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Records of the Third London Airport Directorate

Catalogue reference: Division within AT

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Division within AT

Records concerning the planning for a third London airport.Registered files of the Third London Airport Directorate are in AT 56

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Division within AT

Title
Records of the Third London Airport Directorate
Date

1962-1983

Description

Records concerning the planning for a third London airport.

Registered files of the Third London Airport Directorate are in AT 56

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department of the Environment, Planning Division A, Branch PF3, 1970-1971
  • Department of the Environment, Third London Airport Directorate, 1971-1974
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning Division A, 1963-1970
Physical description

1 series

Access conditions

Open

Administrative / biographical background

The Third London Airport Directorate was established in the Department of the Environment in 1971, replacing the earlier PF3 Planning Branch. In 1970, PF3 had itself replaced P3 Division of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, which in 1968 had taken over this aspect of the work of that department's P2 Division, where responsibility had lain for the preceding ten years.

The directorate was largely concerned with planning for the proposed Stansted Airport in Essex, although some files deal with rival sites in Essex at Foulness and Maplin Islands. It appears to have been wound up in 1974.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C914/

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Records of the Third London Airport Directorate