Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the South Ayrshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.

Interpretation

2. In the Schedule to this Order-�

(a)a reference to-�

(i)an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and

(ii)a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and

(b)the following abbreviations are used:-�

• "EW" for electoral ward;

• "NG Ref" for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.

Electoral arrangements

3. The area of South Ayrshire Council shall be divided into 30 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.

Article 3

SCHEDULEELECTORAL WARDS

Ward 1 Troon North

Commencing at the northwestern boundary of South Ayrshire Council area where it meets the Firth of Clyde; then eastward, southward, eastward and northeastward along the said council boundary to the A78 (T) road; then southeastward along the said road to the junction with the A759 road; then generally southeastward along the said road to where it crosses the Barassie Burn; then northwestward and southwestward along the Barassie Burn to the prolongation of the eastern end of Cairnfore Avenue; then generally southwestward along the said avenue to Deveron Road; then southeastward along the said road to the point opposite the rear curtilage of No 2 Lochay Place; then southwestward to and along the said curtilage and continuing along the rear curtilages of Nos 4 to 10 Lochay Place and its continuation southwestward in a straight line to the rear curtilage of No 34 Findhorn Place; then southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 34 to 48 Findhorn Place and its continuation in a straight line to the eastern boundary of a municipal golf course; then northwestward along the said boundary to the B746 road; then westward along the said road to a bridge over the Glasgow/Ayr railway line; then southward along the said railway line through Barassie junction and its continuation southwestward to a point in line with the boundary between Nos 72 and 82 Walker Avenue; then westward in a straight line to and along the said boundary and its continuation thereof in a straight line across Walker Avenue to the dividing boundary between Nos 67 and 69 Walker Avenue; then westward along the said boundary to the southern curtilage of Barassie Primary School; then westward along the said curtilage and its continuation thereof in a straight line to Burnfoot Avenue; then northward and westward along the said avenue to the B746 road; then westward across the said road and its continuation thereof in a straight line to the Firth of Clyde and western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then northward along the said council boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 2 Troon West

Commencing where the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council meets the southern boundary of EW 1; then generally eastward and northeastward along the said EW boundary to a railway junction at NG Ref NS 3292 3268; then southward along a railway line to Dundonald Road (B759); then northwestward along Dundonald Road to Portland Street; then southwestward along Portland Street to its junction with Templehill; then westward along Templehill to its junction with Bank Street; then southward along the said street to its junction with Bradan Road; then southwestward along the said road to and southwestward across Titchfield Road and its continuation thereof in a straight line to the Firth of Clyde and the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally northward along the said council to the point of commencement.

Ward 3 Troon East

Commencing on the Glasgow/Ayr railway line at its junction with the B746 road on the southern boundary of EW 1; then generally eastward, southeastward and northeastward along the said EW boundary to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 30 Cairnfore Avenue; then southeastward to and southwestward along the eastern and rear curtilages of Nos 30 to 16 Cairnfore Avenue and continuing southwestward in a straight line to the eastern curtilage of Nos 11/12 Nevan Road; then southeastward along the said curtilage to and southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 24 to 14 Noran Crescent to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3375 3247; then southeastward by way of field boundaries to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 19 Garry Place; then southeastward to and along the said rear curtilage and continuing along the rear curtilages of Nos 21 to 36 Garry Place and its continuation in a straight line along a field boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3398 3220; then southwestward and generally southeastward by way of field boundaries to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of the property No 2A on the northern side of North Drive; then southward to and along the said curtilage and its continuation thereof in a straight line to and across Old Loans Road to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3401 3191; then southeastward along the said field boundary to and southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 29 to 1 Collins Drive and the western curtilage of No 20 Troon Road to a point in line with Troon Road; then southeastward to and southwestward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3440 3139; then southeastward to and along the said field boundary to the Darley Burn at NG Ref NS 3461 3081; then northeastward along the said burn to its source at NG Ref NS 3474 3082; then eastward in a straight line to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 3479 3086 leading to Fullarton Courtyard; then northeastward along the said road to its junction with the B746 road; then southeastward along the said road to an unnamed road leading past Fullarton Courtyard; then generally southwestward along the said road to its junction with Isle of Pin Road; then southward and northwestward along the said road to Craigend Road; then southwestward along the said road to is junction with the railway line at NG Ref NS 3347 2993; then northwestward along the said railway line to the point of commencement.

