
Stand Lane	72
Victoria Street	5 and 9
Water Street	22, 24 and 94
In Bury—
Brandlesholme Road	17
Merton Street	34 and 48
Phoenix Street	19
Rochdale Road	109
The Rock	294, 296, 298, 300 and approximately 299 square metres at the rear.

The parcels of land consisting of the approximate area mentioned below and situated as so mentioned:—

Approximate area	Situation
690 square metres	To the north of Jubilee Way adjacent to the Irwell Street Divisional Police Headquarters.
1530 square metres	At the junction of York Street, Croft Street and Fountain Street North.
2604 square metres	Adjoining the Three Arrows Garage, Middleton Road, Prestwich.

C. Manchester

Location	Street	Number or description of sites
Ancoats	Oldham Road	27, 29, 31 and approximately 678 square metres at the rear
	Poland Street	2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12
	Portugal Street	22 and 24
	Vesta Street	16, 18, 20, 22 and approximately 560 square metres of adjoining land.
Ardwick	Ashton Old Road and Chancellor Lane	Approximately 570 square metres being the site of an advertising hoarding and land at rear.
	Dainton Street	Approximately 237 square metres on the east side.
	Gun Street	18 and 20
	Hyde Road	The Ardwick Sports Centre.
Baguley	Dobbinets Lane	Approximately 0.835 hectares, being the site of the Hollies and land adjoining.
Cheetham Hill	Cheetham Hill Road	244
Chorlton-on-Medlock	Grafton Street	The Hartford Hotel (no. 62)
Collyhurst	Irk Street	16, 18, 20 and 22
Fallowfield	Birchfield Road	64 and 70
	Colgate Crescent	32
	Finchley Road	42, 54 and 78
	Mornington Crescent	80 and 100
	Princess Road	376
	Wilmslow Road	20 square metres at the front of no. 313.
	Yew Tree Road	307
Levenshulme	Albert Road	4
	Broom Lane	72
	Henderson Street	9 and 14
	May Grove	6
	Palm Street	29
	Park Grove	27
	Pascal Street	10
	Stockport Road	1090 and 1158
Longsight	Attwood Street	14 and 22
	East Road	23
	Hatton Street	30
	Hopkins Street	33
	McFarren Street	7, 22 and 31
	Smart Street	40
	Stockport Road	645 and 680
Miles Platting	Hulme Hall Lane	177
Newton Heath	Dean Lane	45
	Oldham Road	953
	Grey Mare Lane	The site of the Domino Club
West Didsbury	Princess Road	Approximately 1355 square metres adjoining Christ Church Rectory
	The junction of Ashwood Avenue, Barlow Moor Road and Princess Road	A parcel of land consisting of approximately 812 square metres
West Gorton	Birch Street	11, 13 and 15

D. Oldham Houses and other buildings

Street	Number in Street
Dobcross New Road, Dobcross	3B
Greengate, Chadderton	231
Oswald Street	11 and 19

Other Property

The parcels of land consisting of the approximate area mentioned below and situated as so mentioned:—

Approximate area	Situation
25 square metres	Fronting Den Lane at its junction with Carr House Road, Lees.
0.43 hectares	Rear of 798 to 842 Huddersfield Road and fronting Heywood Fold, Austerlands.
2833 square metres	Between Huddersfield Road and Heywood Lane adjoining 866 Huddersfield Road, Scouthead.
810 square metres	Between Huddersfield Road and Range Lane opposite to 19/23 (odd numbers) Huddersfield Road, Denshaw.
3980 square metres	Between Westbourne Street, Middleton Road and Oldham Way.

E. Rochdale

Location	Street	Number or description of site
Heywood	York Street	55
Milnrow	Rochdale Road	18

The parcels of land consisting of the approximate area mentioned below and situated as so mentioned:—

Approximate area	Situation
3045 square metres	Fronting the Universal Laundry, Elizabethan Way, at its junction with Buckley Hill Lane, Milnrow.
312 square metres	Garage premises and adjoining land at Hill Street (located opposite to premises 1, 3, 5 and 7 Hill Street and Clover Works)

F. Salford Buildings

Street	Number in Street
Chapel Street	297 and 299.

Other Property

The former highways depot, Clarendon Road, Irlam.

The former highways depot, Ferryhill Road, Irlam.The parcels of land consisting of the approximate area mentioned below and situated as so mentioned:—

Approximate area	Situation
1570 square metres	Workshop and warehouse premises, between Derwent Street and the River Irwell.
676 square metres	North of South Hall Street at its junction with Derwent Street.
0.95 hectares	Junction of Eccles New Road and the M602.
618 square metres	Junction of Trafford Road and Regent Road adjacent to Goodiers Drive.
1740 square metres	Between Weaste Road and Laurel Grove and adjoining the M602.
668 square metres	Between Parrin Lane, Canal Side and the Bridgewater Canal, Eccles.
1170 square metres	Junction of Monton Road, Wellington Road and Abbey Grove, Eccles.
1530 square metres	Between Elm Crescent and Greenleach Lane, Worsley and adjoining the M62.
3874 square metres	Off Glen Avenue at the rear of 24/42 (even numbers) Mulgrave Road, Worsley.

