SURREY HEATH

Borough of Surrey Heath
Surrey Heath ''Shown within Surrey''
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Surrey
Area: - Total	Ranked 250th 95.09 km²
Admin. HQ:	Camberley
ONS code:	43UJ
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	95.4% White 2.1% S.Asian
Politics
Arms of Surrey Heath Borough Council Surrey Heath Borough Council http://www.surreyheath.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MP:	Michael Gove

'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 Green Belt.
The 3 May 2007 borough elections produced 30 Conservative seats, 7 Liberal Democrat seats, 2 Labour seats and 1 other.^[1]
The borough acquired its name because it includes extensive areas of heath and woodland including Chobham Common and Lightwater Country Park. 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.
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^[2]:

★ Bisley

★ Chobham

★ West End

★ Windlesham (contains Bagshot and Lightwater, in addition to Windlesham village itself).
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.

Contents

Parish councils

Energy policy

References

External links

Parish councils

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 Bryan Ward.^[3]

Energy policy

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.
''See also: Energy efficiency in British housing''.

References

1. BBC news retrieved 4/5/07
2. Surrey Council
3. Surrey Heath Councillors

External links

★ Chobham Common

★ Lightwater Country Park

★ Surrey Heath Borough Council