Explanatory note

This Order gives effect to recommendations of the Local Government Commission for England for the making of small changes to the boundary between the boroughs of Runnymede and Spelthorne in the county of Surrey. The recommendations have been modified to correct the name of an electoral area affected by the change.

A map forming part of this Note gives a general guide to the areas affected and the changes made. In approximate terms, the land transferred from Runnymede to Spelthorne has an area of 8.5 hectares and a population of 77 and that transferred from Spelthorne to Runnymede has an area of 18.3 hectares and a population of 52.

Prints of the map described in article 2(1) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the Runnymede and the Spelthorne Borough Councils and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment located at 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB.