The Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 492

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

The Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993

Made

2nd March 1993

Laid before Parliament

11th 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, 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 Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan 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—

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

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

• “Hereford and Worcester” means the county of Hereford and Worcester, and any reference to Bromsgrove is a reference to the district of that name in that county;

• “the map” means one or more of the 33 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Hereford and Worcester, Staffordshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993”, duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;

• “Staffordshire” means the county of Staffordshire, except in the expression “South Staffordshire”, where it means the Staffordshire district of that name, and any reference to Lichfield is a reference to the Staffordshire district of Lichfield;

any reference to an area as unparished is a reference to that area not forming part of any parish;

“ward” means a ward of the district from or to which an area is transferred(4), except in the expression “parish ward”, where it means a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred; and

“West Midlands” means the metropolitan county of West Midlands, any reference to Birmingham, to Dudley, to Walsall or to Wolverhampton is a reference to the West Midlands district of that name, and any reference to Sandwell is a reference to the West Midlands district of that name (except in column 3 of the Table in article 5(1) and column 4 of the Table in article 5(2), where it refers to the Birmingham ward of that name).

Transfers between Hereford and Worcester (Bromsgrove) and West Midlands (Dudley)

3.—(1) The areas which are marked A on map 12 and A on map 13 shall be transferred from Hereford and Worcester, from Bromsgrove, and from the parish of Hagley to—

(a) West Midlands;

(b) Dudley;

(c) the Stourbridge petty sessional division, and the Dudley coroner’s district—

and shall become unparished. The area marked A on map 12 shall additionally be transferred to the Lye and Wollescote ward, and that marked A on map 13 to the Pedmore and Stourbridge East ward.

(2) The unparished areas which are marked B and C on map 12 shall be transferred from West Midlands, from Dudley, and from the ward of Lye and Wollescote and the ward of Pedmore and Stourbridge East respectively to—

(a) Hereford and Worcester;

(b) Bromsgrove;

(c) the parish of Hagley;

(d) the Hagley ward, and the Hagley and Furlongs electoral division; and to

(e) the Bromsgrove and Redditch petty sessional division, and the North Eastern Hereford and Worcester coroner’s district.

Transfers between Staffordshire and West Midlands

4.—(1) Each area which is marked as shown in column 1 of the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 and shall be transferred from Staffordshire, from South Staffordshire, and from the parish named in column 3 to—

(a) West Midlands; and to

(b) the district, ward, petty sessional division and coroner’s district mentioned in column 4—

and shall become unparished.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from Staffs., from South Staffs., and from the parish of—	To West Midlands, and to—
A A A	16 17 18	Himley	Dudley Sedgley ward Dudley petty sessional division Dudley coroner’s district
B	15	Kinver	Dudley Kingswinford North and Wall Heath ward Dudley petty sessional division Dudley coroner’s district
A	14	Kinver	Dudley Wordsley ward Dudley petty sessional division Dudley coroner’s district
A	31	Essington	Walsall Bloxwich West ward Walsall petty sessional division Walsall coroner’s district
B & D	26	Bilbrook	Wolverhampton Oxley ward Wolverhampton petty sessional division Wolverhampton coroner’s district
A	26	Bilbrook	Wolverhampton Tettenhall Regis ward Wolverhampton petty sessional division Wolverhampton coroner’s district
A	27	Brewood	Wolverhampton Bushbury ward Wolverhampton petty sessional division Wolverhampton coroner’s district
B	27	Featherstone	Wolverhampton Bushbury ward Wolverhampton petty sessional division Wolverhampton coroner’s district
A A	22 23	Lower Penn	Wolverhampton Merry Hill ward Wolverhampton petty sessional division Wolverhampton coroner’s district
A	24	Lower Penn	Wolverhampton Tettenhall Wightwick ward Wolverhampton petty sessional division Wolverhampton coroner’s district
A, B & C	25	Perton	Wolverhampton Tettenhall Wightwick ward Wolverhampton petty sessional division Wolverhampton coroner’s district
A	21	Wombourne	Wolverhampton Blakenhall ward Wolverhampton petty sessional division Wolverhampton coroner’s district

(2) 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 West Midlands, from the district and from the ward named in column 3 to—

(a) Staffordshire;

(b) the district, parish, parish ward (if any), ward, electoral division and petty sessional division named in column 4; and to

