Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order unites the whole of Heathrow Airport in Greater London, and in the London borough of Hillingdon by transferring areas—
between Buckinghamshire (district of South Bucks) and Hillingdon (article 3);
from Surrey (borough of Spelthorne) to Hillingdon (article 4);
from the London borough of Hounslow to Hillingdon (article 5).
The new boundary thus created follows the M25 motorway, the A3113 road, the Southern Perimeter Road, the Bedfont Road, the Stanwell Road, the A30 road and the river Crane.
The approximate hectarage and population affected is as follows Article 3 Transferred to Hillingdon-Area: 5 hectares Population: Nil Transferred from Hillingdon-Area: less than 1 hectare Population: Nil Article 4 Transferred to Hillingdon-Area: 320 hectares Population: 75 Article 5 Transferred to Hillingdon-Area: 190 hectares Population: Nil Consequential changes are made to local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and coroners' districts.
The only parish affected is the parish of Iver in South Bucks.
The map forming part of this Note (Page 4) gives a general guide to the areas affected.
Prints of the detailed order map (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the council for each county, borough, district or London 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.
