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Set of 4 coloured manuscript themed plans by the City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh overlaid on an Ordnance Survey 1:1250 scale mosaic base map (90cm x 120cm). One is a zoning map with coloured areas indicated for phases 1-4, each phase taking 5 years. One shows the levels of surveys required in certain areas, one shows electoral ward boundaries and one shows compulsory purchase designations in the area, with total acreages.

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File of papers relating to London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 4: Tower of London Precinct. The file contains a planning brochure for the planned precinct, a layout plan by the Corporation of London City Planning Office overdrawn on an Ordnance Survey plan at 1:1250 scale (possibly reduced in size), and some typescript notes concerning the area.

Scope and Contents 4 copy plans relating to the redevelopment of the Barbican Comprehensive Development Area in London. "Barbican 27 storey building Moor Lane" (38cm x 51cm) - layout plan is at 44' to 1" scale, 1958 "Annex B" (55cm x 70cm) - a plan with a numbered index to sites and their areas according to the development plan at 88' to 1" scale, January 1956 "Barbican Area" (50cm x 76cm)...

Scope and Contents 6 printed plans (50cm x 89cm) by the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department showing the planned reconstruction areas in Stepney and Poplar in London. The plans are overprinted on Ordnance Survey base plan at 6 inches to 1 mile scale and comprise: a boundary plan "Declaratory order plan" - areas subject to Compulsory Purchase Order "Zoning...

Scope and Contents 2 plans by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department, showing the South Bank Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) in London. The first is a printed Ordnance Survey plan (84cm x 116cm) at 6" to 1 mile scale showing central London with the different areas of the CDA overlain in red and pink paint with pencil identifiers. The second is a copy sketch plan of the CDA Area (77cm x 130cm) at a large scale...

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2 copy plans (52cm x 77cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department, showing the hotel which formed part of the plans for the South Bank Permanent Development in London. There is a first floor plan for hotel at 32' to 1" scale. There is also a sheet of small scale alternative layout plans for bedroom blocks at the hotel, laid out on one sheet for comparative purposes.

Scope and Contents 2 plans (88cm x 118cm) by the City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh showing the University of Edinburgh policy statement on the area within the boundary of the City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh South Side Local Plan. There are 2 plans. The first is a transparancy of an Ordnance Survey plan at 1:1250 scale with the boundary of the South Side Local Plan, header and scale information added. Letratone arrows and hand drawn boxes have been added. The second is a laminated paper print of the...

Scope and Contents Set of 21 themed plans, overlaid on the same area of an Ordnance Survey plan, showing the University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962). 20 are at 1:2500 scale and cover the themes: commerce and industry, retail shops and service trades, land use, existing bus routes, existing sewers, existing mains water, existing gas mains, existing high voltage cables, existing low voltage cables, existing post office underground plant, existing water mains, zoning plan, proposed road...

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Hand colour coded land-use plan (75cm x 85cm) overlaid on 1:1250 Ordnance Survey base plan. It shows the University of Edinburgh Development Area with acreages indicated for each land-use parcel. There are reference numbers for each parcel, but no key to what they mean.

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Set of 2 copy plans (30cm x 41cm), one showing the phasing plans and one a diagram of planning principles for the proposed student centre for the University of Edinburgh, at Bristo Street/ Potterrow, Edinburgh. The plans are overdrawn on a contemporary 1:1250 Ordnance Survey plan and are hand coloured.