Local Government Boundary Commission For England Report No. 206 LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND REPORT NO. 206. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND CHAIRMAN Sir Edmund Compton GCB KBE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Mr J M Rankin QC MEMBERS Lady Bowden Mr J T Brockbank Professor Michael Chisholm Mr R R Thornton CB DL Sir Andrew Wheatley CBE To the Ht Hon Merlyn Rees, HP Secretary of State for the Home Department PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE HIGH PEAK BOROUGH OF DERBYSHIRE 1. We, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, having carried out our initial review of the electoral arrangements for the borough of High Peak, in accordance with the requirements of section 6j of, and Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Act 1972, present our proposals for the future electoral arrangements for that borough. 2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in section 60(1) and (2) of the 1972 Act, notice was given on 19 August 197^ that we were to undertake this review. This was incorporated in a consultation letter addressed to the High Peak Borough Council, copies of which were circulated to Derbyshire County Council, Clerks to the Parish Councils, Chairmen of the Parish Meetings, the Members of Parliament for the constituencies concerned and the headquarters of the main political parties. Copies were also sent to the editors of the local newspapers circulating in the area and of the local government press. Notices inserted in the local press announced the start of the review and invited comments from members of the public and from interested bodies. J. The High Peak Borough Council were invited to prepare a draft scheme of representation for our consideration. When doing so, they were asked to observe the rules laid down in Schedule 11 to the Local Government Act 1972, and the guidelines which we set out in our Report No 6 about the proposed size of the council and the proposed number of councillors for each ward. They .were also asked to take into account any views expressed to them following their consultation with local interests* We therefore asked that they should publish details of their provisional proposals about a month before they submitted their draft scheme to us, thus allowing an opportunity for local comment. **. The Council have not passed a resolution under section 7(4) of the Local Government Act 1972. The provisions of Section 7(6) will therefore apply and the election of all borough councillors will be held simultaneously. 5- On 2 July 1975* High Peak Borough Council presented their draft scheme of representation. They proposed to divide the area of the borough into 25 wards each returning 1, 2 or 3 members to produce a council of kk members. 6. We considered the draft scheme submitted by the Council, the comments which had been made upon it and an alternative scheme which had been submitted. We found that the Council's scheme complied with the rules set out in Schedule 11 to the Local Government Act 1972 and the guidelines set out in our Report No 6 with the exception of two wards in the Glossop area of the borough, namely All Saints and St James. We decided to make a small amendment to the boundary between the All Saints and St James wards. Subject to this modification and four minor boundary realignments suggested to us by Ordnance Survey, we adopted the Council's draft scheme as our draft proposals. 7- On 26 January 1976 we issued our draft proposals and these were sent to all who had received our consultation letter or had commented on the Council's draft scheme. The Council were asked to make the draft proposals and the accompanying maps, which defined the proposed ward boundaries, available for inspection at their main offices. Hepresentations on our draft proposals were invited from those to whom they were circulated and, by public notices, -from members of the public and interested bodies. We asked for comments to reach us by 22 March 1976. 8. We received comments suggesting alterations to the arrangements we had proposed for the two urban areas of Glossop and New Mills and one suggesting an alternative parish grouping in the rural area of the borough. We reviewed our draft proposals in the light of these comments. 9» The Borough Council had found the draft proposals generally acceptable but had proposed alternative boundaries for the All Saints, St James and Simmondley wards. We noted that the Council's new proposals would produce wards with a more even standard of representation and we decided to adopt them in place of the All Saints, St James and Simmondley wards in our draft proposals. 