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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors and successor: New Towns,...

Catalogue reference: HLG 116

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HLG 116

This series contains files relating to the policy aspects of new towns and new town development corporations. The subject matter of the files includes: investment in new towns; housing, roads, employment and recreational amenities in new towns;...

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Reference
HLG 116
Title
Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors and successor: New Towns, General Registered Files (NT Series)
Date
1938-1980
Description

This series contains files relating to the policy aspects of new towns and new town development corporations. The subject matter of the files includes: investment in new towns; housing, roads, employment and recreational amenities in new towns; new towns structure and expansion; the powers of new town development corporations and appointments to development corporations. Some of the files relate to specific schemes or specific new towns.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
NT file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
686 file(s)
Access conditions
Open
Immediate source of acquisition

In 1979-2005 Department of the Environment

Subjects
Topics
Labour
Housing
Planning (Land and Property)
Local Government
Accruals
No further accruals expected. Future transfers of NT Series files will be into HLG 115.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8811/

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