# The Kent (District Boundaries) Order 1987, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This order transfers areas—
(a) between the district of Dover and the city of Canterbury;
(b) between the district of Dover and the district of Shepway;
(c) between the borough of Maidstone and the borough of Tunbridge Wells; and
(d) from the borough of Gravesham and district of Sevenoaks to the borough of Dartford.
It also creates a new parish and parish council of Longfield in the borough of Dartford.
The 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.
Prints 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.
The table below shows the approximate area, population and rateable value of the main areas transferred. The other areas transferred are very small.
Transferred from
Transferred to
Area (in hectares)
Population
Rateable Value
Canterbury
Dover
205
50
£5,207
Maidstone
Tunbridge Wells
295
69
£42,535
Gravesham
Dartford
57.329
775
£85,296
Sevenoaks
Dartford
239.731
2,240
£323,370
The 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.
Consequential changes to local government electoral areas are made.
The 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/305/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/kent-district-boundaries-order-1987/note
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