Housing Development

18 copy plans (approximately 55cm x 80cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. The plans are development details for discrete areas of different neighbourhoods in Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar at 1" to 88' scale. Some of the plans are hand-coloured and 1 is on transparency. The majority have information concerning the proposed land use and housing density in the developments.

Copy architectural plan (69cm x 102cm) by the Housing Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing the layout of the planned Brandon Housing Estate in Southwark, London. The plan is at 1/88" to 1' scale.

4 copy plans (51cm x 77cm) by the Central Division of London County Council Architect's Department showing plans for a house of type 3H for the Huntingdon Town Development. The plans are at 1/4" to 1' and 1/2" to 1' scale and comprise of plans, sections, elevations and details.

Copy architectural plan (64cm x 132cm) by the North East Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing the layout of a proposed riverside development at Blackfriars in London at 44' to 1" scale.

3 copy plans (33cm x 40cm) probably by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's's Architect's Department showing a cross-section of the proposed Barbican development and the number of square feet of accommodation available at each section of each level. 2 of the plans are identical except for some hand written notes. the third differs slightly in the area calculations.

Copy plan (77cm x 135cm) by the North West Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing the location and layout of planned shops and amenities as part of the Notting Hill Gate Improvement Scheme in Notting Hill, London. The plan is at 40' to 1" scale.

Manuscript bird's-eye perspective drawing (69cm x 104cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department, showing the layout of an area which is probably East India Dock Road Neighbourhood of the Stepney / Poplar Comprehensive Development Area in London. The drawing is at approximately 1:2500 scale and is in felt-tip pen and coloured pencil on transparency, with the River [Thames] in the foreground.

8 copy architectural plans (51cm x 55cm) for housing developments in Lansbury, London. This was the part of Lansbury Neighbourhood, (Neighbourhood no 9) of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar, which became the subject of the "Live Architecture Exhibition" at the Festival of Britain, 1951. The plans consist of miscellanous plans and elevations, at a variety of scales, for different house types designed by London County Council Architect's Division.