Series
Department of the Environment: Planning Urban Policy Directorate: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: AT 80
What's it about?
AT 80
The files record the development of a 'total approach' to urban planning through six town studies (Birmingham, Lambeth, Liverpool, Oldham, Rotherham and Sunderland). Particular focus is given to out-of town shopping centres, the siting of aerial...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AT 80
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Title (The name of the record)
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Department of the Environment: Planning Urban Policy Directorate: Registered Files (PUP) Series.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1950-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files record the development of a 'total approach' to urban planning through six town studies (Birmingham, Lambeth, Liverpool, Oldham, Rotherham and Sunderland). Particular focus is given to out-of town shopping centres, the siting of aerial masts and city walkways.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The files will be presented in former reference order thereby reflecting their original administrative structure.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Planning Development Plan System Directorate files AT 35
Planning Land Use Policy Directorate files are in AT 29
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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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PUP
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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)
- Department of the Environment, Planning Urban Policy Directorate, 1971-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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99 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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From 2002 Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Since the records ceased to accumulate they have been with the Department of the Environment (until 1997), the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997-2001) and the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001 to present).
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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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The records were selected on the basis that they reflect the impact of the state on the physical environment (2.2.2.2 of PRO's acquisition policy).
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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 Planning, Urban Policy Directorate was set up in 1971 when the planning directorates were reorganised within the Department of the Environment. It was replaced in 1974 by the Urban Affairs and Commercial Property Directorate.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15850/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AT
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Department of the Environment: Planning Urban Policy Directorate: Registered Files (PUP) Series.