The Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No.1207

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

Made

30th April 1993

Laid before Parliament

10th May 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 Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark (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.—(1) In this Order—

• any reference to Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham or Southwick is a reference to the London borough of that name;

• “the map”means one or more of the 2 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark 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 between Bromley and Croydon

3.—(1) The areas which are marked T, U and V on map 2 shall be transferred from Bromley, and from the Anerley ward to—

(a) Croydon;

(b) the South Norwood ward; and to

(c) the Croydon petty sessional area.

(2) The following areas of Croydon—

(a) the parts of the South Norwood ward marked Q, R and S on map 2; and

(b) the parts of the Upper Norwood ward marked P on maps 1 and 2—

shall be transferred to Bromley, to the Anerley ward, and to the Bromley petty sessional area;

Transfers between Bromley and Lewisham

4.—(1) The areas marked F, G, H and J on map 1 shall be transferred from Bromley, and from the Lawrie Park and Kent House ward to Lewisham, to the Sydenham West ward, to the South Eastern petty sessional area, and to the Inner South London coroner’s district.

(2) The areas marked A, B, C, D, E and K on map 1 shall be transferred from Lewisham, and from the Sydenham West ward to Bromley, to the Bromley petty sessional area, and to the Southern London, coroner’s district. They shall all additionally be transferred to the Lawrie Park and Kent House ward, with the exception of the area marked K on map 1, which shall be transferred to the Anerley ward.

Transfer from Lambeth to Bromley

5.  The area marked N on map 1 shall be transferred from Lambeth, and from the Gipsy Hill ward to Bromley, to the Anerley ward, to the Bromley petty sessional area, and to the Southern London coroner’s district.

Transfer from Southward to Bromley

6.  The area marked L on map 1 shall be transferred from Southwark, and from the College ward to Bromley, to the Anerley ward, to the Bromley petty sessional area, and to the Southern London coroner’s district.

7.  The area marked M on map 1 shall be transferred from Southwark, and from the College ward to Bromley, to the Gipsy Hill ward, to the Bromley petty sessional area, and to the Southern London coroner’s district.

Town and Country Planning

8.—(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

30th April 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes mainly minor changes to the boundaries of London boroughs in the South London area known as Crystal Palace. The boroughs affected are Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwick.

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 the council for each London borough 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 made to petty sessional divisions and coroners’s 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

Transfers—	Brief description of changes—
Between Bromley and Croydon (Article3)Area: 1 hectare Population: 36	Minor realignments in the following areas— (i) Belvedere Road/Fox Hill/ Hamlet Road/Maberly Road/ railway line east of Maberly Road; and (ii) Crystal Palace roundabout/Church Road/Landsdowne Place/Fox Hill.
Between Bromley and Lewisham (Article 4)Area: 2 hectares Population: 220	Transfer to Bromley of part of Chulsa Road, including Burton House, Seath House, and part of George House. Transfer to Lewisham of— (i) part of the property known as Torrington Court, Crystal Palace Park Road; and (ii) part of Charleville Circus, including Lincoln Court. Minor realignments in the following areas— (i) Copeman Close/Border Road/Lawrie Park Road (ii) Crystal Palace Park Road/Westwood Hill.
From Lambeth to Bromley (Article 5)Area: 1 hectare Population: 0	Small transfer to Bromley of part of Crystal Palace roundabout near to White Swan Public House.
From Southwark to Bromley (Article 6)Area: 2 hectares Population: 0	Realignment of boundary to centre of Crystal Palace Parade to unite Crystal Palace Park and Crystal Palace roundabout in Bromley.

(1)

1972 c. 70.

(2)

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

(3)

1990 c8. This definition was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), Schedule 4, paragraph 34.