Catalogue description Land Commission: General Policy and Land Cases, Registered Files (LAN and other Series)

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Reference: HLG 74
Title: Land Commission: General Policy and Land Cases, Registered Files (LAN and other Series)
Description:

This series contains headquarters and regional office files relating to the function of the Land Commission, the buying and selling of land. The files include both general policy and case files relating to acquisitions proposed or effected in pressure and other areas, as well as such matters as the availability, use and disposal of land and consultation with government departments, local authorities and other bodies.

Some of the files continued in use in the Department of the Environment after the dissolution of the Commission until 1973 and include some Private Office papers from that department.

The series also contains some levy (LEV) and finance (FIN) files in addition to the main series of lands (LAN) files.

Date: 1965-1983
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: LAN file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, 1970-1997

Land Commission, 1967-1971

Physical description: 1543 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

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