Catalogue description Department of the Environment: Development Plans and Regional Policy Directorate: Registered Files (DPRP Series)

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Details of AT 36
Reference: AT 36
Title: Department of the Environment: Development Plans and Regional Policy Directorate: Registered Files (DPRP Series)
Description:

This series contains registered files of the Development Plans and Regional Policy Directorate (DPRP) relating to regional planning issues, such as control, development and structure plans and Green Belts.

The series includes earlier files which were re-registered from earlier Ministry of Housing and Local Government Planning Directorates series PB3 (HLG 141), PD1 (HLG 143) and UPD (HLG 136), and from other Department of the Environment Directorates series PDPS (AT 35), PRM (AT 48), PRP (AT 46) and DPRS.
Date: 1956-1998
Arrangement:

The files in this series have been transferred in more than one batch. They are arranged in previous reference order within each accession.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: DPRP file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, Development Plans and Regional Policy Directorate, 1977-1994

Department of the Environment, Planning Directorate C, 1970-1973

Department of the Environment, Planning, Minerals and Countryside Directorate, 1972-1974

Department of the Environment, Planning, Regional and Minerals Directorate, 1974-1977

Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Minerals Division, 1951-1965

Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Planning Division C, 1963-1970
Physical description: 752 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1996 Department of the Environment
Accumulation dates: 1973 onwards
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Development Plans and Regional Policy (DPRP) Directorate was created in 1977, following the amalgamation of the Development Plans and Regional Strategies Directorate (1975-1977) and Division 1 of the Planning, Regional and Minerals Directorate (1974-1977). The Development Plans and Regional Strategies Directorate had itself taken over the responsibilities of the Planning Development Plans System Division (1973-1975).

The directorate was responsible for a strategic framework for planning, at both a regional and national level. It was also responsible for the Department of the Environment's interest in regional affairs other than the regional strategic framework, such as the EEC Regional Development Fund and dispersal of government establishments.

The directorate was in existence until 1983 when it was renamed the Regional Policy and Development Directorate.

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