(c) the South Staffordshire coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from West Midlands, and from—	To Staffordshire, and to—
A	15	Dudley Kingswinford North and Wall Heath ward	South Staffordshire Parish of Kinver Stourton parish ward Kinver ward Kinver electoral division Seisdon petty sessional division
B	33	Walsall Aldridge Central and South ward	Lichfield Parish of Shenstone Little Aston ward Lichfield Rural South electoral division Lichfield petty sessional division
A	33	Walsall Aldridge Central and South ward	Lichfield Parish of Shenstone Stonnall ward Lichfield Rural South electoral division Lichfield petty sessional division
A	32	Walsall Brownhills ward	Lichfield Parish of Burntwood Chasetown ward Burntwood Chase electoral division Lichfield petty sessional division
B	32	Walsall Brownhills ward	Lichfield Parish of Hammerwich Hammerwich ward Lichfield Rural South electoral division Lichfield petty sessional division
C	26	Wolverhampton Oxley ward	South Staffordshire Parish of Bilbrook Bilbrook ward Codsall electoral division Seisdon petty sessional division

Transfers within West Midlands between Birmingham and Sandwell

5.—(1) Each area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Birmingham, and from the ward named in column 3 to Sandwell, to the ward and the petty sessional division named in column 4 and to the Sandwell North coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from Birmingham, and from the following ward—	To Sandwell, and to—
HH, JJ & KK	10	Sandwell	Charlemont ward West Bromwich petty sessional division
A, B, D, E & G AA, BB, CC, DD, EE, FF & GG	9 } 10 }	Sandwell	Newton ward West Bromwich petty sessional division
LL, MM & NN PP QQ, RR & SS	10 10 & 11 11	Sandwell	West Bromwich Central ward West Bromwich petty sessional division
TT	11	Soho	St. Paul's Warley petty sessional division

(2) Each area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Sandwell, and from the ward named in column 3 to Birmingham, to the ward named in column 4 and to the Birmingham petty sessional division and the Birmingham coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from Sandwell, and from the following ward—	To Birmingham, and to the following ward—
K & L	10	Charlemont	Sandwell
C & F A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H & J	9 10	Newton	Sandwell
T	11	St. Paul's	Soho
M, N & P Q, R & S	10 11	West Bromwich Central	Sandwell

Transfers within West Midlands between Dudley and Sandwell

6.—(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 Dudley and from the ward named in column 3 to Sandwell, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Warley petty sessional division and the Sandwell North coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from Dudley, and from the following ward—	To Sandwell, and to the following ward—
A	1	Belle Vale and Hasbury	Cradley Heath and Old Hill
A & C	4	Coseley East	Tipton Green
B	2	St. Andrews	Rowley
A & C	3	St. Thomas's	Tividale

(2) Each area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Sandwell, and from the ward named in column 3 to Dudley, to the ward and petty sessional division named in column 4, and to the Dudley coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from Sandwell, and from the following ward—	To Dudley, and to—
B	1	Cradley Heath and Old Hill	Belle Vale and Hasbury ward Halesowen petty sessional division
A & C	2	Rowley	St. Andrews ward Dudley petty sessional division
B & D	4	Tipton Green	Coseley East ward Dudley petty sessional division
B & D	3	Tividale	St. Thomas’s ward Dudley petty sessional division

Transfers within West Midlands between Sandwell and Walsall

7.—(1) The area which is marked A on map 7 shall be transferred from Sandwell, and from the Great Barr ward to Walsall, to the Paddock ward, and to the Walsall petty sessional division and the Walsall coroner’s district.

(2) The area which is marked B on map 6 shall be transferred from Sandwell, and from the Wednesbury North ward to Walsall, to the Darlaston South ward, and to the Walsall petty sessional division and the Walsall coroner’s district.

(3) The areas which are marked A and C on map 6 shall be transferred from Walsall, and from the Darlaston South ward to Sandwell, to the Wednesbury North ward, and to the West Bromwich petty sessional division and the Sandwell North coroner’s district.

(4) The area which is marked A on map 8 shall be transferred from Walsall, and from the Pheasey ward to Sandwell, to the Great Barr ward, and to the West Bromwich petty sessional division and the Sandwell North coroner’s district.

