The Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 436

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993

Made

1st March 1993

Laid before Parliament

9th March 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 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District 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–

“Cheshire” means the county of Cheshire, and “Warrington” means the borough of Warrington in that county;

“district” includes a borough, a metropolitan borough and a city;

“electoral division” means an electoral division of the non-metropolitan county to which an area is transferred by this Order(3);

“Greater Manchester” means the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, and any reference to Bolton, to Salford or to Wigan is a reference to the district of that name in that county;

“Lancashire” means the county of Lancashire, except in the expression “West Lancashire”, where it means the Lancashire district of that name, and “Chorley” means the Lancashire district of Chorley;

“the map” means one or more of the 9 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

“Merseyside” means the metropolitan county of Merseyside, and any reference to St. Helens is a reference to the Merseyside 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(4), except in the expression “parish ward”, where it means the ward of the parish to which an area is transferred.

Transfers between Cheshire (Warrington) and Greater Manchester (Wigan)

3.—(1) The area which is marked B on map 4 shall be transferred from Cheshire, from Warrington, and from the parish of Culcheth and Glazebury to–

(a) Greater Manchester;

(b) Wigan;

(c) the Hope Carr ward; and to

(d) the Leigh petty sessional division and the Greater Manchester West coroner’s district–

and shall become unparished.

(2) Each unparished area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on map 4 shall be transferred from Greater Manchester, from Wigan and from the ward named in column 2 to–

(a) Cheshire;

(b) Warrington;

(c) the parish mentioned in column 3;

(d) the Culcheth Glazebury and Croft ward, and the Culcheth and Southworth electoral division; and to

(e) the Warrington petty sessional division and the Cheshire coroner’s district.

TABLE

1	2	3
Area marked	Transferred from the following Wigan ward–	To the Cheshire parish of–
D	Bedford–Astley	Culcheth and Glazebury
B	Hope Carr	Croft
A & C	Hope Carr	Culcheth and Glazebury

Transfers between Greater Manchester (Wigan) and Lancashire (West Lancashire)

4.—(1) The following areas shown on map 9–

(a) the unparished part of Langtree ward marked B; and

(b) the part of the parish of Shevington marked E–

shall be transferred from Greater Manchester, from Wigan, and from that ward or parish to–

(i) Lancashire;

(ii) West Lancashire;

(iii) the parish of Wrightington;

(iv) the Wrightington ward and the Skelmersdale East electoral division; and to

(v) the Ormskirk petty sessional division and the Preston and South West Lancashire coroner’s district.

(2) The parts of the parish of Wrightington marked C and D on map 9 shall be transferred from Lancashire, from West Lancashire, and from that parish to Greater Manchester, to Wigan, to the Langtree ward, and to the Wigan petty sessional division and the Greater Manchester West coroner’s district. The area marked C shall become unparished, and the area marked D shall form part of the parish of Shevington.

Transfers between Greater Manchester (Wigan) and Merseyside (St Helens)

5.—(1) Each unparished area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Greater Manchester, from Wigan, and from the ward named in column 3 to Merseyside, to St Helens, to the parish (if any) and the ward mentioned in column 4, and to the St Helens petty sessional division and the Knowsley, St Helens and Sefton coroner’s district.

TABLE

1	2	3	4
Area marked	On map–	Transferred from Greater Manchester, from Wigan and from the following ward–	To Merseyside, to St Helens, and to–
B	6	Lightshaw	Haydock ward
A, C & D	5	Lightshaw	Newton East ward
A & E	7	Orrell	Parish of Billinge Chapel End
B	8		Billinge and Seneley Green ward
A	8	Orrell	Parish of Rainford Crank parish ward Rainford ward

(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 Merseyside, from St Helens, and from the parish (or, where unparished, from the ward) named in column 3 to–

(a) Greater Manchester;

(b) Wigan;

(c) the ward and petty sessional division named in column 4; and to

(d) the Greater Manchester West coroner’s district–

and shall become or remain unparished.

TABLE

1	2	3	4
Area marked–	On map	Transferred from Merseyside, from St Helens and from–	To Greater Manchester, to Wigan, and to the following–
C	7 & 8	Parish of Billinge	Orrell ward
F	7	Chapel End	Makerfield petty sessional division
B	7	Parish of Seneley Green	Orrell ward Makerfield petty sessional division
A	6	Haydock ward	Ashton–Golborne ward Makerfield petty sessional division
B	5	Newton East ward	Lightshaw ward Leigh petty sessional division

Transfers within Greater Manchester between districts (Bolton, Salford and Wigan)

6.—(1) The area marked B on map 3 shall be transferred from Salford, and from the Walkden South ward to Wigan, to the Tyldesley East ward, and to the Leigh petty sessional division.

(2) The area marked A on map 1 shall be transferred from Wigan, and from the Hindsford ward to Bolton, to the Hulton Park ward, and to the Bolton petty sessional division.

