Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 1830

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

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1992 No. 1830

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

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

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

    (2)  This Order shall come into force on 20th August 1992 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 1993.

Interpretation
    2.    In this Order—
"district" includes a borough or city;


any reference to Harrogate, Leeds or Selby is a reference to the district of that name;


"the map" means one of the 12 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked "Maps of the North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992", duly numbered for reference, and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;


"North Yorkshire" means the county of North Yorkshire, and "electoral division" means an electoral division of that county;


"ward" means a ward of the district to which an area is transferred, except in the expression "parish ward ", where it means a ward of the parish to which an area is transferred; and


"West Yorkshire" means the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.

Transfers from North Yorkshire (Harrogate and Selby) to West Yorkshire (Leeds)
    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 North Yorkshire, and from the district and parish mentioned in column 3 to—
 (a) West Yorkshire;
 (b) Leeds;
 (c) the parish, parish ward (if any), ward, and petty sessional division mentioned in column 4; and to
 (d) the West Yorkshire Eastern coroner's district.
TABLE

1.	2.	3.	4.
Area marked—	On map—	Transferred from North Yorkshire and from—	To West Yorkshire, to Leeds, and to—
B	8	Harrogate Parish of Kearby with Netherby	Parish of East Keswick Wetherby ward Skyrack and Wetherby petty sessional division
A and B A	7 8	Harrogate Parish of Kearby with Netherby	Parish of Harewood Harewood and Wyke parish ward North Ward Skyrack and Wetherby petty sessional division
A and B	9	Harrogate Parish of Kirk Deighton	Parish of Wetherby North parish ward Wetherby ward Skyrack and Wetherby petty sessional division
A	3	Harrogate Parish of Leathley	Parish of Pool Otley and Wharfedale ward Pudsey and Otley petty sessional division
B A	1 2	Harrogate Parish of Newall with Clifton	Parish of Otley Ashfield parish ward Otley and Wharfedale ward Pudsey and Otley petty sessional division
A	10	Harrogate Parish of Wighill	Parish of Walton Wetherby ward Skyrack and Wetherby petty sessional division
A	12	Selby Parish of Fairburn	Parish of Ledsham Barwick and Kippax ward Skyrack and Wetherby petty sessional division
A and C	11	Selby Parish of Newton Kyme cum Toulston	Parish of Bramham cum Oglethorpe Wetherby ward Skyrack and Wetherby petty sessional division

Transfers from West Yorkshire to North Yorkshire
    4.—(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 West Yorkshire, from Leeds, and from the parish mentioned in column 3 to—
 (a) North Yorkshire;
 (b) the district and the parish mentioned in column 4;
 (c) the ward and electoral division so mentioned; and to
 (d) the Claro coroner's district.
TABLE

1.	2.	3.	4.
Area marked	On map	Transferred from West Yorkshire, from Leeds, and from the parish of—	To North Yorkshire, and to—
B	4	Arthington	Harrogate Parish of Castley Wharfedale Moors ward Pateley Bridge electoral division
A	5	Arthington	Harrogate Parish of Weeton Almscliffe ward Haverah electoral division
B	11	Braham cum Oglethorpe	Selby Parish of Newton Kyme cum Toulston Tadcaster West ward Tadcaster West electoral division
B	6	Harewood	Harrogate Parish of Kearby with Netherby Almscliffe ward Haverah electoral division
A	6	Harewood	Harrogate Parish of Kirkby Overblow Almscliffe ward Haverah electoral division
A	1	Otley	Harrogate Parish of Newall with Clifton Wharfedale Moors ward Pateley Bridge electoral division
A	4	Pool	Harrogate Parish of Leathley Wharfedale Moors ward Pateley Bridge electoral division


    (2)  All areas shown in the Table in paragraph (1) shall additionally be transferred to the Claro petty sessional division with the exception of the area marked B on map 11, which shall be transferred to the Selby petty sessional division.

Consequential transfer between parishes within Leeds
    5.    The part of the parish of Harewood which is marked C on map 8 shall be transferred to the parish of East Keswick and to the Wetherby ward of Leeds.

Town and country planning
    6.—(1)  In this article, "provision" means a provision of a development plan as defined in section 336 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^[3].

    (2)  Any provision of a plan 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

23rd July 1992

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

[1] 1972 c. 70. back

[2] S.I. 1976/246, amended by S.I. 1978/247. back

[3] 1990 c. 8. This definition was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), Schedule 4, paragraph 34. back