Transfers within West Midlands between Dudley and Wolverhampton

8.—(1) The areas which are marked B on map 19 and A on map 20 shall be transferred from Dudley, and from the Coseley East ward to Wolverhampton, to the Wolverhampton petty sessional division and to the Wolverhampton coroner’s district. The areas marked B on map 19 shall additionally be transferred to the Spring Vale ward, and that marked A on map 20 to the Ettingshall ward.

(2) The area which is marked D on map 19 shall be transferred from Wolverhampton, and from the Ettingshall ward to Dudley, to the Coseley East ward, and to the Dudley petty sessional division and the Dudley coroner’s district.

(3) The areas which are marked A and C on map 19 shall be transferred from Wolverhampton, and from the Spring Vale ward to Dudley, to the Coseley East ward, and to the Dudley petty sessional division and the Dudley coroner’s district.

Transfers within West Midlands between Walsall and Wolverhampton

9.—(1) Each area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Walsall, and from the ward named in column 3 to Wolverhampton, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Wolverhampton petty sessional division and the Wolverhampton coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from Walsall, and from the following ward—	To Wolverhampton, and to the following ward—
B	30	Darlaston South	Bilston East
B	28	Willenhall North	Wednesfield North
C	29	Willenhall South	Bilston East
B	29	Willenhall South	Bilston North

(2) Each area which is marked as shown on the following Table on the map indicated in column 2 shall be transferred from Wolverhampton, and from the ward named in column 3 to Walsall, to the ward named in column 4, and to the Walsall petty sessional division and the Walsall coroner’s district.

TABLE

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from Wolverhampton, and from the following ward—	To Walsall, and to the following ward—
A	30	Bilston East	Darlaston South
A	29	Bilston North	Willenhall South
G	28	East Park	Willenhall South
A, C & D	28	Wednesfield North	Willenhall North
E	28	Wednesfield South	Short Heath
F	28	Wednesfield South	Willenhall South

Transfer from Wolverhampton to Sandwell

10.  The area which is marked A on map 5 shall be transferred from Wolverhampton, and from the Bilston East ward to Sandwell, to the Princes End ward, and to the West Bromwich petty sessional division and the Sandwell North coroner’s district.

Town and country planning

11.—(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.

Application of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations — Bhylls Acre Primary School

12.  Notwithstanding the transfer of area A on map 23 from Staffordshire to West Midlands, and from South Staffordshire to Wolverhampton, regulation 62 (Property, liabilities, contracts, etc., notices and proceedings) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 shall not apply to the Bhylls Acre Primary School at Lower Penn, or to any part of its site.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment

Robin Squire

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment

2nd March 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes changes to the boundary—

(a) between the county of Hereford and Worcester (district of Bromsgrove) and the metropolitan county of West Midlands (metropolitan borough of Dudley);

(b) between West Midlands (metropolitan boroughs of Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton) and the county of Staffordshire (districts of Lichfield and South Staffordshire); and

(c) within West Midlands, between the following—

(i) the city of Birmingham and the metropolitan borough of Sandwell;

(ii) Dudley and Sandwell;

(iii) Sandwell and Walsall;

(iv) Dudley and Wolverhampton;

(v) Walsall and Wolverhampton; and

(vi) Sandwell and Wolverhampton.

