Tandridge District

Tandridge District
Tandridge District
Non-metropolitan district
	Caterham, the largest town in Tandridge
	Motto(s): Concordia; (Latin: Harmony)
	Tandridge shown within Surrey
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Surrey
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Oxted
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Tandridge District Council
• Leadership	Alternative - Sec.31 ( Independents and Oxted & Limpsfield Residents Group Alliance (council NOC))
• MPs	Claire Coutinho
Area
• Total	95.8 sq mi (248.2 km2)
Area rank	148th (of 309) Highest point : Botley Hill
Population (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	88,129
• Rank	275th (of 309)
• Density	920/sq mi (360/km2)
• Ethnicity	93.8% White; 2.0% S.Asian; 1.8% Black; 1.4% Mixed Race
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	43UK (ONS); E07000215 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ3954252860
Website	www.tandridge.gov.uk

Tandridge is a local government district in east Surrey, England. Its council is based in Oxted, although the largest settlement is Caterham; other notable settlements include Warlingham, Godstone and Lingfield. In mid-2019, the district had an estimated population of 88,129.

Tandridge borders the Borough of Reigate and Banstead to the west, the London Borough of Croydon to the north, the London Borough of Bromley to the north-east, the Sevenoaks District of Kent to the east, the Wealden District of East Sussex to the south-east, the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex to the south and the Borough of Crawley, also in West Sussex, to the south-west.

The district contains parts of the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Weald. It also contains several woodlands and some open heathland. Elevations above sea level range from 267 m (876 ft) at Botley Hill, in the North Downs near Oxted, to 42 m (138 ft) near Edenbridge.^[2]

History[]

It is named after a hillside village and slope on the south slope of the North Downs, Tandridge. Tandridge hundred, an early local government district, covered roughly the same area. By the late 19th century, hundreds were no longer relevant, and urban and rural districts replaced any remaining functions in 1894.

The vast majority of the district is covered by the Metropolitan Green Belt to prevent extension of the London urban area.^[3]

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Caterham and Warlingham urban district and Godstone Rural District. Since 2000, civil parish councils once again cover the district.

The district is not currently twinned, but one of its towns, Lingfield, is twinned with Plaisance-du-Touch, Toulouse, France.^[4]

Governance[]

Elections to Tandridge District Council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 42 seats on the council being elected at each election. From the first election in 1973 to 1990 the Conservative party controlled the council, but for most of the 1990s no party had a majority. This changed at the 2000 election when the Conservatives regained a majority. In 2019, Tandridge Council entered No Overall Control. As of the 2021 election the council is composed of the following councillors:-^[5]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group Alliance	16
	Conservative Party	14
	Liberal Democrats	9
	Independent	3

District Council Committees[]

Community Services - leisure, refuse collection, recycling, public toilets, litter, street cleaning
Planning - planning, applications, development
Housing - council housing
Licensing
Overview & Scrutiny - corporate strategy, performance indicators, Best Value, audit reports
Planning Policy - Local Plan, Land charges, building control, environmental health
Resources - Finance, community safety, Council Tax, benefits, business rates, information technology
Standards - councillors' code of conduct^[6]

Towns, villages, neighbourhoods and Civil Parish(es)[]

Civil Parishes in Tandridge District

Town, village or neighbourhood	Parish 1	Parish 2
Bletchingley which includes South Park, Brewer Street and Warwick Wold	Bletchingley
Burstow which includes Smallfield** and Weatherhill	Burstow
Caterham	Caterham on the Hill	Caterham Valley
Chaldon	Chaldon
Chelsham	Chelsham and Farleigh
Crowhurst	Crowhurst
Dormansland which includes Dormans Park and Haxted	Dormansland
Farleigh which includes Fickleshole	Chelsham and Farleigh
Felbridge which includes Domewood	Felbridge
Godstone which includes South Godstone, Tyler's Green, Church Town, Tilburstow and Blindley Heath	Godstone
Horne which includes Newchapel and Whitewood	Horne
Limpsfield which includes Limpsfield Chart*, Paines Hill and Langhurst	Limpsfield
Lingfield which includes Felcourt	Lingfield
Outwood	Outwood
Oxted which includes Hurst Green* and Holland	Oxted
Nutfield which includes South Nutfield* and Ridge Green	Nutfield
Tandridge which includes Crowhurst Lane End	Tandridge
Tatsfield	Tatsfield
Titsey	Titsey
Warlingham which includes Hamsey Green*	Warlingham
Whyteleafe	Whyteleafe
Woldingham which includes Woldingham Garden Village	Woldingham

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Each civil parish is named after one of its towns or villages which has been established around an Anglican church. All other settlements/neighbourhoods with their own Anglican church or chapel and therefore traditionally in England defined as "a village" are marked with an asterisk. A double asterisk indicates the locality has a church hall used as a Church of England church.^[8] One chapel in Limpsfield ecclesiastical parish and civil parish has no adjoining settlement, in Staffhurst Wood.

References[]

^ Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics: Tandridge
^ Local Authority Map. Accessed 2012-04-23
^ London Green Belt Council http://londongreenbeltcouncil.org.uk/threats_map/
^ District Council link to external website. Accessed 2012-04-23
^ "Tandridge". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
^ Councillor Conduct Tandridge District Council
^ Map created by Ordnance Survey, courtesy of English Heritage
^ Church of England website - ecclesiastical parish finder

External links[]

District Council website

Coordinates: 51°15′26″N 0°00′00″E / 51.2573°N 0.0000°E / 51.2573; 0.0000

[1] Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics: Tandridge

[2] Local Authority Map. Accessed 2012-04-23

[3] London Green Belt Council http://londongreenbeltcouncil.org.uk/threats_map/

[4] District Council link to external website. Accessed 2012-04-23

[vote2014-5] "Tandridge". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

[6] Councillor Conduct Tandridge District Council

[7] Map created by Ordnance Survey, courtesy of English Heritage

[8] Church of England website - ecclesiastical parish finder

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