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Westminster LBC: Hyde Park (Underground Car Park; procedure for selecting developer...
Catalogue reference: MT 106/175
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This record is about the Westminster LBC: Hyde Park (Underground Car Park; procedure for selecting developer... dating from 1961 in the series Ministry of Transport and successors, London Highways Division: Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 106/175
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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Westminster LBC: Hyde Park (Underground Car Park; procedure for selecting developer and terms of lease. Misplaced while on loan to government department
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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)
- LH 32/L1/6/013 Part 2
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open Immediately
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1659478/
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MT 106
Ministry of Transport and successors, London Highways Division: Registered Files
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Westminster LBC: Hyde Park (Underground Car Park; procedure for selecting developer...
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