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Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Urban Planning Directorate: Registered...
Catalogue reference: HLG 136
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HLG 136
Files of the Urban Planning Directorate of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government relating to all aspects of urban planning, including urban renewal, planning and development plan procedures, shopping facilities, research and liaison with...
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HLG 136
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Urban Planning Directorate: Registered Files (UPD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1950-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Urban Planning Directorate of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government relating to all aspects of urban planning, including urban renewal, planning and development plan procedures, shopping facilities, research and liaison with the Ministry of Transport over traffic in towns. They include papers of the Working Party on Car Parks and New Street Widths. Some files were inherited from the P4 branch of the Planning Division and from the Joint Urban Planning Group. Some files relate to specific towns.
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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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UPD 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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- 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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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313 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8831/
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