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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Inquiry...
Catalogue reference: HLG 159
What's it about?
HLG 159
This series contains records of enquiry into the Greater London Development Plan (GLDP), which fell into ten distinct categories: registered files, panel minutes, panel papers, circulated papers, trancsripts of proceedings, inquiry documents,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HLG 159
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Inquiry into the Greater London Development Plan (GLDP)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1962-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of enquiry into the Greater London Development Plan (GLDP), which fell into ten distinct categories: registered files, panel minutes, panel papers, circulated papers, trancsripts of proceedings, inquiry documents, objection papers, proofs of evidence, support papers and GLC supporting documents.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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HLG 159/917-986 are largely duplicates of records in other sections of the list.
Most of the pieces in the section Greater London Council Support Documents (HLG 159/2687-3122) were destroyed by Department of Communities and Local Government, prior to transfer, as duplicates of Support Papers already accessioned by the National Archives.
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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)
- GLDP file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, London Directorate, Greater London Development Plan Secretariat, 1970-1973
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Housing and Planning Inspectorate, 1964-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3128 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2007 Department for Communities and Local Government
from 2002 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Litigation
- Local Government
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1970-1972
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Records were selected for preservation as follows: Registered files - material relating to the setting up of the inquiry, its powers, purpose and procedures have been preserved. Routine administrative material has been destroyed. All panel minutes, circulated papers, transcripts of proceedings, inquiry documents, proofs of evidence, support papers, background papers, circulated papers with their indexes have been selected for permanent preservation. Objections from local authorities, political parties and organisations and groups who appeared at the inquiry have been selected for permanent preservation. Panel papers and GLC support documents which are not duplicated by other records have been selected for permanent preservation.
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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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Section 25(3) of the London Government Act, 1963 required the Greater London Council to submit a general development plan, to be known as the Greater London Development Plan, to the Minister of Housing and Local Government. The GLC submitted the plan during August 1969, on 10 December 1969 the Minister announced that special arrangements would be made for an inquiry. On 29 May 1970 the Minister appointed a panel under his powers in the Town and Country Planning Act, 1962, and the London Government Act, 1963, to conduct an inquiry into the plan and to hear any objections to it.
The inquiry commenced on 7 July 1970 and sat for 237 days between then and 9 May 1972. 28,207 objections were considered and 326 objectors were heard in person.
The report of the inquiry was published on 18 December 1972.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15488/
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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Inquiry into the Greater London Development Plan (GLDP)
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