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Ministry of Land and Natural Resources and successors: Common Land Files (KC Series)
Description and record details
| Reference | JH 8 |
|---|---|
| Title | Ministry of Land and Natural Resources and successors: Common Land Files (KC Series) |
| Date | 1960-1971 |
| Description | The files relate to the registration and maintenance of Common Land. They include those concerned with the Commons Registration Bill 1965, and the proposed revision of common land aspects in the Town and Country Planning Act 1968. Files from the LON series (MAF 235) of Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food were registered into the KC series. |
| Arrangement | Arranged alpha-numerically by former reference within each transfer. |
| Related material |
Files dealing with schemes of regulations under the Commons Act 1899 are in HLG 65 |
| Separated material |
P PSC PC C CSR Files from the KC series were re-registered into the following series: |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | KC series |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Department of the Environment, 1970-1997 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001 Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, Countryside Division, 1967-1969 Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, Land Use Division, 1965-1967 |
| Physical description | 13 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
In 1998 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions |
| Accruals | Series is accruing |
| Selection and destruction information | Routine casework has been destroyed. |
| Administrative/ biographical background | Originally part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, in 1965 responsibility for common land fell to the new Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, and was passed through three divisions in the next five years: Land Use Division 1965-1967, Countryside Division 1967-1969, and Planning Division C 1969-1970. This was superseded by the Department of the Environment 1970-1997, which was itself re-organised into the Department of the Environment, Transport, and the Regions in 1997. |
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