New Towns Association: Registered Files

FJ 2

1947-1992

The series contains the registered files of the New Towns Association. Papers which predate the creation of the New Towns Association are assumed to have been created by the custodial bodies and added to the registered file series c1968

Arranged in hierarchical number reference order; e.g. 1/1/2 etc.

Not Public Record(s)

English

• Commission for the New Towns, 1961-1961
• Milton Keynes Development Corporation, 1969-1992
• Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970
• Ministry of Local Government and Planning, 1951-1951
• Ministry of Town and Country Planning, 1943-1951
• New Towns Association, 1968-1992
• New Towns Commission, 1992-1998

524 file(s)

Open unless otherwise stated

In 1998 Commission for the New Towns

File series ran from 1947 to 1992

Series is accruing

Policy and some case files selected. A decision was taken that New Towns Association records were suitable for transfer to the Public Record Office, although they are not public records.

The New Towns Association was set up in the late 1960's in response to suggestions from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. It was set up as a permanent organisation to collect, evaluate, identify and appraise emerging problems, to provide secretariat services for the various committees (chairmen, general managers etc). Its key role was to facilitate consultation and provide a "clearing house" for central responses to government and others. The New Towns Association was wound up in 1992.