G. Stockport Buildings

Street	Number in Street
Bishop Street	4, 8 and 13.
Buxton Road	338
Dalby Grove, Offerton	5 and 8
Offerton Lane	74
Station Street, Hazel Grove	33.

Other Property

The parcels of land consisting of the approximate area mentioned below and situated as so mentioned:—

Approximate area	Situation
200 square metres	Fronting Leach Road and adjoining 196 Marple Road, Offerton.
5310 square metres	Junction of Weybrook Road and Wellington Road North.
10,000 square metres	West of Glenmore Road and south of Gorsey Mount Road.
23 square metres	Fronting 56 Cheadle Road, Cheadle Hulme.
660 square metres	Fronting Stockport Road, Romiley adjacent to Bridge Works and the Peak Forest Canal.
416 square metres	Between 148 and 164 Stockport Road, Romiley.

H. Tameside

Location	Street	Number or description of site
Ashton-Under-Lyne	Bank Top	16 and 21
	Cavendish Street	82 and 84
	Old Street	2
	The junction at Oldham Road, Blandford Street and Dean Street	A parcel of land consisting of approximately 10,500 square metres
	Currier Lane	Approximately 0.51 hectares of land (located at the rear of premises 82, 84, 86, 88 and 90 Currier Lane and Christadelphian Church)
	Between Lower Wharf Street and Park Parade	Approximately 3720 square metres of land adjoining Wharf Mill.
Audenshaw	Ashton Hill Lane	120
	Audenshaw Hall Grove	3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 21 and 25.
	Audenshaw Road	501, 503, 505 and 524
	Between Audenshaw Road and the railway	Approximately 1610 square metres of land lying adjacent to no. 393.
	Clarendon Road	34, 40, 83, 89 and 91
	Droylsden Road	4, 6, 14, 49, 54 and 57
	Guide Lane	96
	Lumb Lane	Approximately 1620 square metres of land adjoining nos. 215 and 216.
	Manchester Road	107, 122, 126, 128 and 130.
	Maple Avenue	43, 45, 50 and 54
Droylsden	Ashton Hill Lane	124, 165, 171 and 173
Hyde	Higher Henry Street	38 and 40
	Market Street	93, 95, 95A, 97 and 212
	Perrin Street	23 and 23A.
Mossley	Stockport Road	20, 22, 24 and 26.
Stalybridge	Cheetham Hill Road	23
	Hartley Street	2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12
	High Street	144
	Huddersfield Road	196, 258 and 262
	Market Street	68, 70 and 72
	Mottram Road	60, 415 and 427
	Stamford Street	21, 23 and 131
	Wakefield Road	371 and 375
	Water Street	2

I. Trafford

Location	Street	Number or description of site
Altrincham	Grosvenor Road	22
Stretford	Barton Road	172, 174, 178, 180 and 182
Urmston	Stretford Road	29 and 31

Other Property

The parcels of land consisting of the approximate area mentioned below and situated as so mentioned:—

Approximate area	Situation
2068 square metres	To the west of Chester Road, adjoining no. 1056.
340 square metres	To the east of Chester Road and to the south-west of Newton Street Probation Office.
2598 square metres	Fronting Cross Street adjacent to Chester Road and Radnor Street
630 square metres	Between Chester Road, Newton Street and Lacy Street formerly the sites of 1147, 1149, 1151, 1153, 1155 and 1157 Chester Road
1087 square metres	Fronting Chester Road adjoining 4 Derbyshire Lane
350 square metres	Between Chester Road, Christie Road and the Bridgewater Canal.
1365 square metres.	Between Trafford Wharf Road and Trafford Park Road, Trafford Park.
607 square metres	Between 2 Clifton Avenue, 3 Linden Avenue and Woodlands Road, Altrincham.

J. Wigan Houses, other buildings and sites

Street	Number of house, building or site
Chorley Road, Worthington	1 County House
Dicconson Street	17, 19 and 21
Liverpool Road, Platt Bridge	631 and 633
Monument Road	7
Powell Street	1, 3, 3A and 7
Standishgate	85, 87, 89 and 91

Other Property

The Winwick Lane Highways Depot, Golborne.

