The North and Central London (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 1351

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The North and Central London (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

Made

24th May 1993

Laid before Parliament

3rd June 1993

Coming into force

for the purposes referred to in article 1(2)

10th October 1993

for all other purposes

1st April 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 51(2) and 67(4) and (5) 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 North and Central London (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 10th October 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 Brent, to Ealing or to Harrow is a reference to the London borough of that name;

“Chelsea” means the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in Greater London;

“the map” means one or more of the 8 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the North and Central London (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

“ward” means a ward of a London borough(3); and

“Westminster” means the city of Westminster in Greater London.

Transfers from Brent to Ealing

3.  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 Brent, and from the ward named in column 3 to Ealing, to the Ealing petty sessional area and to the Western London coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)
Area marked—
(2)
On map—
(3)
Transferred from Brent, and from the following ward—
B7	3	Alperton
B6	8
B4 & B5	8	Barham
B8	4	Stonebridge
B9 & B10	5

Consequential changes to wards in Ealing, and creation of new Horsenden ward in that borough

4.—(1) The following changes shall be made to wards in Ealing—

(a) the area marked B8 on map 4 shall be transferred to the Hanger Lane ward;

(b) the areas marked B7 on map 3 and B6 on map 8 shall be transferred to the Perivale ward; and

(c) those marked B9 and B10 on map 5 shall be transferred to the Victoria ward.

(2) There shall be created in Ealing a new ward, to be named Horsenden ward, and consisting of the following areas shown on map 8—

(a) the parts of the Barham ward of Brent marked B4 and B5 (transferred to Ealing by article 3); and

(b) the part of the Perivale ward of Ealing marked DW2.

(3) From 1st April 1994 until 9th May 1994, the new Horsenden ward of Ealing shall be represented by the persons who, immediately before 1st April 1994, represented the Perivale ward of that borough; thereafter, the new ward shall be represented by 2 borough councillors.

(4) Elections for the councillors for the new ward shall be held on 5th May 1994, and the councillors then elected shall come into office on 9th May 1994, retiring on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of councillors in 1998.

(5) From 5th May 1994, the number of councillors representing the Perivale ward of Ealing shall be reduced from 3 to 2.

Consequential changes to wards in Brent

5.—(1) The area marked DW1 on map 8 shall be transferred from the Barham ward of Brent to the Sudbury ward of that borough.

(2) The number of borough councillors representing the Sudbury ward shall be increased from 2 to 3, and the number of such councillors representing the Barham ward shall be reduced from 3 to 2.

Transfer from Ealing to Brent

6.  The area which is marked B11 on map 5 shall be transferred from Ealing, and from the Victoria ward to Brent, to the Stonebridge ward, to the Brent petty sessional area, and to the Northern London coroner’s district.

Transfers between Brent and Harrow

7.—(1) The areas which are marked B1 on map 1 and B2 on map 2 shall be transferred from Brent, and from the Queensbury ward to Harrow, to the Stanmore South ward, and to the Harrow Gore petty sessional area.

(2) The area which is marked B3 on map 2 shall be transferred from Harrow, and from the Stanmore South ward to Brent, to the Queensbury ward, and to the Brent petty sessional area.

Transfers from Brent to Westminster

8.  The area which is marked B12 on map 6 shall be transferred from Brent, and from the Carlton ward to Westminster, to the Maida Vale ward and to the North Westminster petty sessional area and the Inner West London coroner’s district.

Transfer from Chelsea to Brent

9.  The area which is marked B13 on map 7 shall be transferred from Chelsea, and from the St. Charles ward to Brent, to the Kensal Rise ward, and to the Brent petty sessional area and the Northern London coroner’s district.

Town and country planning

10.—(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 for the Environment

Robin Squire

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

24th May 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes mainly small changes within Greater London to the boundary of the London borough of Brent with—

(a) The London borough of Ealing;

(b) The London borough of Harrow;

(c) The City of Westminster; and

(d) The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

It creates a new borough ward in Ealing, to be named Horsenden ward, and makes other consequential changes to both the boundaries of borough wards and the number of councillors representing affected wards. Consequential changes are also made to the boundaries of petty sessional areas and coroners' districts.

The map and table at the end of this Note give a general guide to the areas affected, and their approximate area and population. 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 any of the boroughs or the city affected, and also at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

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—
Description of changes
FROM BRENT TO EALING Article 3 Area: (hectares) 65 Population: 3,252	Transfer of area bounded by the Grand Union Canal in the east, and by the rear curtilages of properties in Iveagh Avenue in the west. The transfer includes Elveden Place, Elveden Road, Mayne Place and Abbeyfields Close. Transfer at Park Royal to unite goods depot north of Coronation Road in Ealing. Realignments to southern side of Piccadilly Line Tube track between the A4005 road and Sudbury Hill Station, transferring to Ealing an area including Eastcote Avenue, and parts of Northwood Gardens, The Rise, Allendale Road and Greengate. Realignments to follow western side of Manor Farm Road, transferring Pleasant Way and Primrose Way to Ealing. Realignment to northern side of Acton Lane between Park Royal Road and the Acton Lane railway bridge.
FROM EALING TO BRENT Article 6 Area: less than 0.5 hectare Population: Nil	Minor realignment at the junction of Coronation Road and Park Royal Road.
BETWEEN BRENT AND HARROW Article 7 From Brent: Area: 31 hectares Population: 2,344 To Brent: Area: less than 1 hectare Population: Nil	Realignment of boundary to centre of Stag Lane/De Havilland Road, then to rear of properties in Lawrence Crescent/Reynolds Drive, transferring the following to Harrow— Park Way, The Highlands, Oakleigh Avenue, Landseer Close, Leighton Cose, Lawrence Crescent. Realignments north of Queensbury Station.
FROM BRENT TO WESTMINSTER Article 8 Area: 2 hectares Population: 365	Realignment at Oxford Road, uniting the Tollgate Gardens Estate in Westminster.
FROM CHELSEA TO BRENT Article 9 Area: less than 0.5 hectare Population: Nil	Realignment to rear of properties on the southern side of Harrow Road, located to the north of the Catacombs and North Avenue of Kensal Green Cemetery, and to the south of Kensal Green Tunnels.

(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 (sections 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.