Catalogue description Department of the Environment: Land Economy (LED Series) Files

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Reference: AT 108
Title: Department of the Environment: Land Economy (LED Series) Files
Description:

This series contains registered files relating to the work of the Land Economy Division, particularly as secretariat to the Property Advisory Group.
Date: 1979-1980
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: LED Series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, Land Economy Division, 1980-1982
Physical description: 7 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 2009 Department for Communities and Local Government
Custodial history: 1982–1997 Department of the Environment; 1997–2001 Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions; 2001–2002 Department of Transport Local Government and the Regions; 2002–2006 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; 2006-date Department for Communities and Local Government.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

Land Economy Division was created in 1979 from the Estates Divisions (Commercial Property Division 1, and Estates Division) and comprised three parts: Land Economy 1, 2 and 3:

  • Land Economy Division 1: planning; housing; transport; agriculture; development agencies; property finance.
  • Land Economy Division 2: commercial property; liaison with economic advisors; landlord and tenant legislation; secretariat to the Property Advisory Group.
  • Land Economy Division 3: strategic planning, growth areas, central areas, industrial location, housing rehabilitation.

By 1982 the functions had been transferred to Planning and Land Use Policy (PLUP).

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