# The Forest of Dean (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes changes to the boundary between the parishes of West Dean and Coleford in the district of Forest of Dean in the county of Gloucestershire and to the boundaries of parish and district wards and county electoral divisions. Provision is also made for changes in the number of councillors of the district council with effect from the ordinary elections in 1999.
A map forming part of this Note gives a general guide to the areas affected and the changes made. Prints of the maps described in article 2(1) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Forest of Dean District Council, the Coleford Town Council, the West Dean Parish Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment which, until the beginning of March 1997, are located at 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB and, thereafter, at 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/179/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forest-of-dean-parishes-and-electoral-changes-order-1997/note
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