Ward 4 Troon South

Commencing where the southern boundary of EW 2 meets the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally eastward along the said boundary to the western boundary of EW 3; then southeastward along the said boundary of EW 3 to where the railway line crosses Craigend Road and continuing southward along the railway line to where it crosses the Rumbling Burn at a point in line with a path following the northern curtilage of St Andrew's House and Caravan Park; then southward to and along its continuation southward, westward, northwestward and southwestward along the said path to a point in line with the Pow Burn at NG Ref NS 3434 2805; then southwestward to and northwestward and southwestward along the said burn to where it enters the Firth of Clyde and continuing westward in a straight line to the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally northwestward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 5 Prestwick St Ninian's

Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 4 where the Pow Burn enters the Firth of Clyde on the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally eastward along the said EW 4 boundary to where the Glasgow/Ayr railway line crosses the Rumbling Burn; then southeastward along the said railway line to NG Ref NS 3466 2806; then northeastward in a straight line to the A79 road; then southeastward along the said road to its junction with Monkton Road; then southwestward along the said road to a point in line with a path between No 1 Monkton Road and No 46 Monkton Road at NG Ref NS 3544 2656; then southeastward to and along the said path to a point in line with the northwestern curtilage of Prestwick Academy; then southwestward to and southwestward and southeastward along the western and southwestern curtilages of the said school to a point in line with Oswald Drive at NG Ref NS 3548 2636; then southwestward to and along the said drive to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 14 Oswald Drive; then southwestward to and along the said curtilage and the western curtilage of No 1 Newdykes Road and its continuation southeastward in a straight line to Caerlaverock Road; then southwestward along the said road and its continuation as Sandfield Road to its junction with Bellevue Road; then westward along the said road to its junction with Main Street; then southwestward along the said street and its continuation as Ayr Road to its junction with Maryborough Road; then westward and northwestward along the said road and its continuation thereof in a straight line to the Firth of Clyde and the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally northward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 6 Prestwick St Cuthbert's and Monkton

Commencing at the roundabout at the junction of the A78(T) road, A79 road and Main Street, Monkton; then eastward along the A78 road to its junction with the A77 (T) (Ayr/Prestwick By-Pass); then southeastward along the A77 (T) to the point where it crosses the Raith Burn; then generally westward along the said burn to its confluence with the Pow Burn; then southwestward along the said burn to a point east of the main runway at Prestwick Airport at NG Ref NS 3699 2673; then southwestward to and across the said runway to an access road leading to Shaw Road at NG Ref NS 3672 2649; then southwestward along the said access road and continuing generally southwestward along to an access road leading to a property known as Glenleith at NG Ref NS 3616 2654; then southward in a straight line to and southwestward along the northern curtilages of the said property and a property known as Dalshign and its continuation southwestward in a straight line across the Ladkirk Burn to a path leading to Shawfarm Road; then southwestward in a straight line to and across the said road and its continuation southwestward along Shaw Road to its junction with Sherwood Road; then southeastward along the said road to its junction with Adamton Road North; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with Bellevue Road; then generally northwestward along the said road to where it meets the eastern boundary of EW 5; then generally northward along the said boundary to NG Ref NS 3466 2806 on the A79 road; then northeastward along the said road to the point of commencement.

Ward 7 Prestwick St Nicholas'

Commencing at the junction of the Raith Burn and the A77 (T) (Ayr/Prestwick By-Pass) on the southern boundary of EW 6; then generally southward along the A77(T) to the roundabout at the junction of the A77(T), A758 road, A719 road and Heathfield Road; then northwestward along the said road to its junction with East Road; then northeastward along the said road to its junction with St Quivox Road; then northwestward along the said road to its junction with Adamton Road North on the southern boundary of EW 6; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 8 Prestwick Kingcase

Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 5 at the junction of Ayr Road (A79) and Bellevue Road; then southeastward along the said boundary to where it meets the southern boundary of EW 6; then southeastward and northeastward along the said boundary to where it meets the western boundary of EW 7; then southeastward and southwestward along the said boundary to the junction of East Road and Heathfield Road; then northwestward along the said road to its junction with Afton Avenue; then generally northward along the said avenue and its continuation as Adamton Road South to its junction with Crandleyhill Road; then northwestward along the said road to its junction with Ayr Road; then northward along the said road and its continuation as the western boundary of EW 5 to the point of commencement.

