{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/kent-district-boundaries-order-1987/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/kent-district-boundaries-order-1987/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/305",
  "legislation_title": "The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/kent-district-boundaries-order-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis order transfers areas—\n(a) between the district of Dover and the city of Canterbury;\n(b) between the district of Dover and the district of Shepway;\n(c) between the borough of Maidstone and the borough of Tunbridge Wells; and\n(d) from the borough of Gravesham and district of Sevenoaks to the borough of Dartford.\nIt also creates a new parish and parish council of Longfield in the borough of Dartford.\nThe 3 maps forming part of this note (pages 6, 7 and 8) give a general guide to the areas affected by this order as from 1st April 1987.\nPrints of the detailed boundary maps, which are referred to in article 3, may be inspected at the offices of the borough, city and district councils, and may be inspected at or purchased from the Department of the Environment’s Map Library, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.\nThe table below shows the approximate area, population and rateable value of the main areas transferred. The other areas transferred are very small.\nTransferred from\nTransferred to\nArea (in hectares)\nPopulation\nRateable Value\nCanterbury\nDover\n205\n50\n£5,207\nMaidstone\nTunbridge Wells\n295\n69\n£42,535\nGravesham\nDartford\n57.329\n775\n£85,296\nSevenoaks\nDartford\n239.731\n2,240\n£323,370\nThe new parish of Longfield in the borough of Dartford (created by article 12) will have approximately an area of 355 hectares, a population of 4,935 and a rateable value of £628,248.\nConsequential changes to local government electoral areas are made.\nThe Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976, mentioned in articles 2(1) and 3, contain further provisions about the effect and implementation of orders such as the present one.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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