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The North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992

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Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order transfers small areas between the county of North Yorkshire and the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. The boundaries of the city of Leeds with the borough of Harrogate and with the district of Selby are affected. 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 areas affected. Prints of the detailed order maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Harrogate Borough Council, of the Leeds City Council and of the Selby District Council, and additionally at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located in 2, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.

In approximate terms, the land transferred from North Yorkshire to West Yorkshire has a total area of 90 hectares and a population of 280, while the land transferred from West Yorkshire to North Yorkshire has a total area of 614 hectares and a population of 70.

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

Alterations to boundary between Leeds and Harrogate in vicinity of—

Throstle Nest

St. Davids Road/Carr Bannk

Riverside Park

River Wharfe

Dunkeswick Moor

Thorpe Arch Trading Estate

Rivers Estate/Autumn Avenue/Deerstone Ridge

Alterations to boundary between Leeds and Selby in the vicinity of—

Papyrus Paper Mill

Fairburn Ings

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