Catalogue description Department of the Environment: Planning Development Plan System Directorate and successors: Registered Files (PDPS Series)

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Reference: AT 35
Title: Department of the Environment: Planning Development Plan System Directorate and successors: Registered Files (PDPS Series)
Description:

This series contains registered files of the Planning Development Plan System (PDPS) Directorate relating to local inquiry and development plan procedures. The series includes papers relating to payment of costs awarded at statutory inquiries, together with complaints in conjunction with public local inquiries procedure rules and government proposals.

The series includes some files which were re-registered into the PDPS file series from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government's PB1 and PB3 series (HLG 141); these contain papers created by Planning Division B (1963-1973) and Planning (London and the Home Counties) Division (to 1963).
Date: 1951-1992
Related material:

Planning Urban Policy Directorate files are in AT 80

Further related information on inquiries procedure together with policy and procedure on development and structure plans and the awards of costs can also be found in the PD series in HLG 143
Separated material:

For files re-registered into the DPRP series, see AT 36
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: PDPS 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, Development Plans and Regional Strategies Directorate, 1975-1977

Department of the Environment, Planning Development Plan System Directorate, 1972-1975
Physical description: 156 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1995 Department of the Environment
Selection and destruction information: Complaints in conjunction with public local inquiries procedure rules and government proposals' have been preserved. Casework files and representations received for information purposes have not been selected.
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Prior to 1972 functions relating to local inquiry and development plan procedures had been undertaken by divisions of both Planning Services C and Planning Directorate B in the newly created Department of the Environment (DOE).

In 1972, the Planning Development Plan System Directorate of the DOE was established. The directorate comprised five divisions which had a range of functions, including responsibility for the development of planning methodology and the provision of cartographic services.

The directorate also dealt with the implementation of structure and local development plans system and with the statutory aspects and policy of development plans systems. Due to such roles the directorate worked in liaison with both the Council on Tribunals on matters relating to complaints of inquiry procedures and of Inspector's report on planning appeals. The directorate also liaised with the Ordnance Survey Department. Proposals for amending legislation on the development plan review under the Town and Country Planning Act 1968 and awarding of costs under Circular 73/65 were also processed.

In 1975 the Planning Development Plans System Directorate was superseded by the Development Plans and Regional Strategies Directorate (from 1977 the Development Plans and Regional Policies Directorate) to which these responsibilities were transferred.

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