Chiltern District

Chiltern District
Non-metropolitan district
Chiltern shown within Buckinghamshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Buckinghamshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Amersham
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Chiltern District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Cheryl Gillan
Area
• Total	75.81 sq mi (196.35 km²)
Area rank	168th (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	93,972
• Rank	255th (of 326)
• Density	1,200/sq mi (480/km²)
• Ethnicity	91.4% White 5.5% Asian 0.6% Black 2.2% Mixed Race 0.3% Other (2,011 Census)^[1]
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	11UC (ONS) E07000005 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU965985
Website	www.chiltern.gov.uk

Chiltern is one of four local government districts of Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is named after the Chiltern Hills on which the region sits.

The main towns in the district are Amersham and Chesham which are both served by London Underground's Metropolitan Line.

History

It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Chesham Urban District and surrounding Amersham Rural District.In 1988 it was the first Council to take up stock transfer.^[2] 4,650 homes were transferred.^[3]

Parishes

The parishes that make up Chiltern District are:

Council affiliation

As of the most recent elections held in May 2015, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party		Number of councillors
	Conservative	35
	Independent	2
	Liberal Democrats	3

Transport

Along with the Aylesbury Vale district, Chiltern contains no motorways except for a very small section of the M25 in the south-eastern corner. The major roads through the district are the A413 and the A404, the two meeting in Amersham. Railway services are provided by Chiltern Railways and London Underground's Metropolitan line. The Great Central Main Line carried traffic between London and Manchester until 1966, the section to Aylesbury is all that remains, and is now part of the London to Aylesbury Line. The railway stations in the district are; Great Missenden, Amersham, Chalfont and Latimer and Chesham, the furthest tube station from London.

Law and order

Police stations are in Amersham and Chesham. The Magistrates' Court in Amersham was closed with its jurisdiction reassigned but reopened as a Crown Court dealing with either-way and more serious alleged offences.

Home ownership and quality of rural life

The district has the highest proportion of home ownership of the 18 local authorities in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire: combining the social (housing association and local authority provided) and private rented sectors, Stevenage's returns recorded in 2011 that its rented sector comprised 33.2% of its housing, whereas 10.0% of Chiltern's residents rented their homes.

In May 2008, the district was assessed by Bank of Scotland, Halifax division as having the best rural quality of life anywhere in Britain.^[4]

Form of home ownership in Beds, Bucks and Herts compared^[5]
Local Authority	Owned	Owned with a loan	Socially rented	Privately rented	Other
Chiltern	41.1	35.8	1.8	8.2	1
South Bucks	38.1	35.3	12.3	10	1.4
St Albans	34.6	38.2	8.5	12.6	1.1
Three Rivers	34.1	38.6	4.8	9.3	1
Broxbourne	32.6	40.4	2.9	10.4	0.8
Wycombe	32.3	37.4	8.5	13.1	1.4
East Hertfordshire	32.1	39.7	2	12.2	1.4
Central Bedfordshire	31.6	40.9	5.2	10.5	1.1
Bedford	31.4	34.3	1.8	14.6	1.3
Hertsmere	31.4	36.2	1.9	11.3	1.2
Aylesbury Vale	31.1	40.5	3.4	11.7	1.3
North Hertfordshire	30.3	35.3	7.1	12.1	1.1
Dacorum	29.1	35.7	17.4	10.9	0.9
Welwyn Hatfield	26.5	30.8	19.9	12.7	1.3
Luton	25.1	35.1	10.7	21.3	1
Watford	24.4	37.2	4	18.9	0.8
Stevenage	22.2	36.1	22.8	10.4	0.7
Milton Keynes	21.5	36.3	11	16.2	0.9

Energy consumption

In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas ^[6] showed that housing in Chiltern produced the 4th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 7,421 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling.

References

↑ 2011 Census: KS201EW Ethnic group, local authorities in England and Wales, Accessed 28 February 2013
↑ "Transfers - Large Scale Voluntary Transfers (LSVT)". The Hidden History of Tenants. Leeds Tenants Federation. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
↑ Hetherington, Peter. "Voluntary transfer for social housing celebrates 10 years". Guardian. Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
↑ HBOS quality of life survey 5 May 2008. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
↑ Office for National Statistics 2011 Census Key Statistics: Tenure. Shared ownership forms the small remainder of each proportion.
↑ British Gas news

External links

List of organisations within the district

Chiltern District

Buckinghamshire County Council elections District Council elections Chesham and Amersham Constituency

Towns (component areas and hamlets)	Amersham Woodrow Chesham Asheridge Vale Botley Chesham Vale Chessmount Codmore Great Hivings Hilltop Loundes Lye Green Newtown Pednormead End Pond Park Townsend Waterside

Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Ashley Green Ashley Green Whelpley Hill Chalfont St Giles Bottrells Close Chalfont Grove Chalfont St Giles Jordans Stratton Chase Chalfont St Peter Austenwood Chalfont Common Layters Green Chartridge Asheridge Bellingdon Chartridge Hundridge Pednor Pednor Bottom Chenies Chesham Bois Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards Buckland Common Cholesbury Hawridge St Leonards Coleshill Great Missenden Ballinger Ballinger Bottom Ballinger Common Bryant's Bottom Frith-hill Great Missenden Heath End Hotley Bottom Hyde End Little Wood Corner Mobwell Prestwood South Heath Latimer Latimer Ley Hill Orchard Leigh Tyler's Hill Little Chalfont Little Missenden Beamond End Holmer Green Hyde Heath Little Kingshill Little Missenden Mantles Green Mop End Spurlands End Penn Beacon Hill Forty Green Knotty Green Penn Penn Bottom Penn Street Winchmore Hill Seer Green The Lee Lee Clump Lee Common Lee Gate Hunt's Green Potter Row Swan Bottom The Lee

Former districts and boroughs	Amersham Rural District Chesham Urban District

Former constituencies	Buckinghamshire County Constituency Amersham Constituency

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

Ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire

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Unitary authorities	Borough of Milton Keynes

Boroughs or districts	Aylesbury Vale Chiltern South Bucks Wycombe

Major settlements	Amersham Aylesbury Beaconsfield Buckingham Chesham Gerrards Cross High Wycombe Marlow Milton Keynes including Bletchley Fenny Stratford Stony Stratford Wolverton Newport Pagnell Olney Princes Risborough Wendover Winslow Woburn Sands See also: List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

Rivers	Chess Colne Frays Gade Great Ouse Jubilee Lyde Misbourne Ouzel Ray Thame Thames Tove Wraysbury Wye

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Districts of South East England

Berkshire	Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham

Buckinghamshire	Aylesbury Vale Chiltern Milton Keynes South Bucks Wycombe

East Sussex	Brighton and Hove Eastbourne Hastings Lewes Rother Wealden

Hampshire	Basingstoke and Deane East Hampshire Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart Havant New Forest Portsmouth Rushmoor Southampton Test Valley Winchester

Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight

Kent	Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Medway Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells

Oxfordshire	Cherwell Oxford South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire

Surrey	Elmbridge Epsom and Ewell Guildford Mole Valley Reigate and Banstead Runnymede Spelthorne Surrey Heath Tandridge Waverley Woking

West Sussex	Adur Arun Chichester Crawley Horsham Mid Sussex Worthing

Coordinates: 51°39′38″N 0°38′27″W / 51.6606°N 0.6409°W / 51.6606; -0.6409

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