Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 168

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Humberside and South Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993

Made

24th January 1993

Laid before Parliament

8th February 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 Humberside and South Yorkshire (County 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–

“electoral division” means an electoral division of the county of Humberside(3);

“Humberside” means the county of Humberside, and “Boothferry” means the district of Boothferry in that county;

“the map” means one or more of the 4 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Humberside and South Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accord ance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

“South Yorkshire” means the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, and “Doncaster” means the metropolitan borough of Doncaster in that county; and

“ward” means a ward of the metropolitan borough or district to which an area is transferred(4), except in article 5, where it means a ward of Doncaster.

Transfers from Humberside (Boothferry) to South Yorkshire (Doncaster)

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 Humberside, from Boothferry, and from the parish named in column 3 to–

(a)South Yorkshire;

(b)Doncaster;

(c)the parish and ward mentioned in column 4; and to

(d)the Doncaster petty sessional division and the South Yorkshire East coroner’s district.

TABLE

1	2	3	4
Area marked–	On map–	Transferred from Humberside, from Boothferry, and from the parish of–	To South Yorkshire, to Doncaster, and to–
D & F	4	Belton	Parish of Hatfield Hatfield Ward
A	3	Crowle	Parish of Thorne Thorne Ward
A	2	Snaith and Cowick	Parish of Sykehouse Stainforth ward
L	1	Wroot	Parish of Blaxton South East Ward

Transfers from South Yorkshire (Doncaster) to Humberside (Boothferry)

4. 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 South Yorkshire, from Doncaster, and from the parish named in column 3 to–

(a)Humberside;

(b)Boothferry;

(c)the parish, ward and electoral division mentioned in column 4; and to

(d)the Epworth and Goole petty sessional division and the North Humberside and Scunthorpe coroner’s district.

1	2	3	4
Area marked–	On map–	Transferrd from South Yorkshire, from Doncaster, and from the parish of –	To Humberside, to Boothferry, and to
E & G	4	Hatfield	Parish of Belton and Belton ward South Axholme electoral division
H	4	Hatfield	Parish of Epworth Epworth and Belton ward South Axholme electoral division
J	1 & 4	Hatfield	Parish of Wroot Haxey ward South Axholme electoral division
B	3	Thorne	Parish of Crowle Crowle ward Mid Boothferry electoral division
B	2	Thorne	Parish of Snaith and Cowick Snaith ward Mid Boothferry electoral division

Consequential change to parish and district ward boundaries within Doncaster

5. In consequence of the boundary changes effected by articles 3 and 4, the following alteration shall be made to parish and metropolitan borough ward boundaries within Doncaster–

The part of the parish of Hatfield marked K on map 1 shall be transferred to the parish of Blaxton, and to the South East ward.

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(5)).

(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. by authority of the Secretary of State

Robin Squire

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

29th January 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes changes, largely in open areas, to the boundary between Humberside (district of Boothferry) and the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire (metropolitan borough of Doncaster). The parishes affected are as follows–

In Humberside		In South Yorkshire
Belton	Crowle	Blaxton	Hatfield
Epworth	Wroot	Sykehouse	Thorne
Snaith and Cowick

Consequential changes are made to the boundaries of local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts.

The map and table forming part of this Note (pages 4 and 5) give a general guide to the location, area and population of the land affected. Prints of the detailed order maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Boothferry District Council, and of the Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, and additionally 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 OF AREAS AFFECTED

Transfer(s) from–	Parishes affected	Description–
Humberside (Boothferry) to S. Yorks. (Doncaster) Article 3 Area (in hectares):150 Population: 10	Belton/Hatfield	Transfer of open area located west of Anchor Drain and Goodcop Cottage, and North of Holme farm. Transfer of small area located South of Winters Low Bank Drain, including Goodcop Farm buildings and Goodcop Pumping Station.
	Crowle/Thorne	Minor realignment in vicinity of Crowle Waste affecting Swinefleet Warping Drain and the disused tramway
	Snaith/Sykehouse	Realignments to centre of Rivers Don and Went at Went bridge/Went Green
	Wroot/Blaxton	Transfer of area bounded in the north by Candy Farm and in the south by Ninescores Lane, so that boundary follows Candy Bank, Twelve Foot Drain and the drain runninng south from Thatch Carr Plantation.
S.Yorks. (Doncaster) to Humberside (Boothferry) Article 4 Area: 1120 Population: 65	Hatfield/Belton	Realignment to the South of Goodcop Cottage to follow centre of Winters Low Bank Drain. Transfer of open area located south-east of Willow Lodge Farm, and West of Old Catline Drain. Transfer of area bounded by the Anchor Drain in the north and West, and including Plains House Farm
	Hatfield/Epworth	Transfer of large area lying to the West of Old Catline Drain and the Scawcetts Drain, starting at a point north-west of Selby Farm and running southwards to Riverside Farm and Tunnel Pit Bridge. Area includes Don Farm Buildings, West Carr houses, Roe Carr, Snow Cottage, The Roe, Ninevah Farm buildings, and Parts of North Idle Drain and Lindholme Lake
Hatfield/Wroot	Transfer of large area located to the North of the River Torne commencing north-east of Candy Farm and continuing in that direction through Wroot acres to Roe Carr drain. The new boundary generaly follows the line of Moor Bank Drain. Properties transferred include Ellerholme Farm, and the pumping station near Tunnel bridge Pit Bridge.
	Thorne/Crowle	Transfer of large area located to the east of Swinefleet Warping Drain/Bletchers Drain, starting from a point north-west of Crowle Waste, and running southwards through Thorne Waste to Dirtness Bridge in the east and Anchor Drain in the west. The following are included in the transfer– Medge Hall, Lover’s Ground, New Warp Farm, Crook o' Moor Farm and Bridge, Dirtness Groves Farm, Groves Farm Cottage, Jacque’s Cottage, Hain’s farm and parts of Poplars Farms Farm and Jacque’s Farm.
	Thorne/Snaith	Transfer of area including Bank Side Farm, and part of the A614 road.

(1)

1972 c. 70.

(2)

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

(3)

Every non-metropolitan county is divided into electoral division for the purposes of the election of county councillors (section 6(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1972).

(4)

Every district (whether metropolitan or non-metropolitan) is divided into wards for the purposes of the election of district councillors (section 6(2)(b) and (c) of the Local Government Act 1972).

(5)

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