Ministry of Town and Country Planning

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1943-1951
History:	Created in 1943 with particular responsibility for the framing and execution of national policy concerning the use and development of land in England and Wales. In January 1951 it was superseded by the Ministry of Local Government and Planning.
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C282837

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference
1	1800-1996: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, and of successor and related bodies	The National Archives, Kew	HLG
2	1946-2003: Department of the Environment and successors: Airports Policy Division: Registered Files (APD series)	The National Archives, Kew	AT 94
3	1947-2001: Department of the Environment and Predecessors: Planning Land Use Policy Directorate: Registered Files (PLUP Series)	The National Archives, Kew	AT 29
4	1910-1995: Records of the Ministry of Works and successors
5	1948-1992: New Towns Association: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	FJ 2
6	1910-1955: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Legal and Parliamentary Branch and predecessors: Housing Instruments and Consents	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 13
7	1891-1955: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Legal and Parliamentary Branch and predecessors: Housing Registers of Instruments and Consents	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 14
8	1840-1997: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Legal and Parliamentary Branch and predecessors: Public Health and Local Government Legislation, Bill Papers	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 29
9	1914-1966: Ministry of Health and successors: Local Government Divisions and successors: Local Authority Administration and Finance, Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 53
10	1914-1976: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Local Government Divisions and predecessors: Air Pollution and Smoke Abatement, Registered Files (91213 Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 55
11	1919-1961: Ministry of Health and successors: Confidential General Registered Files (100,000 Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 68
12	1941-1951: Ministry of Works and Buildings and successors: Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey, Reports and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 82
13	1946-1954: Ministry of Town and Country Planning and successors: Regional Physical Planning Committees: Registered Files (91692 Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 83
14	1941-1945: Ministry of Town and Country Planning and predecessors: Greater London Plan, Working Papers of Professor Abercrombie	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 85
15	1941-1973: Ministry of Town and Country Planning and successors: National Parks and Countryside, General and Finance Registered Files (91808 and other Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 92
16	1919-1976: Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Files (99085 series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 103
17	1943-1959: Ministry of Health and successors: Planning and Redevelopment, Registered Files (99,200 Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 104
18	1942-1964: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Regional Offices: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 107
19	1928-1965: Ministry of Health and successors: Health Division and successors: General Health Questions and Foreign Correspondence, Registered Files (95,000 and 96,000 Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 109
20	1918-1970: Ministry of Health and successors: Office Machinery and Procedure, Registered Files (96,203-96,219 Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 110
21	1938-1981: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors and successor: Development Plans	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 119
22	1928-1985: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Establishment Division and Establishment and Organisation Division: Registered Files (EST Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 124

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Ministry of Local Government and Planning	Successor/Predecessor		See Also