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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.
After the completion of an extensive programme of refurbishment works, which included the creation of new public areas, a council chamber and a mayoral suite as well as external landscaping, [12] the council moved into Churchill Court in December 2024. [13] It has said that it intends to rent out any surplus space in its new headquarters. [14]
There has been a Bromley local authority since 1867 when the parish of Bromley was made a local government district, governed by an elected local board. [3] Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894, which saw the board replaced by an urban district council. [4]
The London Borough of Bromley (/ ˈ b r ɒ m l i / ⓘ) is a borough in London, England. It borders the county of Kent , of which it formed part until 1965. The borough's population in the 2021 census was 329,991.
They combine the functions of a non-metropolitan county council and a non-metropolitan district council, which elsewhere in England provide two tiers of local government. Unitary authorities are constituted under the Local Government Act 1992 , which amended the Local Government Act 1972 to allow the existence of non-metropolitan counties that ...
Bromley Local Government District was formed in 1867 when the parish of Bromley adopted the Local Government Act 1858, and a local board of twelve members was formed to govern the town. [1] The Local Government Act 1894 reconstituted the area as Bromley Urban District. An urban district council of 16 members replaced the local board. [4]
Park Langley is a suburb of south-east London, located in the London Borough of Bromley. Prior to 1965 it was in the historic county of Kent. It borders Shortlands and Beckenham to the north, Bromley to the east, Hayes and West Wickham to the south, and Eden Park to the west.
The urban district was extended by a county review order in 1934, taking in parts of Hayes and West Wickham from the abolished Bromley Rural District. [5] In 1935 the urban district council successfully petitioned for a charter of incorporation, and became a municipal borough. [6]