Series
Department of the Environment: Housing Development Division, later Directorate: Registered...
Catalogue reference: AT 54
What's it about?
AT 54
This series contain registered files of the Housing Development Division, later Directorate.The files relate to research and development of building techniques, including liaison at national and international levels, and major and innovative...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AT 54
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of the Environment: Housing Development Division, later Directorate: Registered Files (HDD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1954-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contain registered files of the Housing Development Division, later Directorate.
The files relate to research and development of building techniques, including liaison at national and international levels, and major and innovative areas of development. Some concern specific housing schemes. The series also includes records of the inquiry into the collapse of flats at Canning Town (the Ronan Point disaster) on 16 May 1968.
The HDD series contains some earlier files which were re-registered from the H1, H3, H4, H5 (HLG 117 and HLG 118), C2 (HLG 140), PC2 (HLG 142), P5 and P9 (HLG 131) series; consequently some files in this HDD series date from the early 1960s. Some HDD files were later re-registered into the SRD series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Committee of Inquiry into the Circumstances Affecting the Collapse of Flats in Canning Town, see HLG 157
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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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HDD file series
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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, Housing Development Directorate, 1972-1981
- Department of the Environment, Housing Development Division, 1971-1972
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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201 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 1995 Department of the Environment
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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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Files relating to matters of local interest, such as the formation of local housing groups, and correspondence with local authorities have not 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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The Housing Development Division was set up in 1971, and took over from branches H1 and H4 of the Housing Division such developmental issues as energy conservation, the design of dwellings, and housing projects such as accommodation for single and elderly persons. In addition the division liaised with local, national and international bodies on housing development matters.
In 1972 the division assumed the title of directorate. It came to be responsible for a range of development issues such as the the housing needs of special groups, the provision of advice on the standards and layout of housing and for developing technical aspects of housing construction.
In 1981 the Housing Development Directorate was disbanded and its responsibilities distributed among various branches of Housing B Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2572/
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Department of the Environment: Housing Development Division, later Directorate: Registered Files (HDD Series)