Catalogue description Department of the Environment and successors: Regeneration Directorate: Registered Files (RD1, RD2 and Regeneration Series)

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Reference: AT 214
Title: Department of the Environment and successors: Regeneration Directorate: Registered Files (RD1, RD2 and Regeneration Series)
Description:

This series contains records relating to the policy on urban regeneration and neighbourhood renewal, including sponsorship of the Groundwork Trust and response to the report and recommendations of Lord Roger’s Urban Task Force. All the Directorate’s other activities are under different prefixes.
Date: 1996-2000
Arrangement:

The records are arranged in former reference order.
Related material:

For New Towns (NT) Prefix see HLG 115

For ARPD Prefix see AT 132

For ACU Prefix see AT 156
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: RD Prefix
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, 1970-1997

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
Physical description: 33 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2023 Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Regeneration Directorate was formed in 1997. In 2002 it was re-organised and re-named as the Regional Regeneration Programmes Division and in 2003 it was again re-named as the Regeneration and Sponsorship Division (RSD).

On formation, the Regeneration Directorate comprised of three Divisions: Regeneration Divisions 1, 2 and 3 (RD 1, RD2 and RD3). Only RD 1 and 2 used the RD Prefix.

On formation RD 1 had responsibility for Directorate Research, the Special Grants Programme, support to the Inner Cities Religious Council (files for this continued in the ARPD prefix, AT 156) sponsorship of the Groundwork Trust. A Branch in this Division sponsored the Housing Action Trusts and used the HAT Prefix.

On formation RD 2 dealt predominately with the Single Regeneration Budget, but also had responsibility for Action for Cities which used its own ACU Prefix (AT 132). RD 3 which was responsible for New Towns and Urban Development Corporations and was in effect the old New Towns Division and continued to use the NT Prefix (New Towns - HLG 115).

RD 3 also had a Branch responsible for sponsoring English Partnerships which continued to use the EPSB (English Partnerships Sponsorship Branch) Prefix.

Regeneration Division also dealt with the Departmental response to the Report of Lord Rogers Urban Task Force which has a degree of Special Interest.

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