Catalogue description Records of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment: Design Review Department: Schemes

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Title: Records of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment: Design Review Department: Schemes
Description:

This series contains information about the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment's (CABE) design review service and the development schemes reviewed by the directorate between 1999 and 2011. The directorate had a number of specialist panels in addition to its national panel, which reviewed development schemes from across England, for schemes relating to the Building Schools for the Future initiative, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Crossrail, Eco Towns and the Infrastructure Planning Commission. The archive on each scheme reviewed includes consultations from the architect or local authority, significant correspondence, drawings reviewed, CABE's review letter(s), and a copy of CABE's database notes.
Date: 1999-2011
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, 1999-2011
Physical description: 2765 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 2011 Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
Selection and destruction information: Acquisition Policy Criteria 3.1 To record the principal policies and actions of UK central government and to document the state's interactions with its citizens and with the physical environment.
Accruals: No further accruals are expected
Administrative / biographical background:

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), was established in September 1999, as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). CABE succeeded the former Royal Fine Art Commission (RFAC) which had been established by royal warrant in 1924 to advise on individual projects specifically referred to it by government departments and other public bodies. RFAC was eventually sponsored by the Department of the Environment and the Department fof National Heritage, but had no statutory powers and was abolished in April 1999.

CABE was funded by both DCMS and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

CABE was made a statutory body by the Clean Neighbourhood and Envirnonment Act, 2005. CABE served as the government's statutory adviser on architecture, urban design and public space in England. Its remit was to influence and inspire the people making decisions about the built environment; working directly with architects, planners, designers and clients.

CABE's remit did not cover Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The equivalent body in Scotland is Architecture and Design Scotland.

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