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London County Council (1887-1965)

 Organization

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951: development plan review, c1951-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.1
Scope and Contents 3 files, each one originally held in a folder and collected by Percy Johnson-Marshall. They consist of: London County Council's "Architect's Department: Housing Division Information Book" (1): Information notices concerning the professional conduct of staff including: planning standards, organisation and procedure, information sheets, standards drawings, sources of housing information and current information notes. London County Council's "Architect's Department:...
Dates: c1951-1959

Comprehensive Development Areas: City of London, 1947-1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1
Scope and Contents

Material relating to different areas of London County Council's Comprehensive Development Area no 1: City of London:


  1. general, (1947-1958)
  2. New Barbican, (c1953-1959)
  3. Saint Paul's Cathedral Precinct, (c1950-1959)
  4. Tower of London Precinct, (c1957-c1959)
  5. City of London river frontages and skylines, (1955)
Dates: 1947-1959

London County Council, 1937-1968

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: PJM/LCC
Scope and Contents The papers related to London County Council consist of: committee reports and agenda, (1949-1959) public relations, (1950-1968) Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, (1937-1960) Architect's Department, (1940s-1964) Comprehensive Development Areas, (1944-c1960) miscellaneous Development Areas,...
Dates: 1937-1968

London County Council: Architect's Department, 1940s-1964

 Series
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D
Scope and Contents

London County Council: Architect's Department consists of:


  1. Administrative County of London Development Plan, 1951, (1945-1958)
  2. planning manuals and methodologies, (1940s-1959)
  3. staffing issues, (1945-1959)
  4. general work, (1944-1964)
  5. exhibitions, (1951-1959)
  6. sociological reports, (1951-1957)
Dates: 1940s-1964

Planning manuals and methodologies: memos, 1955-1958

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.2
Scope and Contents

Percy Johnson-Marshall's file of memoranda issued by the London County Council's Architect's Department to the Town Planning Division during his employment there. These memoranda cover a number of professional issues which staff needed to be kept abreast of including standards, procedures and the work of other divisions of the council.

Dates: 1955-1958

Planning manuals and methodologies: research materials, 1947-1955

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.5
Scope and Contents

File of research materials kept by Percy Johnson-Marshall while employed in London County Council Architect's Department. The file contains papers and research notes on a number of planning methodologies including, daylight, building density, development in central London, child population statistics and planning controls.

In addition the file contains related typescript notes of visits, meetings and talks, memoranda on departmental procedures and notes on legislative change.

Dates: 1947-1955

Planning manuals and methodologies: sample forms and notifications, 1940s and 1950s

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.4
Scope and Contents File of sample forms and notifications, for enforcement of various planning legislation, used by London County Council's Architect's Department. These forms cover the following legislation London Buildings Acts, 1930-1939 Restriction of Ribbon Development (Provision of Means of Entrance and Egress to Buildings) London Order, 1936 Thermal Insulation (Industrial Buildings)...
Dates: 1940s and 1950s

Planning manuals and methodologies: Town and Country Planning Act circulars, 1947-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/2.3
Scope and Contents

Percy Johnson-Marshall's incomplete file of Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 and Town and Country Planning Act, 1959 circulars published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office during his employment at London County Council. In addition there is a minute of evidence from the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London.

Dates: 1947-1959

Staffing issues: internal telephone directories, 1953-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/3.1
Scope and Contents Internal telephone directories for London County Council Architect's Department. These include full department lists, general division lists and town Planning Division North East Group and Reconstruction Areas Group lists. There are also 2 clippings from the Architect's Journal, ( August 1956) which comprise a glossary to abbreviations in Government departments, societies and committees relating to the...
Dates: 1953-1959

Staffing issues: staff reorganisation - 1956, 1955-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/3.3
Scope and Contents

Papers and plans relating to a staff reorganisation of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department in 1956:


  1. papers, 1955-1956
  2. seating plan, 21 February 1956
Dates: 1955-1956

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