10. Comments had been made suggesting that the New Mills South ward should be represented by 3 councillors instead of the 2 councillors we had proposed. We considered that the number of electors in the ward did not justify representation by more than 2 councillors and decided to confirm our draft proposals for this ward. 11. A request had been received for the parish of Brough and Shatton to be transferred from the -Ladybower ward to the Peveril ward. We noted that this would make the balance of representation between the wards more uneven, and decided to confirm our draft proposals for the Ladybower and Peveril wards. 12. Having considered all the comments we modified our draft proposals by replacing the All Saints, St James and Simmondley wards by new wards of the same names represented by the same numbers of councillors and formulated our final proposals accordingly. 1?. Details of these final proposals are set out in Schedule 1 to this report and on the attached maps. Schedule 1 gives the names of the wards and the number of councillors to'be returned by each. The boundaries of the new wards are defined on the maps. PUBLICATION I1*. In accordance with section 60(5)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, a copy of this report and a copy of the maps are being sent to High Peak Borough Council and will be available for public inspection at the Council's main offices. Copies of this report (without maps) are being sent to those who received the consultation letter and to those who made comments. A detailed description of the boundaries of the proposed wards,as defined on the maps is set out in 'I Schedule 2 to this report. L.S. Signed: EDMUND COMPTON (CHAIRMAN) JOHN M RANKIN (DEPUTY CHAIRMAN) PirYLLIS BOWDEN J T BROCKBANK t. MICHAEL CHISHOLM ' R R THORNTON ANDREW WHEATLEY N DIGNEY (Secretary) 10 February 1977 SCHEDULE 1 BOROUGH OF HIGH PEAK: NAMES OF PHOPOSED WARDS AND NUMBERS OF COUNCILLORS NAME OF WARD - NO.OF COUNCILLORS ALL SAINTS 3 BARMOOR 1 BARMS • 2 BLACKBROOK ' 2 CENTRAL 1 CHAPEL EAST 1 CHAPEL WEST 2 COLLEGE 2 CORBAR 2 COTE HEATH . 2 GAMESLEY 2 HAYFIELD 1 LADYBOWER 1 LIMESTONE PEAK 1 NEW MILLS NORTH 3 NEW MILLS SOUTH 2 PEVERIL 1 ST ANDREWS 2 ST CHARLES 2 ST JAMES 3 ST JOHNS 1 SIMNPNDLEY . 1 STONE BENCH : 2 TINTWISTLE 1 WHALEY BRIDGE 3 SCHEDULE 2 BOROUGH OF HIGH PEAK Note: Where the boundary is described as following a road, railway, river, canal or similar feature, it should be deemed to follow the centre ' line of the feature unless otherwise stated. COLLEGE WARD Commencing at a point where the southwestern boundary of parcel number 6563 on OS Plan SK 0^/0570 Edition 1973, meets the southern boundary of Hartington Upper Quarter CP, thence southwestwards northwestwards and north- wards following said CP boundary to the southern boundary of parcel number 632^ on OS Plan SK 037^ Edition 1972, thence easterly along said southern boundary and in prolongation thereof to the access road that leads to the property named "The Beet", southerly along said unnamed road to Bishops Lane southeasterly along said lane to and along Nursery Lane, to St John's Road, thence northwards along said road to a point opposite the southern boundary of No 121 St John's Road, southeasterly, northeasterly and northerly along said southern, eastern and northern boundaries of said property to the rear boundary of No 118 Macclesfield Road, continuing along the rear boundary of Nos 116 - 112 Macclesfield Road, and in prolongation to the northwest boundary of No 108 Macclesfield Road, thence northeastwards along the rear boundaries of Nos 108-106 and southeastwards along the northeastern boundary of last mentioned property to Macclesfield Road, thence northeasterly along said road to "Broomsway" the footpath leading to St John's Road, thence northwestwards along said footpath to a point opposite the rear boundaries of 86-66 Macclesfield Road, thence eastwards along said rear boundaries and the southern boundary of No 4 Wyeland Close, to the fence being the continuation of the eastern boundary of said property, thence southeastwards along said(fence to the aecess road from Macclesfield ' t Road, to Wye Head thence southerly to and along the western boundary of said access road, to the curtilage boundary between No 9 and No 10 Wye Head, thence crossing said access road to and generally eastwards along the northern boundary of the copse to the north of Milnthorpe Homes to the River Wye, thence eastwards along said river following the southern channel through the grounds of Nos 7 and 8 Wye Grove to. the western boundary of No 9 Burlington Road, thence southwards along the western boundary of said property and the rear boundaries of Nos 10 to 12 Burlington Road, to the northeastern boundary of No 8 Macclesfield Road, thence southeastwards along the northeastern boundary of said property and Nos 6-4 said road to and southwestwards along the eastern boundary of No k of said road, to a point opposite the