| Surrey Heath District | |
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| — Non-metropolitan district — | |
| Surrey Heath shown within Surrey | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Surrey |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Camberley |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Surrey Heath Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs | Michael Gove |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.7 sq mi (95.1 km2) |
| Area rank | 225th (of 326) |
| Population (2010 est.) | |
| • Total | 84,500 |
| • Rank | 275th (of 326) |
| • Density | 2,301.3/sq mi (888.5/km2) |
| • Ethnicity[1] | 95.4% White 2.1% S.Asian 1.0% Black 1.4% Chinese or Other 1.4% Mixed Race |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 43UJ |
| OS grid reference | SU8752760851 |
| Website | www.surreyheath.gov.uk |
Surrey Heath is a local government district with Borough status in Surrey, England. Its Council is based in Camberley. Much of the area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt.
Surrey Heath was voted the 6th best place to live in Channel 4's Location, Location, Location 'best and worst' survey.[2]
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The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Frimley and Camberley Urban District, and Bagshot Rural District. The Borough acquired its name because it includes extensive areas of heath and woodland including Chobham Common and Lightwater Country Park.
The Borough is governed by Surrey Heath Borough Council. Parish councils in Surrey Heath are in Bisley with the chairman being Cllr Barry Woodhead; Chobham with the chairman being Cllr Ian AC Taylor; West End with the chairman being Cllr David Elliott and Windlesham (which includes Lightwater and Bagshot) where the chairman is Cllr Keith Hand.[3]
The 3 May 2007 borough elections produced 30 Conservative seats, 7 Liberal Democrat seats, 2 Labour seats and 1 other.[4]
The western section of the district is urbanised, with Camberley, Lightwater, Deepcut, Frimley, Frimley Green and Mytchett. The east of the district is less urbanised, and contains Surrey Heath's four civil parishes[5]:
Within the borough there are five Sites of Special Scientific Interest, four of which are part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area of European Importance as a habitat for certain endangered bird species.
Surrey Heath is twinned with Sucy-en-Brie, France, and Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.[6]
See also: Energy efficiency in British housing. In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas [1] showed that housing in Surrey Heath produced the 3rd highest average carbon emissions in the country at an average of 7,477 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling.
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