Ward 9 Prestwick Toll

Commencing where the southern boundary of EW 5 meets the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council at the Firth of Clyde; then generally eastward and southward along the southern boundary of EW 5, the western boundary of EW 8 and the southern boundary of EW 7 to the junction of Heathfield Road and Lochside Road; then southwestward along Lochside Road to the junction of a path to the north of Allan Place at NG Ref NS 3533 2338; then northwestward along the said path to its junction with Seaforth Road; then northwestward along the said road and its continuation as Woodfield Road to and along an unnamed road across the Glasgow/Ayr railway line to Bellrock Road; then southwestward along the said road to the northern boundary of a putting green; then northwestward along the said boundary and its continuation thereof in a straight line to the Firth of Clyde and the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then northward along the said council boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 10 Ayr Newton

Commencing where the southern boundary of EW 9 meets the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 9 to Lochside Road; then southwestward along Lochside Road to a bridge over a railway line at NG Ref NS 3521 2309; then southwestward along a railway line to its junction with the Glasgow/Ayr railway line; then northward along the Glasgow/Ayr railway line to the point in line with Viewfield Road at NG Ref NS 3432 2265; then northwestward to and along Viewfield Road and its continuation as Waggon Road and its continuation thereof in a straight line to the Firth of Clyde and the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then northeastward along the said council boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 11 Ayr Lochside

Commencing at the junction of Allison Street and Viewfield Road on the southern boundary of EW 10; then southeastward and northeastward along the said boundary and continuing along the railway line to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 35 Cowan Crescent; then southward to and southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 35 to 43 Cowan Crescent and its continuation thereof in a straight line to a path leading from Cowan Crescent to Ferguson Street at NG Ref NS 3545 2307; then northeastward and southward along the said path to and continuing eastward along the said street to its junction with Sloan Street; then southward along the said street and continuing in a straight line to Whitletts Road; then southwestward along the said road and its continuation as King Street to its junction as King Street to its junction with John Street and Allison Street; then northward along the said street to the point of commencement.

Ward 12 Ayr Whitletts

Commencing at the junction of Heathfield Road and Lochside Road where the southern boundary of EW 7 meets the southeastern boundary of EW 9; then southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 7 to the A77(T) (Ayr/Prestwick By-pass); then southward along the A77(T) to a point opposite the southern boundary of Dalmilling Golf Course; then northwestward to and along the said boundary to a point in line with the western curtilage of the former St Catherine's Primary School; then northwestward to and along the said curtilage to a point in line with the southern curtilage of No 74 Westwood Avenue; then northward to and southwestward along the said curtilage to a point in line with Westwood Avenue; then southwestward to and northwestward and southwestward along the said avenue to its junction with Mainholm Road; then northward along the said road to the junction with Whitletts Road on the eastern boundary of EW 11; then generally northward, westward and northeastward along the eastern boundaries of EWs, 11, 10 and 9 to the point of commencement.

Ward 13 Ayr Craigie

Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 11; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to its junction with the western boundary of EW 12; then generally southeastward along the said boundary to its junction with the A77(T) (Ayr/Prestwick By-Pass); then southwestward along the A77(T) to a bridge over the River Ayr; then northwestward, southward and northwestward along the said river to where it is crossed by Station Road at the Victoria Bridge at NG Ref NS 3425 2159; then northeastward along Station Road to its junction with John Street; then northwestward along the said street to its junction with Elba Street; then northeastward along the said street to its junction with Queen Street; then northwestward along the said street to the point of commencement.