The parcels of land consisting of the approximate area mentioned below and situated as so mentioned:—

Approximate area	Situation
382 square metres	West of Moor Road, Orrell between 78 Moor Road and the A506.
0.61 hectares	In Orrell lying to the north of the A506 forming part of parcels 7652 and 8356 on O.S. sheet SD 5204.
750 square metres	East of Mosley Common Road, Tyldesley to the north of its junction with Bankfield Road.
3.48 hectares	Agricultural land fronting Tyldesley Old Road and Douglas Road, Atherton to the rear of 134/148 Douglas Road and 70/82 Douglas Street.
0.708 hectares	The Atherton Botanical Gardens bowling green, Tyldesley Road, Atherton and land at the rear fronting Tyldesley Old Road.
26 square metres	Fronting Ormskirk Road adjacent to 72 Ormskirk Road.

Article 5(1)

SCHEDULE 2 LAND HELD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES EXCLUDED FROMTRANSFER

A. Bolton—

The following land at Westhoughton—

(a) The Chequerbent Derelict Land Reclamation Site;

(b) The Hewlett Pit and Hart Common Derelict Land Reclamation Sites;

(c) The Wingates Industrial Estate, together with 4.7 hectares of undeveloped land adjoining.

B. Manchester—

The Collyhurst Road Derelict Land Reclamation Site, Collyhurst.

The Oldham Road Goods Yard, Ancoats.

Angel Street Trading Estate, New Mount Street and Ludgate Street, Ancoats.

Dyche Street Trading Estate, Dyche Street, Simpson Street and Ludgate Street, Ancoats.

Reliance Street Trading Estate, Reliance Street, Newton Heath.

Former British Home Stores Buildings, Oldham Street.

C. Oldham—

The Clayton Bridge Derelict Land Reclamation Site, Failsworth.

The Sidebottom Street Derelict Land Reclamation Site.

D. Rochdale—

The former Durn Highways Depot, Littleborough.

E. Salford—

The Boothstown Basin Derelict Land Reclamation Site, Worsley.

The Ellenbrook, Linneyshaw Colliery and Sandhole Derelict Land Reclamation Sites, Worsley.

Derwent Street Trading Estate, Derwent Street.

F. Stockport—

Approximately 0.57 hectares of land situated between Brewery Street and Tiviot Way.

A parcel of land situated off Vale Road and Mill Lane, Reddish Vale, registered at Her Majesty’s Land Registry under title number CH 049234.

G. Tameside—

The Copperas Lane Derelict Land Reclamation Site, Droylsden.

H. Trafford—

A parcel of land consisting of approximately 2.22 hectares at Old Hall Road and Vale Avenue, Sale.

39 Northumberland Road, Stretford.

I. Wigan—

The derelict land reclamation sites and industrial estates listed below—

Location	Name of site or estate
Abram	Bickershaw Reservoir
	Maypole Colliery
Atherton	Chequerbent
	Chanters Industrial Estate
Ashton-in-Makerfield	Bryn Hall/Bamfurlong
	Landgate Lane
	Mains Colliery
	South Lancashire Industrial Estate, Bryn Road
Ince	Crompton Sidings
Leigh	West Leigh Colliery (Dangerous Corner), Leigh
Standish	Crooke Village
	Fairhurst Lane
	Giants Hall Colliery
Tyldesley	Astley Green Colliery
	Higher Folds

SCHEDULE 3 PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO BOLTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

A. Bolton—

Fowler Industrial Estate, Horwich

B. Bury—

Taylor Street Industrial Estate

Mountheath Managed Workshop, Prestwich.

C. Manchester—

Albany Road Trading Estate, Chorlton.

Dagenham Road Industrial Estate, Rusholme.

Freshpool Way Industrial Estate, Sharston.

Rochdale Road Trading Estate.

D. Salford—

Swinton Hall Road Trading Estate.

Willan Industrial Estate, West Ashton Street.

E. Stockport—

The Gate Centre at the Bredbury Industrial Estate.

Hammond Avenue Trading Estate.

Waterloo Park Industrial Estate.

F. Wigan—

Actons Walk Trading Estate.

Nicholas Ridley

Secretary of State for the Environment

10th August 1987.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers properties, and rights and liabilities ancillary to those properties, formerly owned by the Greater Manchester County Council, and, since the abolition of that council by the Local Government Act 1985, by the Greater Manchester Residuary Body, principally to the councils of the districts in which they are situated.

Article 3 transfers land (other than land specified in Schedule 1) held by the abolished council for highways purposes, and article 4 transfers the subsoil of highways.

Article 5 transfers land (other than land specified in Schedule 2) formerly held by the county council for environmental purposes.

Article 6 transfers the trading and industrial estates specified in Schedule 3 to Bolton Metropolitan District Council, and article 7 transfers the London Road Fire Station, Manchester, to the Greater Manchester Fire and Civil Defence Authority.

(1)

1985 c. 51.

(2)

1980 c. 66. On 1st April 1986, by virtue of section 8 and Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1985, metropolitan district councils became highway authorities for their areas, and by virtue of section 263 the highways vested in such councils.