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The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with the boroughs (including Bromley) responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection. As an outer London borough ...
The ODPM proposed in 2006, as part of other transfers of powers to the Greater London Authority, to give it a waste function.The Mayor of London has made repeated attempts to bring the different waste authorities together, to form a single waste authority in London similar to the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority which deals with waste from all households in Greater Manchester.
London Fire Brigade has four fire stations within the London Borough of Bromley. The borough is the largest in the city: about 150 km 2. With just one pumping appliance, Orpington has one of the largest areas to cover in London, measuring 46.7 km 2. In 2006/2007, Orpington attended 1,308 incidents. There is also a high volume pump at the station.
The London Government Act 1963 provided a mechanism for communities on the edge of Greater London to petition for transfer from London boroughs to a neighbouring county district. [2] This was used in 1969 in the transfers of Knockholt in Bromley to Kent, and of Farleigh and Hooley in Croydon to Surrey.
The Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 (c 29) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has been suggested that this Act should be amended to increase the number of recyclable items that collection authorities must collect from households to at least seven.
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (15 kilometres) southeast of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 88,000 as of 2023. [2] Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, chartered in 1158. [3]
The 33 local authorities are the 32 London borough councils and the City of London Corporation. [1] They are responsible for local services not overseen by the GLA, such as local planning, schools, social services, local roads and refuse collection.
An Act to make provision for the improved control of pollution arising from certain industrial and other processes; to re-enact the provisions of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 [al] relating to waste on land with modifications as respects the functions of the regulatory and other authorities concerned in the collection and disposal of waste ...