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- 1922-1965 (Creation)
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The MCC became a planning authority in 1948. It planning duties were to control the development of land in the County and to prepare a Development Plan. Between the wars Middlesex had grown at a phenomenal rate, producing sprawl and over-industrialisation, with the attendant problems of competing uses for the remaining available land.
The County Development Plan, which laid down the future pattern of land use in Middlesex, was approved by the Minister of Housing and Local Government in 1956, with a Review of the Plan approved in 1964. The Plan maintained a careful balance of competing uses and was primarily directed towards the maintenance of the Green Belt, a limitation on uses giving rise to employment and improved provision of open space and land for the social services. Under its planning policies, the Council arranged for hundreds of trees to be planted near main thoroughfares and acquired about fifty wrongly-sited premises in order to extinguish their industrial uses.
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MCC/CL/L/PL 1922-1965 Collection 4.5 linear metres MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council
The MCC became a planning authority in 1948. It planning duties were to control the development of land in the County and to prepare a Development Plan. Between the wars Middlesex had grown at a phenomenal rate, producing sprawl and over-industrialisation, with the attendant problems of competing uses for the remaining available land.
The County Development Plan, which laid down the future pattern of land use in Middlesex, was approved by the Minister of Housing and Local Government in 1956, with a Review of the Plan approved in 1964. The Plan maintained a careful balance of competing uses and was primarily directed towards the maintenance of the Green Belt, a limitation on uses giving rise to employment and improved provision of open space and land for the social services. Under its planning policies, the Council arranged for hundreds of trees to be planted near main thoroughfares and acquired about fifty wrongly-sited premises in order to extinguish their industrial uses.
Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.
Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to planning, 1922-1965, including papers relating to the County of Middlesex Development Plan, including papers of Joint Town Planning Committees; copies of relevant legislation; building preservation orders; objections to the Plan; papers relating to reviews of the Plan; public enquiries; and proposals for works at specific sites. Also survey of footpaths under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, including correspondence, maps and statement.
MCC/CL/L/PL/01: County of Middlesex Development Plan; MCC/CL/L/PL/02: Rights of way survey.
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Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For more records relating to planning, including maps and plans, see MCC/CL/MP and MCC/CL/PL.
For further information on the history of the Middlesex County Council please see Middlesex by Sir Clifford Radcliffe (2 editions, 1939 and 1953), LMA Library reference 97.09 MID; and The County Council of the Administrative County of Middlesex: 76 years of local government, 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1965, by Middlesex County Council (1965), LMA library reference S97.09 MID.
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Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.
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Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to planning, 1922-1965, including papers relating to the County of Middlesex Development Plan, including papers of Joint Town Planning Committees; copies of relevant legislation; building preservation orders; objections to the Plan; papers relating to reviews of the Plan; public enquiries; and proposals for works at specific sites. Also survey of footpaths under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, including correspondence, maps and statement.
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MCC/CL/L/PL/01: County of Middlesex Development Plan; MCC/CL/L/PL/02: Rights of way survey.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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For more records relating to planning, including maps and plans, see MCC/CL/MP and MCC/CL/PL.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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