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24-568: 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

48-520: A "town council". The Royal Mail classes Caterham, Godstone, Lingfield, Oxted, Warlingham, and Whytleafe as post towns . [REDACTED] 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

72-434: A borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them the right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues

96-425: A district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have a two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with

120-416: A further more localised third tier of local government to civil parishes such as Farnham , Claygate and Horley . Major services provided include social services, minerals strategy and permissions, waste planning and substantial elements of transport (excluding railways) and education. The county has no grammar schools (which tend to have less local authority control) however academies and free schools in

144-464: A minority administration comprising local party the Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group (OLRG) and some of the independent councillors. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The leaders of

168-457: A style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system

192-436: A type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically

216-407: A unitary authority or those that transferred from one county to another, including those that changed name. Nor does it include unitary authorities that have been abolished ( Bournemouth and Poole ). Surrey County Council elections Its area was significantly altered in 1965, taking much of its north into Greater London and adding an area forming one present district from Middlesex which

240-409: Is actually in the parish of Limpsfield ). The building was purpose-built for the council in 1989 on the site of the old Godstone Rural District Council's headquarters. Since the last boundary changes in 2024, the council has comprised 43 councillors representing 18 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with roughly a third of

264-410: Is twinned with Plaisance-du-Touch , a commune on the outskirts of Toulouse , France. Tandridge District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Surrey County Council . The whole district is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under no overall control since 2019. It has been led since 2021 by

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288-604: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with

312-591: The county courts . The final administrative functions of hundreds had been extinguished in 1886. The Tandridge hundred was named after the hillside village and ridge of the North Downs, Tandridge . The vast majority of the district is covered by the Metropolitan Green Belt to prevent extension of the London urban area. The district is not currently twinned, but one of its towns, Lingfield ,

336-524: The 21st century have been set up in Surrey meaning a lower proportion of schools are run by the authority than in the 20th century. The number of electoral divisions on Surrey County Council was increased to 76, in time for the 1981 election. The number of electoral divisions on Surrey County Council

360-601: The North Downs near Oxted, to 42 m (138 ft) near Edenbridge . The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered the whole area of two former districts, which were both abolished at the same time: The new district was named after the medieval Tandridge Hundred , which had covered a similar area. From the seventeenth century onwards, hundreds gradually declined in importance as administrative divisions, with their functions passing to other bodies such as

384-454: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by

408-464: The council since 2007 have been: Following the 2024 election , the composition of the council is: The twelve Residents Association councillors sit with the Oxted and Limpsfield Residents Group as the "Residents' Alliance" which forms the council's administration. The next election is due 7 May 2026. The council is based at the Council Offices on Station Road East in Oxted (the building

432-508: The council elected each time to serve a four-year term. Surrey County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no district council elections. The entire district is divided into civil parishes . The former Caterham and Warlingham Urban District was an unparished area until 2000, when six parishes were created covering that area: Caterham-on-the-Hill, Caterham Valley, Chaldon, Warlingham, Whyteleafe and Woldingham. None of Tandridge's parish councils are styled as

456-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming

480-523: The locality has a church hall used as a Church of England church. One chapel in Limpsfield ecclesiastical parish and civil parish has no adjoining settlement, in Staffhurst Wood. 51°15′26″N 0°00′00″E  /  51.2573°N 0.0000°E  / 51.2573; 0.0000 Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are

504-924: 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

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528-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since

552-620: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in

576-453: Was dissolved. To accommodate this, councillors elected in 1961 had their three year-term extended for an extra year and the April 1964 election took place in 1965. Since 1974 all Surrey areas have had district/borough councils providing a second tier of services (see the Local Government Act 1972 ) replacing Urban Districts and Rural Districts. Approximately a third of the population elect

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