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 8 to 12) 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 or 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—	Description, area and population—
Between Hereford and Worcester (Bromsgrove) and West Midlands (Dudley) Article 3	Realignments in Pedmore Lane, Hagley near Rosary Cottage. Realignment off Stourbridge Road/Hagley Road to unite Cherrington gardens in Dudley. Transferred from Bromsgrove— Area (total): 2 hectares Population (total): 17 Transferred to Bromsgrove— Area: 1 hectare Population: Nil
Between West Midlands (Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton) and Staffordshire (Lichfield and South Staffordshire) Article 4	Between Dudley and South Staffordshire Transfer of Himley Gardens and properties on the south-western side of the Straits to Dudley. Realignment at Gospel End Road to unite Brook Meadow and No. 86 in Dudley. Realignment to more defined boundary near Oakleighs/Braemar Avenue/Woodstock Drive, Kinver. Realignment at Kinver to the southern side of Swindon Road, the western side of Kidderminster Road, then the southern side of Lodge Lane. Realignment to rear curtilages of properties at Wallows Wood, Himley. Transferred from Dudley— Area: 5 hectares Population: 2 Transferred to Dudley— Area: 15 hectares Population: 2 From South Staffordshire to Walsall Transfer to Walsall of Sneyd Reservoir and of Sneyd Community School and its grounds. Area: 30 hectares Population: 6 From Walsall to Lichfield Transfer of area bounded in the east by Hunney Hay Road and in the west by the rear curtilages of properties in Hednesford Road. Area includes part of Chasewater, the Chasewater Raceway, Highfield House Farm, Burntwood Road Bridge, works and sandpit, Freeth Bridge and Roundhill Farm. Transfer of area south of Mill Green Farm and east of Chester Road, including part of Forge Lane and of Mill Farm. Area: 230 hectares Population: 200 Between Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire Transfer of Penn Squash Club to Wolverhampton. Transfer of Highfields School (off Boundary Way) to Wolverhampton. Transfer to Wolverhampton of Bhylls Acre County Primary School, Orchard Crescent, Bellencroft Gardens and properties on the northern side of Langley Road. Transfer to Wolverhampton of area south of Castlecroft Road, including The Crib, The Woodhouse, Windsor Gardens, Pinewood Close and Aldwyck Drive. Transfer of Aldersley School to Wolverhampton, and realignment to unite Barnhurst/Dovecotes Estate in Wolverhampton. Transfer to Wolverhampton of area to the south of the M54 motorway located near the junction of the A449 road, and lying between the Towing Path at Coven Heath and Cat and Kittens Lane. Realignments at Pattingham Road/Perton Grove/Boundary Farm. Realignments to more defined boundary at The Droveway and Upper Pendeford Farm. Area: 90 hectares Population: 1040
Within West Midlands, between Birmingham and Sandwell Article 5	Realignments to unite Park Lane Industrial Estate and the Throstle Club in Sandwell. Realignments to the centre of the River Tame between Greenway/Walcot Drive and Forge Mill Farm. Transfer to unite Forge Mill Farm in Sandwell. Realignment to centre of Park Lane between Forge Mill Farm and Holyhead Road. Transferred from Birmingham— Area: 4 hectares Population: Nil Transferred to Birmingham— Area: 1 hectare Population: Nil
Between Dudley and Sandwell Article 6	Transfer to unite Chatsworth Road Estate in Sandwell. Transfer of properties in Lodgefield Road to Dudley. Realignments in the vicinity of Warwick Road/Stanhope Street. Transfer to Dudley of residential area north-east of Withymoor Road and south-west of Waterside Trading Estate, including Broomsbank Drive. Transfer to unite Tipton Trading Estate in Sandwell. Realignments to more defined boundary— (a) between Birmingham New Road and Deal Drive; and (b) off Fountain Lane/Bloomfield Road. Transferred from Dudley— Area: 10 hectares Population: 160 Transferred to Dudley— Area: 10 hectares Population: 360
Between Sandwell and Walsall Article 7	Transfer to unite Aston University Sports Ground (at Shustoke bridge) in Walsall. Realignments at Woden Way West/Old Park Road. Transferred from Sandwell— Area: 15 hectares Population: Nil Transferred to Sandwell— Area: 5 hectares Population: Nil
Between Dudley and Wolverhampton Article 8	Realignments at Birmingham New Road/Shaw Road/Hinchcliffe Avenue/Biddings Lane/Scrap Yard east of the Birmingham Canal to unite Deepfields Estate in Wolverhampton, and to create a more defined boundary. Realignment to centre of the Birmingham Canal (Bradley Branch) between Deepfields and Highmore Close. Transferred from Dudley— Area: 10 hectares Population: 105 Transferred to Dudley— Area: 2 hectares Population: 13
Between Walsall and Wolverhampton Article 9	Realignments to more defined boundary at Lichfield Road/Broad Lane North/Broad Lane South/Mere Close/Birchfields Road/Waddens Brook Lane/Watery Lane/Neachells Lane. Realignment to western side of The Keyway (between Somerford Place and Bilston Road) and then to rear curtilages of properties in Bilston Road/Hunters Close/Darlaston Lane. Realignments at Darlaston to centre of Walsall Canal, then southern side of embankment between Darlaston Road and Darlaston CPA Urban Farm. Transferred from Walsall— Area: 10 hectares Population: 180 Transferred to Walsall— Area: 25 hectares Population: 8
From Wolverhampton to Sandwell Article 10	Transfer to Sandwell of area stretching from Bradley bridge to the northern side of the railway line near Glyn Avenue, including Hyett Way and related housing development. Area: 2 hectares Population: 100

(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.