Series
Department of the Environment: A66 (Workington to Barons Cross, Penrith) Trunk Road...
Catalogue reference: AT 70
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AT 70
This series contains records of the A66 (Workington to Barons Cross, Penrith) Trunk Road Public Inquiry.The majority of the records are copies provided for the use of the Inquiry by the Department of the Environment's Highways 2, Trunk and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AT 70
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of the Environment: A66 (Workington to Barons Cross, Penrith) Trunk Road Public Inquiry: Inquiry records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1951-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the A66 (Workington to Barons Cross, Penrith) Trunk Road Public Inquiry.
The majority of the records are copies provided for the use of the Inquiry by the Department of the Environment's Highways 2, Trunk and Principal Road Administration Division and Road Construction Units (Northern and North Western).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, Road Construction Units, 1970-1976
- Department of the Environment, Trunk and Principal Road Administration Division, 1970-1973
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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12 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2005 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1971
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Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Records relating to the objections from the major organisations have been preserved in their entirety. Specimens of records relating to objections from other organisations and individuals have been preserved.
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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 279 of the Highways Act 1959 (c25) empowers the Minister to hold a public inquiry to hear objections to orders made under sections 7 and 9 of the Act. The A66 was made a trunk route in 1968. Due to the level and number of objections the minister decided in October 1971 to have an enquiry. Sir Robert Scott (former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence) was appointed inspector to chair the Inquiry.
The Inquiry was held at Penrith from January to March 1972. Responsibility for the administration of the enquiry was shared between Highways 2: Trunk and Principal Road Administration Division and Road Construction Units (Northern and North Western).
The most substantial objections were those of the Countryside Commission, the Lake District Planning Board and the Friends of the Lake District. Objections were also received from other organisations and individual members of the public countrywide.
This inquiry was exceptional in its scope in that the proposed scheme raised issues which made it of national importance. The route passed through part of the Lake District National Park and many objections were to the disruption of the National Park landscape on principle. The decision to make the route a trunk road was taken on the advice of Cumberland County Council who considered the potential economic benefits out weighed the detrimental impact on the environment.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15489/
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Department of the Environment: A66 (Workington to Barons Cross, Penrith) Trunk Road Public Inquiry: Inquiry records