Ward 14 Ayr Central

Commencing where the southern boundary of EW 10 meets the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council in the Firth of Clyde; then generally southeastward along the said boundary to its junction with the western boundary of EW 11; then southward and eastward along the said boundary to its junction with the western boundary of EW 13; then generally southeastward along the said boundary to a point in the River Ayr at NG Ref NS 3451 2129; then southeastward to and along a tributary of the said river to a footbridge at NG Ref NS 3454 2124; then generally westward along a footpath to a point in line with Holmston Road at NG Ref NS 3447 2125; then southwestward to and southeastward along the said road to its junction with Ashgrove Street; then southwestward along the said street to and southward along Lothian Road to and southwestward along Leslie Crescent to its junction with St Andrew's Street; then westward along the said street to its junction with Castlehill Road; then northwestward along the said road to and continuing northwestward along Station Bridge to the north side of Burns Statue Square; then southward along Killoch Place to and westward along Miller Road to its junction with Alloway Place; then northward along the said place and its continuation northeastward as Fort Street to its junction with Harbour Street; then northward along the said street and its continuation thereof in a straight line to the River Ayr; then generally northwestward along the said river to where it enters the Firth of Clyde and its continuation thereof in a straight line to the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then northeastward along the said council boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 15 Ayr Fort

Commencing where the southern boundary of EW 14 meets the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally southeastward along the said boundary to the junction of Miller Road and Beresford Terrace; then generally southward along the said terrace and its continuation as Carrick Road and Monument Road to its junction with Corsehill Road; then northwestward along the said road and its continuation as Racecourse View to Seafield Road and its continuation thereof in a straight line into the Firth of Clyde to the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally northward along the said council boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 16 Ayr Old Belmont

Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 14 at Alloway Street and Burns Statue Square; then generally southeastward along the said boundary and continuing along Castlehill Road to its junction with Belmont Road; then southwestward along the said road to where it crosses the Ayr/Stranraer railway line; then southeastward along the said railway line to the Annfield Burn; then generally southwestward along the said burn to its confluence with Slaphouse Burn; then generally westward along the said burn to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 3328 1959; then northward along the said road to a path at NG Ref NS 3328 1964; then generally northward along the said path and continuing northwards along Racecourse View to its junction with the southern boundary of EW 15; then generally eastward and northward to the point of commencement.

Ward 17 Ayr Forehill

Commencing where the southern boundary of EW 13 meets the eastern boundary of EW 14 at NG Ref NS 3451 2129; then eastward along the southern boundary of EW 13 to a point in line with a path in Ayr Cemetery at NG Ref NS 3488 2122; then southward to and southward along the said path to a point in line with the curtilage between No 67 St Phillans Avenue and No 1 Forehill Road; then southward to and along the said curtilage and its continuation thereof in a straight line to and eastward along Forehill Road to its junction with Hillfoot Road; then southwestward along the said road to its junction with Castlehill Road and the eastern boundary of EW 16; then northwestward along the said boundary to its junction with the southern boundary of EW 14; then eastward and northward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 18 Ayr Masonhill

Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 13 at the bridge over the River Ayr on the A77(T) (Ayr/Prestwick By-pass); then southwestward along the A77(T) to the roundabout at Dalmellington Road (A713); then northwestward along the said road to an unnamed road between Nos 24 and 28 Dalmellington Road; then southwestward along the said road to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 39 Peggieshill Road; then westward to and northwestward and generally westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 39 to 5 Peggieshill Road and No 4 Nursery Road and the continuation in a straight line to Nursery Road; then northwestward along the said road to the eastern boundary of EW 16; then northeastward along the said boundary to the eastern boundary of EW 17; then northeastward, westward and northward along the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 13; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 19 Ayr Belmont

Commencing where the southern boundary of EW 18 meets the eastern boundary of EW 16; then eastward and southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 18 to the A77(T) (Ayr/Prestwick By-pass); then southwestward along the A77(T) (Ayr/Prestwick By-pass) to the Ayr/Stranraer Railway line at NG Ref NS 3502 1872; then northwestward along the said railway line to the eastern boundary of EW 16; then northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 20 Ayr Doonfoot and Seafield

