The Lambeth, Merton and Wandsworth (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 1343

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Lambeth, Merton and Wandsworth (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

Made

21st May 1993

Laid before Parliament

2nd June 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 Lambeth, Merton and Wandsworth (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 Order—

any reference to Lambeth, to Merton or to Wandsworth is a reference to the London borough of that name; “the map” means one or more of the 16 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Lambeth, Merton and Wandsworth (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993”, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976; andany reference to a ward is a reference to a ward of the London borough from or to which an area is transferred(3).

Transfers between Lambeth and Merton

3.—(1) The areas which are marked A on map 8 and B and C on map 10 shall be transferred from Lambeth, and from the Streatham South ward to Merton, to the Longthornton ward, and to the Merton petty sessional area and the Inner West London coroner’s district.

(2) The areas which are marked A on map 9 and A and D on map 10 shall be transferred from Merton, and from the Longthornton ward to Lambeth, to the Streatham South ward, and to the South Central petty sessional area and the Inner South London coroner’s district.

Transfers between Lambeth and Wandsworth

4.—(1) 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 Lambeth, and from the ward named in column 3 to Wandsworth, to the ward named in column 4, and to the South Western petty sessional area and the Inner West London coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from Lambeth, and from the following ward—	To Wandsworth, and to the following ward—
B	5	Clapham Town	Queenstown
A	6	Clapham Town	Shaftesbury
F G	2 3	Larkhall	Queenstown
B	1	Oval	Queenstown
A	7	St. Leonard's	Bedford
C	1 & 2	Stockwell	Queenstown
B	7	Thornton	Bedford

(2) 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 Wandsworth, and from the Queenstown ward to Lambeth, to the ward named in column 3, and to the South Central petty sessional area and the Inner South London coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)
Area marked—	On map—	To Lambeth, and to the following ward—
A & C	5	Clapham Town
E A	2 4	Larkhall
A	1	Oval
D	2	Stockwell

Transfers between Merton and Wandsworth

5.—(1) 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 Merton, and from the ward named in column 3 to Wandsworth, to the ward named in column 4, and to the South Western petty sessional area.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from Merton, and from the following ward—	To Wandsworth, and to the following ward—
A	11	Colliers Wood	Graveney
A L	13 14	Colliers Wood	Tooting
A & B	16	Durnsford	Southfield
I C, E & G	14	Durnsford	Springfield
B & D	12	Graveney	Furzedown
B	11	Graveney	Graveney
B & D	15	Village	Parkside

(2) 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 Wandsworth, and from the ward named in column 3 to Merton, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Merton petty sessional area.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from Wandsworth, and from the following ward—	To Merton, and to the following ward—
A	14	Earlsfield	Durnsford
F	12	Furzedown	Figge’s Marsh
A, C, E1 & E2 C, D & E	12 11	Furzedown	Graveney
A & C	15	Parkside	Village
C	16	Southfield	Durnsford
H, J B, D & F	14	Springfield	Durnsford
K	14	Tooting	Colliers Wood

Town and country planning

6.—(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(4)).

(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

Robin Squire

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

21st May 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes changes in the boundary between the following London boroughs—

(a) Lambeth and Merton;

(b) Lambeth and Wandsworth; and

(c) Merton and Wandsworth.

The map and table forming part of this Note give a general guide to the areas affected, and their size and population (in total). 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 local government electoral areas, petty sessional areas and coroners' districts. No parishes are affected. 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

(1)	(2)
Transfers between—	Description of changes—
LAMBETH AND MERTON Article 3 Transferred from Lambeth— Area: 7 hectares Population: Nil Transfered to Lambeth— Area: 0.5 hectares Population: Nil	Transfer to unite National Westminster Sports Ground in Merton. Realignment to more defined boundary in Greyhound Terrace. Realignments at Eardley Road Sidings/Abercairn Road/Lonesome Depot.
LAMBETH AND WANDSWORTH Article 4 Transferred from Lambeth— Area: 33 hectares Population: 440 Transferred to Lambeth— Area: 1.25 hectares Population: Nil	Transfer to unite the New Covent Garden Market complex in Wandsworth, realigning boundary to the centre of Wandsworth Road, then to the southern side of the railway line, then to the western curtilage of Sainsburys supermarket and nearby works. The transferred areas include parts of Market Towers and of the Flower Market, and the Service Station. Realignment north-west of Market Towers between the centre of Nine Elms Lane and the centre of the River Thames. Minor realignments to more defined boundary at New Covent Garden Market/Hemans Estate/Crimsworth Road/Brooklands Passage/Belmore Street/Deeley Road. Transfer to unite Carey Gardens Estate in Wandsworth. Transfer to unite Pensbury Street and Pensbury Place in Lambeth. Realignments in the vicinity of Portslade Road/Amesbury Tower/Welford Court/St. Rule Street to unite Heathbrook Park in Wandsworth and the Westbury Estate in Lambeth. Transfer of No.s 1 to 13, Lavender Hill (located at the Cedar Road junction with the Hill) to Wandsworth. Transfers to unite Tooting Bec Common in Wandsworth, involving transfer of large areas south of Emmanuel Road and north of Tooting Bec Road.
MERTON AND WANDSWORTH Article 5 Transferred from Merton— Area: 5 hectares Population: Nil Transferred to Merton— Area: 5.5 hectares Population: 4	Transfer to unite Wimbledon Stadium and surrounding land in Merton. Transfer of Longley Road Baptist Church and area of railway embankment to Wandsworth. Transfer to Wandsworth of carton factory and parts of properties in Riverside Road. Transfer of electricity substation at Kenlor Road to Wandsworth. Realignment to unite railway embankment to the east of Besley Street in Merton. Realignment to centre of Mitcham Road between Tooting Station and Mitcham Road Police Station. Realignments to clearer boundary at Seeley Road. Realignment to follow western side of Summerstown, then, south of Wimbledon Road, the line of Mead Path. Minor realignments to centre of River Graveney between Seeley Road/Southcroft Road and the railway line south of Fallsbrook Road. Realignments— in vicinity of River Wandle at Haslemere Avenue/Trewint Street/rifle ranges and allotment gardens/public waste disposal site; Revelstoke Road/Ravensbury Road; and Queensmere Road/Bathgate Road between Wimbledon Park Side and Victoria Drive.

(1)

1972 c. 70.

(2)

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

(3)

Every London borough is divided into wards for the purposes of the election of borough councillors (section 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Local Government Act 1972).

(4)

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