(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 Wigan, and from the ward named in column 3 to Salford, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Eccles petty sessional division.

TABLE

1	2	3	4
Area marked–	On map–	Transferred from Wigan, and from the following ward–	To Salford, and to the following ward–
C	3	Bedford–Astley	Worsley and Boothstown
A	2	Tyldesley East	Little Hulton
B D	2 } 3 }	Tyldesley East	Walkden South
A	3	Tyldesley East	Worsley and Boothstown

(4) All areas transferred by this article shall remain unparished.

Transfer within Lancashire from West Lancashire to Chorley

7.  The area which is marked A on map 9 shall be transferred from West Lancashire, and from the parish of Wrightington to Chorley, to the parish of Coppull, to the Coppull South ward, to the Chorley West electoral division, and to the Chorley petty sessional division.

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(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. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment.

Robin Squire

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

1st March 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes changes in the boundary of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester (metropolitan borough of Wigan) with–

(a) the county of Cheshire (borough of Warrington);

(b) the county of Lancashire (district of West Lancashire); and

(c) the metropolitan county of Merseyside (metropolitan borough of St Helens). It also transfers areas within Greater Manchester between Wigan and–

(i) the metropolitan borough of Bolton; and

(ii) the city of Salford.

A small change is also made within Lancashire to the boundary between the district of West Lancashire and the borough of Chorley. Consequential changes are made to parishes, local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts.

The map and table forming part of this Note (Pages 5 to 7) 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 council for each city, district and metropolitan borough affected, 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

Transfers between–	Description–
CHESHIRE (Warrington) AND GREATER MANCHESTER (Wigan) Article 3 From Cheshire to Greater Manchester Area: 1 hectare Population: Nil From Greater Manchester to Cheshire Area: 570 hectares Population: 370	At Culcheth, minor realignment in the vicinity of the A580 road south-west of Pennington. Transfer to Warrington (Culcheth) of– (a) an area lying between Lately Common and Pennington Brook, to the south of the A580 road near Pennington Bridge; (b) an area south of the A580 road at Wash End, including part of Wilson Lane; and (c) an area south of Pennington and of the A580 road, including Lately Common and part of depot. Transfer to Warrington (Croft) of large area to the south of the railway line at Kenyon.
GREATER MANCHESTER (Wigan) AND LANCASHIRE (West Lancs.) Article 4 From Greater Manchester to Lancashire Area: 25 hectares Population: 15 From Lancashire to Greater Manchester Area: 2 hectares Population: 15	Minor realignments to follow the eastern side of the M6 motorway west of Hunger Hill. Transfer of area south-east of Tunley Moss, including part of the M6 motorway, of Crow Orchard Road and of the Rookery.
GREATER MANCHESTER (Wigan) AND MERSEYSIDE (St Helens) Article 5 From Greater Manchester to Merseyside Area: 400 hectares Population: 470 From Merseyside to Greater Manchester Area: 5 hectares Population: Nil	Transfer to St Helens of area north of Newton Road and south of Down Brook, including Mount Pleasant Farm, Lower Billinge Lane Farm, Barton Clough and part of Higher Billinge Lane Farm. Transfer to St Helens of area west of Upholland Road, and south-east of Crank Road bounded in the west by Black Brook. Minor realignments in the vicinity of– (a) Upholland Road; (b) Longshaw house, Billinge; (c) the railway line near Southworth Road/Parkside Manchester Junction; (d) the railway line south of Golborne Junction near Sandfield Hall. Transfer to Wigan of an area near Leyland Green, west of Winstanley Road, including mine and disused mineshaft. Transfer to Wigan of open land south of Harvey Lane, north of the East Lancashire Road, and west of Sandy Lane.
DISTRICTS WITHIN GREATER MANCHESTER Article 6 From Salford to Wigan Area: 1 hectare Population: Nil From Wigan to Bolton Area: 1 hectare Population: 5 From Wigan to Salford Area: 90 hectares Population: 2,440	Salford/Wigan: minor realignment at Ellen Brook. Wigan/Bolton: realignment at rear of properties at Low Green. Wigan/Salford: Transfer of area at Mosley Common/Ellenbrook, south of dismantled railway and north of East Lancashire Road, so that boundary follows New City Road and Bridgewater Road. Transfer of area south of East Lancashire Road to unite Boothstown in Salford. Transfer of area south of Wharton Hall, bounded by Cutacre Brook in the west, and the Wigan–Manchester railway line in the south.
DISTRICTS WITHIN LANCASHIRE Article 7 Area: 1 hectare Population: Nil	Minor realignment between West Lancashire (parish of Wrightington) and Chorley (parish of Coppull) in vicinity of M6 motorway east of Latham’s Charity Farm

(1)

1972, c. 70.

(2)

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

(3)

Every non-metropolitan county is divided into electoral divisions 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.