Commencing where the southern boundary of EW 15 meet the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally eastward along the southern boundary of EW 15 to its junction with the western boundary of EW 16; then generally southward and eastward along the said boundary to the Slaphouse Bridge on Monument Road at NG Ref NS 3372 1945; then southward along the said road to the River Doon at NG Ref NS 3315 1794; then northwestward along the said river to a dismantled railway at NG Ref NS 3309 1803; then generally westward along the dismantled railway to Dunure Road (A719) at NG Ref NS 3136 1827; then northeastward along the said road to an unnamed road leading to High Greenan; then northwestward along the said road and continuing northwestward past Greenan Farm Cottages and its continuation thereof in a straight line to the Firth of Clyde and the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 21 Ayr Rozelle

Commencing where the eastern boundary of EW 20 meets the southern boundary of EW 16; then generally eastward along the southern boundary of EW 16 to the western boundary of EW 19; then southeastward along the said boundary to its junction with the A77(T) (Ayr/Prestwick By-pass); then southwestward along the A77(T) to Doonholm Road at NG Ref NS 3455 1779; then westward along the said road to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of Doonholm Farm; then southward to and southward, westward and northward along the eastern, southern and western curtilages of Doonholm Farm to a point in line with Doonholm Road; then northwestward to and along the said road to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of the property known as North Lodge; then southward to and southward and westward along the eastern and southern curtilages of the said property and the continuation thereof in a straight line to the River Doon; then generally southwestward along the said river to its junction with the eastern boundary of EW 20; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 22 Dundonald and Loans

Commencing where the eastern boundary of EW 1 meet the northern boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then continuing northeastward and eastward along the said council boundary to the Todriggs Burn at NG Ref NS 3990 3470; then generally southwestward along the said burn and its continuation as the Slough Burn to its crossing of an unnamed road from Dundonald to Symington at NG Ref NS 3722 3293; then southeastward along the said road to its crossing of the Rumbling Burn; then generally southwestward along the said burn to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3703 3156; then southeastward along the said field boundary to an unnamed road leading from the former Symington Sewage works; then southeastward along the said road to an unnamed road leading from the property known as Townend; then southwestward along the said road to Kerrix Road; then southwestward along the said road to an unnamed road leading to Low Wexford; then southeastward along the said road past Low Wexford to the A77(T) at NG Ref NS 3777 3005; then southwestward along the said A77(T) to the Dutch House roundabout and the northern boundary of EW 6; then generally westward along the said boundary to the western boundary of EW 4; then northwestward along the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 3; then generally eastward and northwestward along the southern and eastern boundaries of the said boundary to the southern boundary of EW 1; then generally northward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 23 Tarbolton Symington Craigie

Commencing where the northern boundary of South Ayrshire Council meets the eastern boundary of EW 22; then generally southeastward along the said council boundary to a point on the Ayr to Mauchline railway line at NG Ref NS 4838 2741; then generally southwestward along the said railway line to its junction with the B744 road at NG Ref NS 4181 2484; then northward along the said road to its junction with Tarbolton Road (B743); then generally westward along the said road to and northwestward along the access road to Afton Lodge to a point in line with the eastern boundary of the said lodge; then generally northward to and along the said boundary to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 4153 2570; then northward along the said field boundary to and the continuation thereof in a straight line to an unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 4152 2580; then northeastward along the said burn to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 4161 2588; then northward to and generally northward by way of field boundaries to the southern boundary of a pond to the east of Sharwood; then northwestward and northward along the southern and western boundaries of the said pond to a track leading past the property known as Sharwood at NG Ref NS 4164 2614; then generally westward and northwestward along the said track to an unnamed road leading to Mossblown; then generally northward along the said unnamed road to an unnamed road leading between Tarbolton and the A719 road; then westward along the said unnamed road to and southwestward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3859 2607; then northward to and along the said field boundary to and generally northward along a drain to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3851 2622; then generally northward by way of field boundaries passing through NG Ref NS 3838 2660 to the Raith Burn; then generally westward along the said burn to where it is crossed by the A77(T) (Ayr/Prestwick By-Pass) on the eastern boundary of EW 6; then generally northward along the said boundary to its junction with the eastern boundary of EW 22; then generally northward and northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 24 Annbank Mossblown St Quivox

Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 23 at its junction with the eastern boundaries of EW 6 and EW 7; then generally eastward along EW 23 to the eastern boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then southwestward along the said boundary to a point in the River Ayr at NG Ref NS 4311 2336; then continuing southwestward along the said river to its confluence with the Water of Coyle at NG Ref NS 3959 2150; then southward along the said water to where it is crossed by an unnamed road at Potterhill Bridge at NG Ref NS 3969 2117; then generally southwestward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 3930 2073; then westward along the said road to its junction with an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 3926 2072; then generally southward along the said road to the A70 at NG Ref NS 3943 2014; then westward along A70 to the Holmston roundabout and its junction with the eastern boundary of EW 18; then generally northward along the eastern boundaries of EWs 18, 13, 12 and 7 to the point of commencement.

Ward 25 Coylton and Minishant

Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 24 at its junction with the eastern boundary of EW 18; then generally eastward and northeastward along EW 24 to the eastern boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally southward and westward along the said council boundary to the River Doon at Barnford at NG Ref NS 3518 1392; then westward along the said river to a tributary of the said river at NG Ref NS 3340 1298; then southwestward along the said tributary to where it is crossed by the B7045 road; then northwestward along the said road to its intersection with the Ayr/Stranraer railway line; then southwestward along the said railway line to the A77(T) at Smithston Bridge at NG Ref NS 3224 1240; then northward along the A77(T) to an unnamed road leading to Laigh Grange; then westward along the said road round to the southern curtilage of Laigh Grange to the B7024 road; then southward along the said road to an access track leading to a property known as High Grange; then westward along the said track along the southern boundary of the said property and its continuation westward to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 2937 1277; then generally northward by way of field boundaries to an unnamed road leading between Glenalmond and Garryhorn at NG Ref NS 2910 1356; then eastward along the said road to the field boundary at NG Ref NS 2918 1360; then northwestward along the said field boundary to where it meets an unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 2894 1383; then northeastward along the said burn to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 2918 1399; then northwestward by way of field boundaries to a point in line with an unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 2885 1448; then northeastward to and generally northeastward along the said burn to where it enters the western shore of a pond at NG Ref NS 2915 1454; then northeastward through the centre of the said pond to an unnamed burn flowing from the eastern shore of the said pond; then generally northeastward along the said burn to where it is crossed by a field boundary at NG Ref NS 2928 1461; then northeastward and southeastward by way of field boundaries to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 2948 1457; then northeastward along the said field boundary to a point in line with a track leading to a property known as Craigskean at NG Ref NS 2981 1482; then northwestward to and northeastward along the said track to the point where it enters the northwestern curtilage of the said property at NG Ref NS 2988 1487; then northeastward and southeastward along the northern curtilage of the said property to an access road leading to an unnamed road leading between the B7024 road and the A719 road; then generally northeastward along the said access road to the said unnamed road at NG Ref NS 3018 1491; then generally northward along the said road to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3006 1608; then generally eastward by way of field boundaries to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3029 1610; then northward by way of the said field boundaries to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3018 1633; then generally northeastward by way of field boundaries to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3088 1677; then eastward by way of the said field boundary to an unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 3118 1679; then generally northeastward along the said burn to where it meets a dismantled railway line at NG Ref NS 3230 1798 on the southern boundary of EW 20; then eastward and northeastward along the boundaries of EWs 20, 21, 19 and 18 to the point of commencement.

