Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Series

Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Planning...

Catalogue reference: HLG 131

What's it about?

HLG 131

General administrative files of the planning divisions of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. These files concern mainly planning and development in London and the south east, but also include discussion of general planning policy and...

Full description and record details

Reference

HLG 131

Title
Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Planning Divisions: Registered Files (P Series)
Date

1948-1988

Description

General administrative files of the planning divisions of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. These files concern mainly planning and development in London and the south east, but also include discussion of general planning policy and development plans of other councils in England. Other subjects include the dispersal of government offices to sites outside London; disposal of land, including that released by railway closures; rehabilitation of derelict land; the Land Commission Act 1967; planning compensation; and the Second Land Use Survey. Papers of the Central Housing Advisory Committee are included and material relating to the establishment of the Peak Planning Board and the Lake District Joint Planning Board. The series includes a file on the Aberfan disaster.

The series includes some files re-registered from KA Series ( JH 1 ) and the KC file series ( JH 8 ).

Related material

For other related files see: HLG 90 HLG 91 HLG 103 HLG 107 HLG 124

Separated material

Some P11 series re-registered into KL Series:

JH 4

Some files from this series were re-registered into Department of the Environment series see:

AT 25

AT 26

AT 41

AT 56

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

P file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department of the Environment, Planning Directorate A, 1970-1973
  • Department of the Environment, Planning Directorate B, 1970-1973
  • Department of the Environment, Planning Directorate C, 1970-1973
  • Department of the Environment, Planning Directorate D, 1970-1973
  • Department of the Environment, Planning Directorate E, 1970-1973
  • Department of the Environment, Planning Directorate F, 1970-1973
  • Department of the Environment, Planning Directorate G, 1970-1973
  • Department of the Environment, Planning Directorate H, 1970-1973
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning (London and Home Counties) Division, 1951-1963
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning (Provinces) Division, 1951-1963
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning Division A, 1963-1970
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning Division B, 1963-1970
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning Division C, 1963-1970
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning Division D, 1965-1970
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning Division E, 1969-1970
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning Division F, 1969-1970
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning Division G, 1969-1970
Physical description

812 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1987 Department of the Environment

Subjects
Topics
Railways
Housing
Disasters and emergencies
Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8826/

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

132,539 records

Within the department: HLG

Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, and...

You are currently looking at the series: HLG 131

Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Planning Divisions: Registered Files (P Series)

You may be interested in

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.