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Boundary changes agreed
07/01/2002
Ministers have accepted the recommendations of the Local
Government Boundary Commission for Scotland (LGBCS) in
respect of four reports submitted to them last year.
Subject to Parliamentary approval minor council boundary
changes will result in:
- transfer of properties at Blackburn from Aberdeen
City Council to Aberdeenshire Council
- transfer of an area of land at West Farm, Broxburn
from City of Edinburgh Council to West Lothian
Council
- transfer of an area of land and properties at
Ardoch Sewage Works from Argyll & Bute Council to
West Dunbartonshire Council
- transfer of an area of land at Braehead from
Glasgow City Council to Renfrewshire Council
The four LGBCS recommendations correct boundary
anomalies that were brought to the attention of the
Commission. In arriving at their decision Ministers took
into consideration representations made to them following
the publication of the reports.
Once a date for the various transfers has been agreed
with the Councils involved the Orders will be laid before
the Scottish Parliament with a view to bringing the
proposed changes into effect.
In 1999 Ministers took the view that, following local
government reorganisation in 1996, it would not be
appropriate for the LGBCS to undertake any major reviews of
local authority boundaries to allow the new authorities to
concentrate on the effective and efficient delivery of
services. Consequently a Direction was issued by Ministers
which prevented the LGBCS from undertaking any ad hoc
review prior to the next statutory review (scheduled for
2004-2008) unless they affect less than 50 electors.