Nature Conservancy Council: Central Planning Unit: Registered Files (RPBI Series)

This series contains county schedules and minutes, papers and consultation documents relating to nature reserves and sites of special scientific interest in England, Scotland and Wales.

Some files contain earlier, re-registered papers from the Nature Conservancy N Series (see FT 3), the RE Series (see FT 17) and the RW and RS series.

Many pieces contain maps.

Alpha-numeric, by former reference number

Many later files were transferred to the new L and P series which were created when the Nature Conservancy Council was relocated to Peterborough in 1985.

• Nature Conservancy, 1949-1973
• Nature Conservancy Council, 1973-1991

In 2000-2016 English Nature

Topics

Maps and plans

The Nature Conservancy Council (NCC) provided advice to government on nature and conservation issues and the establishment, maintenance and management of nature reserves. In the early 1970s the NCC's Chief Scientist began the compilation of a Nature Conservation Review which was completed in 1977. The Central Planning Unit was set up in 1973 to co-ordinate the administrative and financial implications of the review. Particular emphasis was placed on policy on selection of national nature reserves, the protection and future role of sites of special scientific interest and relationships between the NCC, voluntary bodies and landowners. The Central Planning Unit was merged with the Policy and Operations Division in 1980.