On 1 April 1933 as part of a county review order under the act, the parish of Farleigh was transferred from Godstone Rural District.

1,421 acres were gained from the abolished Reigate Rural District, consisting of parts of the parishes of Chaldon, Chipstead and Merstham, included the village of Hooley.

Caterham and Warlingham Urban District Council requested that their area be excluded from Greater London and this was accepted by the government.

[9] Charles Doughty, MP for Surrey East proposed an amendment to the London Government Bill to exclude Coulsdon and Purley but was defeated.

It was anticipated that the practice of combining whole existing units of local government might provide an unsatisfactory boundary in some places.

The only enjoyment he received was drawing perspectives of proposed buildings, which were almost always rejected because they were too imaginative, and expensive and lacked strong foundations, which Cushing disregarded as a "mere detail."