The Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 2093

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992

Made

26th August 1992

Laid before Parliament

8th September 1992

Coming into force

for the purposes referred to in article 1(2)

29th September 1992

for all other purposes

1st April 1993

The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under section 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 Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 29th September 1992 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 1993.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“district” means a borough or district;

“electoral division” means an electoral division of the county to which an area is transferred;

“the map” means one or more of the 12 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Surrey and West Sussex (County Boundaries) Order 1992”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

“parish” includes a town;

“Surrey” means the county of Surrey, and any reference to Mole Valley, to Reigate and Banstead, to Tandridge or to Waverley is a reference to the Surrey district of that name;

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 to which an area is transferred; and

“West Sussex” means the county of West Sussex, and any reference to Chichester, to Crawley, to Horsham or to Mid Sussex is a reference to the West Sussex district of that name.

Transfers from Surrey to West Sussex

3.  Each area marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Surrey and from the district and parish named in column 3 to—

(a) West Sussex;

(b) the district and the parish (if any) mentioned in column 4;

(c) the ward, electoral division and petty sessional division so mentioned; and to

(d) the West Sussex coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked	On map	Transferred from	To—
A31, A32, A33 and A34	8	Mole Valley Parish of Abinger	Horsham Parish of Rudgwick Rudgwick ward Warnham electoral division Horsham petty sessional division
A35	9	Mole Valley Parish of Capel	Horsham Parish of Rusper Rusper ward Holbrook electoral division Horsham petty sessional division
B1	10	Tandridge Parish of Burstow	Crawley Unparished Pound Hill North ward Pound Hill electoral division Crawley petty sessional division
A36 and A37	10	Tandridge Parish of Burstow	Mid Sussex Parish of Worth Copthorne and Worth ward Mid Sussex North electoral division Mid Sussex petty sessional division
A39 A40	11 12	Tandridge Parish of Lingfield	Mid Sussex Parish of East Grinstead East Grinstead North ward East Grinstead East electoral division Mid Sussex petty sessional division
A38	11	Tandridge Parish of Lingfield	Mid Sussex Parish of East Grinstead East Grinstead West ward Imberdown electoral division Mid Sussex petty sessional division
A21, A22, A23 and A24	6	Waverley Parish of Alfold	Chichester Parish of Loxwood Plaistow ward Petworth electoral division Chichester and District petty sessional division
A25	7	Waverley Parish of Cranleigh	Horsham Parish of Rudgwick Rudgwick ward Warnham electoral division Horsham petty sessional division
A26	7	Waverley Parish of Ewhurst	Horsham Parish of Rudgwick Rudgwick ward Warnham electoral division Horsham petty sessional division
A16, A17 and A18	3	Waverley Parish of Haslemere	Chichester Parish of Fernhurst Fernhurst ward Fernhurst electoral division Chichester and District petty sessional division
A19 and A20	2	Waverley Parish of Haslemere	Chichester Parish of Lurgashall Lodsworth ward Fernhurst electoral division Chichester and District petty sessional division

Transfers from West Sussex to Surrey

4.  Each area marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table shall be transferred from West Sussex, and from the district and the parish (if any) named in column 3 to—

(a) Surrey;

(b) the district and the parish mentioned in column 4;

(c) the ward, electoral division and petty sessional division so mentioned; and to

(d) the Surrey coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked	On map	Transferred from	To—
A7, A8 and A9	3	Chichester Parish of Fernhurst	Waverley Parish of Haslemere Haslemere South ward Haslemere electoral division Farnham petty sessional division
A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and A6	1	Chichester Parish of Linchmere	Waverley Parish of Haslemere Shottermill ward Haslemere electoral division Farnham petty sessional division
A13, A14 and A15	6	Chichester Parish of Loxwood	Waverley Parish of Alfold Alfold and Dunsfold ward Godalming South and Rural electoral division Guildford petty sessional division
A11	4	Chichester Parish of Lurgashall	Waverley Parish of Chiddingfold Chiddingfold ward Godalming South and Rural electoral division Guildford petty sessional division
A10	2	Chichester Parish of Lurgashall	Waverley Parish of Haslemere Haslemere South ward Haslemere electoral division Farnham petty sessional division
A12	5	Chichester Parish of Plaistow	Waverley Parish of Dunsfold Alfold and Dunsfold ward Godalming South and Rural electoral division Guildford petty sessional division
C1	10	Crawley Unparished	Reigate and Banstead Parish of Horley Horley East ward Horley East and Salfords electoral division Reigate petty sessional division
A27, A28, A29 and A30	8	Horsham Parish of Rudgwick	Mole Valley Parish of Abinger Okewood ward Dorking Rural electoral division Dorking 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 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

G.S.K. Young

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment

26th August 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers areas between the counties of Surrey and West Sussex, affecting the boundaries of the districts of Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Tandridge and Waverley. Consequential changes are made to local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts.

The map and table forming part of this note (Pages 5 and 6) give a general guide to the location of areas transferred. Prints of the detailed order maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of each district council whose area is affected, and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment in 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

In approximate terms, the land transferred from Surrey to West Sussex has a total area of 180 hectares and a population of 1780, and that transferred from West Sussex to Surrey has a total area of 16 hectares and a population of 7.

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 OF CHANGES EFFECTED

Transfers from Surrey to West Sussex	Transfer of large area from Burstow to Crawley (including parts of the M23 motorway), starting immediately south of Peeks Rough Farm, and running southwards through Fernhill and Shipley Bridge, terminating to the north-east of Black Corner. Transfer from Burstow to Worth of largely residential area lying to the north of Copthorne and to the south of Stonelands Farm, including Roffey’s Close and parts of Copthorne Bank and Church Road. Transfer from Lingfield to East Grinstead of area north of Lowdell’s Lane, starting to the west of Lowerbarn Farm and terminating near Spring Copse (and including Portefield Road and Wells Bottom, and parts of Hermitage Road and Lingfield Road). Transfer of area including Rikkyo School and nearby fields. Transfer from Ewhurst to Rudgwick of area including part of the B2128 road, starting at Cox Green and running south to vicinity of Duke’s Farm. Transfer from Haslemere to Fernhurst of area including part of Bell Vale Lane, Stedlands Farm and Little Stedlands.
Transfers from West Sussex to Surrey	Transfer from Lurgashall to Haslemere of area south of Chase Lane, including Chase Farm.
Realignments in the following areas—	(i) Abinger/Rudgwick, in vicinity of Ridge Farm, Honeywood House, Horsham Road and Stane Street. (ii) Capel/Rusper, in vicinity of Stammerham Farm and Cottages. (iii) Burstow/Worth, west of Hollybush Farm. (iv) Lingfield/East Grinstead, along rear curtilage of properties on northern side of Woodlands Road. (v) Alfold/Loxwood, in the vicinity of Alfold Bars, Turtles Farm, Songhurst Farm and the Hazards. (vi) Haslemere/Fernhurst, realignment to centre of River Wey at Camelsdale and Bell Vale Lane. (vii) Haslemere/Lurgashall, in the vicinity of Chase Lane. (viii) Linchmere/Haslemere, realignment to centre of River Wey in vicinity of Woolmer Hill/Hammer and Border Road/Shottermill Road. (ix) Lurgashall/Chiddingfold, in vicinity of Anstead Brook House. (x) Plaistow/Dunsfold, in vicinity of Dungate Farm. (xi) Crawley/Horley minor realignment north of M23 road and Fernhill.

(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.