Ward 26 North Carrick and Maybole West

Commencing where the southern boundary of EW 20 meets the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally southeastward along the said boundary to its junction with the western boundary of EW 25; then generally southwestward and eastward along the said boundary to where it meets the Ayr/Stranraer Railway line; then generally southwestward along the said railway line to NG Ref NS 2890 0375; then westward in a straight line to an unnamed road leading between Pathhead and Wallacetown; then generally northward along the said road to where it crosses a tributary of the Water of Girvan at NG Ref NS 2890 0390; then generally northwestward along the said waterway to its source at NG Ref NS 2806 0498; then southwestward in a straight line to an access track leading to a property known as Lochspouts at NG Ref NS 2775 0490; then northward along the said track to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 2772 0527; then generally southwestward along the said field boundary to an unnamed road leading southeastward to Wallacetown; then across the said road and generally southwestward along a drain to a field boundary at NG Ref NS 2598 0463; then generally southward and southwestward by field boundaries to NG Ref NS 2412 0334; then southeastward by field boundaries, crossing an unnamed road leading southeastward to Dailly Station to the eastern boundary of Drummock Wood at NG Ref NS 2456 0286; then southwestward along the boundary between the said wood and Blaweary Wood to and southeastward along the western boundary of the said wood to its southwestern corner; then southwestward and northwestward along field boundaries to an unclassified road leading to the property known as Blair at NG Ref NS 2337 0184; then generally westward along field boundaries to an unnamed road at NG Ref NS 2267 0192; then southwestward across the said road to and generally northwestward along field boundaries to Drumuskin Burn; then southwestward along the said burn to a point opposite a field boundary at NG Ref NS 2219 0219; then southwestward in a straight line to where the southeastern and northeastern boundaries of a wooded area meet at NG Ref NS 2212 0164; then northwestward along the northeastern boundary of the said wood and its continuation thereof in a straight line to a track at NG Ref NS 2193 0177; then northwestward and westward along the said track to its junction with another track at NG Ref NS 2097 0191; then southwestward along the said track to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 2074 0166; then northwestward and westward by field boundaries to the A77(T) road at NG Ref NS 2002 0179; then northwestward across the said road to and northwestward along a field boundary and its prolongation to the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally northward and northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 27 North Carrick and Maybole East

Commencing where the eastern boundary of EW 26 meets the southern boundary of EW 25; then generally northeastward along the said boundary to where it meets the eastern boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally eastward and southward along the said council boundary to Craigencoof Burn on the southwestern side of Loch Slochy at NG Ref NX 4246 9217; then generally southward and westward along the said burn to a point adjacent to a field boundary at NG Ref NX 4134 9213; then generally northwestward along the said field boundary to where it is crossed by an unnamed burn flowing northwestward from Loch Girvan Eye; then generally northward and westward along the said burn and its prolongation to the River Stinchar at NG Ref NX 4010 9380; then generally northwestward along the said river to a field boundary at NG Ref NX 3839 9707; then southwestward and northwestward along field boundaries to Linfern Loch; then northwestward along the southwestern shore of the said loch to an unnamed burn at NG Ref NX 3630 9768; then northwestward along the said burn to its source at NG Ref NX 3584 9803; then northwestward in a straight line to the source of an unnamed burn at NG Ref NX 3533 9915 which flows generally northward to Palmullan Burn; then generally northward along the said unnamed burn to and northward along Palmullan Burn to where it meets a field boundary at NG Ref NS 3534 0016; then generally westward along the said field boundary to where it is rejoined by the Palmullan Burn; then generally northwestward along the said burn to the western curtilage of the property known as Glenalla; then generally northwestward along the said curtilage and continuing along field boundaries to the Shiel Burn at NG Ref NS 3337 0252; then generally northwestward along the said burn to where it is crossed by an access road to the property known as Blair at NG Ref NS 3330 0265; then northeastward along the said road to and generally northward along an unnamed road leading past Auchalton Farm to the B741 road at NG Ref NS 3326 0543; then eastward along the B741 road to an unnamed road leading past the properties known as Parkfairn, Drumfairn and Threave at NG Ref NS 3364 0542; then generally northward along the said unnamed road to where it crosses the Kiln Burn at NG Ref NS 3387 0719; then generally northwestward along the said burn to and generally northwestward and southwestward along the Water of Girvan to a point in line with the northern boundary of the property known as Garpin at NG Ref NS 3248 0741; then southwestward in a straight line to and along the said boundary to the B7023 road; then northwestward along the said road to a track south of Ballochbroe leading over the Kilhenzie Burn at NG Ref NS 3204 0847; then westward and southwestward along the said track to and generally westward and southwestward along the said burn to the Ayr/Girvan Railway on the eastern boundary of EW 26 at NG Ref NS 3039 0781; then northwestward and northeastward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 28 South Carrick

