Catalogue description National Parks Commission and the Countryside Commission: Countryside Recreation Research Advisory Group (CRRAG): Registered Files

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Title: National Parks Commission and the Countryside Commission: Countryside Recreation Research Advisory Group (CRRAG): Registered Files
Description:

This registered files series contains the agendas, minutes, surveys and correspondence of the Countryside Recreation Research Advisory Group (CRRAG). The group aimed to develop a co-ordinated methodology in the planning for open air recreation in rural areas by urban dwellers, provision of facilities for recreation in particular in Country Parks, and the implications for Green Belt policy.
Date: 1967-1992
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Countryside Commission, 1968-1999

National Parks Commission, 1949-1968
Physical description: 126 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 2008-2017 Natural England
Custodial history: The records were held by the Countryside Commission until 1999 when the organisation merged with the Rural Development Commission to form the Countryside Agency in 1999. In 2006 the Countryside Agency, English Nature and the Rural Development Service merged to form Natural England.
Accumulation dates: Series opened in 1967.
Selection and destruction information: These files were selected according to The National Archives Acquisition Policy 3.2.2 and Operational Selection Policy OSP4.
Accruals: No further accruals are expected.
Administrative / biographical background:

The Countryside Recreation Research Advisory Group (CRRAG) co-ordinated by the Countryside Commission changed its name to the Countryside Recreation Network in the mid 1980s.

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