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Ministry of Public Building and Works: Building Licensing Files (BL Series)
Catalogue reference: WORK 74
What's it about?
WORK 74
This series contains files of the Ministry of Public Building and Works relating to the scope and operation of the building licensing system and associated contravention procedures introduced by the Building Control Act 1966.The BL file series...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WORK 74
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Public Building and Works: Building Licensing Files (BL Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1965-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Ministry of Public Building and Works relating to the scope and operation of the building licensing system and associated contravention procedures introduced by the Building Control Act 1966.
The BL file series was raised to accommodate papers relating to the Building Control Act 1966 and continued until 1968. Files from the RE series (WORK 45) have been re-registered into this series.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Files in this series have been transferred in one batch and are arranged in previous reference order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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BL file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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5 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Ministry of Public Building and Works was responsible for control of the building licensing system from 1965 to 1967. From 1967 to 1968 this function was carried out by the Building Control Section of the Directorate of Economic Intelligence in the Directorate General of Research and Development.
The Building Control Act 1966 prohibited new construction work costing over £50,000 (the limit was later raised to £100,000) without a licence issued by the Ministry of Public Building and Works. The aim was to ensure that a limited building capability was not "wasted" on non-essential building projects. However, by 1968 capacity had outstripped demand, and in May of that year an order revoking the Act was made.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14675/
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