Commencing on the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council at the southern boundary of EW 26; then generally eastward, northeastward, southeastward and northeastward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 26 to the western boundary of EW 27; then generally eastward and southeastward along the said boundary to where it meets the eastern boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally southward, southwestward, westward, southwestward and northeastward along the eastern, southern and western boundaries of South Ayrshire Council to a point in the Firth of Clyde in line with NG Ref NX 1152 8880 where the A77(T) road crosses an unnamed burn; then southeastward in a straight line to and southeastward along the unnamed burn to its source at NG Ref NX 1224 8855; then northeastward in a straight line to the summit of Balsalloch Hill at NG Ref NX 1250 8897; then southeastward in a straight line to the summit of Knockdann Hill at NG Ref NX 1621 8892; then northeastward in a straight line to the source of an unnamed tributary of Knockbain Burn at NG Ref NX 1632 8951; then generally northwestward along the said unnamed burn to its confluence with the Knockbain Burn at NG Ref NX 1618 9027; then northward in a straight line to the Water of Lendal at NG Ref NX 1618 9061 and continuing northward along the Water of Lendal to NG Ref NX 1719 9168; then generally northward along a tributary of the said water to its confluence with Lochton Burn; then generally eastward along the said burn to its confluence with an unnamed burn at NG Ref NX 1730 9221; then generally northeastward along the said burn to its source at NG Ref NX 1739 9238; then northward in a straight line to the southern shore of Loch Lochton and continuing northeastward in a straight line through the centre of Loch Lochton to the northern shore of the said loch; then northeastward in a straight line to an unnamed burn at NG Ref NX 1759 9264; then generally northeastward along the said burn to its confluence with the Bynehill Burn; then generally northward along the said burn to a point NG Ref NX 1850 9425; then eastward in a straight line to and generally northward along the Ayr/Stranraer Railway line to its intersection with the Golf Course Road at NG Ref NX 1915 9890; then westward along the said road to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NX 1886 9892; then northwestward to and along the said field boundary and its continuation thereof in a straight line to the Firth of Clyde and the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then generally northward along the said boundary to the point of commencement.

Ward 29 Girvan Ailsa

Commencing on the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council where it meets the western boundary of EW 28; then generally southeastward along the said boundary to its crossing of an unclassified road continuing from The Avenue, Girvan to Houdston Farm at NG Ref NX 1940 9758; then northwestward along the said unclassified road to and southwestward along Coalpots Road to its junction with South Park Avenue; then generally westward along the said avenue and its continuation as Wreck Road to Park Road; then southward along the said road to Piedmont Road; then northwestward along the said road to Dalrymple Street; then southward, southwestward and southeastward along Dalrymple Street, Glendoune Street and its continuation as an unnamed road to the junction of the A77(T) and A714 roads south of Girvan at NG Ref NX 1848 9643; then southwestward along the A77(T) road to the northern entrance to Shalloch Park car park at NG Ref NX 1826 9633; then due west to the Firth of Clyde and the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then northward along the said council boundary to the point of commencement.

Note: EW 29 also includes the island of Ailsa Craig.

Ward 30 Girvan Glendoune

Commencing where the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 29 meet the western boundary of EW 28 at NG Ref NX 1940 9758; then southward and southwestward along the said boundary to where it meets the western boundary of South Ayrshire Council; then northeastward along the said council boundary to the point of commencement.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to proposals made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland for the future electoral arrangements for the area of South Ayrshire Council. The proposals follow on the review of the whole of Scotland undertaken by the Commission in terms of Schedule 5 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The area of South Ayrshire Council is divided into 30 electoral wards as described in the Schedule to the Order. The Order makes minor modifications to the boundaries of Wards 21 and 25 as compared to the proposals submitted to the Secretary of State by the Commission. In terms of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, the wards apply with effect from the ordinary election of councillors due to take place in May 1999.