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Records of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment: Design Review...

Catalogue reference: CABE 4

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CABE 4

This series contains information about the history of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment's (CABE's) design review service and its files relating to the directorate’s administrative processes. The series includes a...

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CABE 4
Title
Records of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment: Design Review Department: Processes, Procedures and Evaluation
Date
1994-2011
Description

This series contains information about the history of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment's (CABE's) design review service and its files relating to the directorate’s administrative processes. The series includes a catalogue of all review letters sent; all meeting agendas and notes; a list of all schemes submitted to design review; handbooks for panel members and staff; correspondence relating to complaints, positive feedback, freedom of information requests and enquiries; and statistics and evaluation of design review's impact. Also included are procedures such as: CABE's involvement with post-war listings and conflicts of interest.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, 1999-2011
Physical description
71 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

In 2018 Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

Accruals
No further accruals are expected
Selection and destruction information
Acquisition Policy Criteria 3.1 To record the principal policies and actions of UK central government and to document the state's interactions with its citizens and with the physical environment
Administrative / biographical background

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), was established in September 1999, as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). CABE succeeded the former Royal Fine Art Commission (RFAC) which had been established by royal warrant in 1924 to advise on individual projects specifically referred to it by government departments and other public bodies. RFAC was eventually sponsored by the Department of the Environment and the Department fof National Heritage, but had no statutory powers and was abolished in April 1999.

CABE was funded by both DCMS and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

CABE was made a statutory body by the Clean Neighbourhood and Envirnonment Act, 2005. CABE served as the government's statutory adviser on architecture, urban design and public space in England. Its remit was to influence and inspire the people making decisions about the built environment; working directly with architects, planners, designers and clients.

CABE's remit did not cover Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The equivalent body in Scotland is Architecture and Design Scotland.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16820731/

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Records of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment: Design Review Department: Processes, Procedures and Evaluation