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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Legal and Parliamentary...
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| Reference | HLG 13 |
|---|---|
| Title | Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Legal and Parliamentary Branch and predecessors: Housing Instruments and Consents |
| Date | 1910-1955 |
| Description | Consents by the Local Government Board, the Ministry of Health and their successors for the erection of houses, for street and sewerage works, sale, exchange and lease of land, the purchase and appropriation of land and for various other matters under the Housing Acts 1890-1955 and in other legislation containing housing provisions. Rights of Way Extinguishment Orders are also included. The series contains both sealed and unsealed documents, many with folded plans. Up to 1920 the papers have been bound. The papers dated March 1910 to July 1920 are in bound volumes: the later papers are unbound and date to 26.2.1955 when owing to a change in procedure within the Department the deposit was discontinued (instead of two sealed Orders, one only was made and sent to the local authority; the Department retained a copy). The Acts quoted include:- Housing for the Working Classes Act, 1890, 1901, 1903, 1909 Housing Act, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1930, 1936 Local Government Act, 1888, 1889 Public Health Act, 1907 Burial Act, 1900 |
| Related material |
Copies of similar orders are in HLG 47 (corporate lands) HLG 18 Further series of consents will be found in Related correspondence is in MH 12 |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Local Government Board, 1871-1919 Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970 Ministry of Local Government and Planning, 1951 Ministry of Town and Country Planning, 1943-1951 Ministry of Works, 1943-1962 Ministry of Works and Buildings, 1940-1942 Ministry of Works and Planning, 1942-1943 |
| Physical description | 219 volume(s) |
| Accruals | Accruals ceased in 1955. |
| Administrative/ biographical background | Housing authorities were required under the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1903 and subsequent legislation to seek the approval of the Department for action proposed by them. |
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