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Plans: Bermondsey CDA and supplementary town map, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/3.2.2
Scope and Contents

Copy sketch plan (56cm x 103cm) probably by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing Bermondsey Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) and supplementary town map. The plan shows development status of areas within the CDA boundary.

Dates: 1950s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: Bermondsey / Bermondsey: plans

Plans: Brandon Estate Southwark, 1 May 1957

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/F/2.4
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1 May 1957
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London county Council: miscellaneous development areas / Miscellaneous development areas: plans

Plans: Caledonian Market, 1958

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/F/2.1
Scope and Contents 7 copy plans (69cm x101cm) by the North East Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Division showing plans for the redevelopment of Caledonian Market in London. There are 3 alternative suggested layout plans at 1:1250 scale with hand colouring; an architectural plan of the abattoir in Maiden Lane at 1' to 32" scale; a hand coloured 1:1250 Ordnance Survey plan of the area hand coloured to show land-use (no legend attached), a 1:2500 Ordnance Survey plan...
Dates: 1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London county Council: miscellaneous development areas / Miscellaneous development areas: plans

Plans: CDA no 5 - Elephant and Castle, 1955

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2.1
Scope and Contents

2 copy plans (76cm x 131cm and 38cm x 51cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. The plans show the layout of Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. One plan shows the detailed layout of "Scheme A" at 44" to 1' scale. The other shows the same layout in a smaller scale sketch plan.

Dates: 1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: Elephant and Castle / Elephant and Castle: plans

Plans: Elephant and Castle site no 1, c1955

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2.2
Scope and Contents

9 copy architectural plans (77cm x 128cm) by the Ardin & Brookes Partnership. These form a portfolio of plans for the construction of a development which combined shopping, offices, car parking and a cinema at Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle in London. The plans are comprise: a site plan at 44' to 1" scale; floor plans, elevations and sections at 16' to 1" scale and a perspective drawing. The portfolio originally had 11 sheets but sheets 2 and 7 are missing.

Dates: c1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: Elephant and Castle / Elephant and Castle: plans

Plans: Elephant and Castle suggested block development and perspective sketches, 4 June 1951

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/5.2.3
Scope and Contents

2 copy and 1 manuscript architectural perspective drawings (53cm x 84cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. The copy drawings are identical and show a number of alternative suggestions for block developments around the roundabouts at Comprehensive Development Area no 5: Elephant and Castle. These drawings are at a small scale. The manuscript drawing shows the shopping concourse at a larger scale.

Dates: 4 June 1951
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: Elephant and Castle / Elephant and Castle: plans

Plans from Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department, 1931-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/B/2
Scope and Contents

Plans from Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department consists of:


  1. The Coventry No 1 Town Planning Scheme, Map No 2, 1931
  2. City and Borough of Coventry, Development Plan 1951 - town map, 1951
  3. thematic maps of central Coventry, unknown
  4. Bell Green District Centre: general layout, 4 January 1956
Dates: 1931-1956
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Collected reports and plansregarding Coventry's redevelopment

Plans: geographical themed plans of Stepney / Poplar Comprehensive Development Area, December 1954

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.4.5
Scope and Contents

Set of 11 numbered copy plans (33cm x 81cm) by Tom Bigwood of the Comprehensive Development Area No 2: Stepney / Poplar. These are themed sketch plans covering issues such as historical growth of the area, war damage, housing patterns, geographical areas and public transport at 6" to 1 mile scale.

Dates: December 1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar / Stepney / Poplar: plans

Plans: Government Centre South Bank Hotel, c1953

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.13
Scope and Contents 2 copy plans (65cm x 101cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department, showing the proposed government offices which were part of the South Bank Permanent Development plans. The plans are at 88' to 1" scale. The first comprises a layout plan, elevations and sections. The second is hand coloured and comprises a layout plan and an isometric sketch with a margin note concerning the number of personnel which...
Dates: c1953
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: South Bank / South Bank: plans

Plans: London North East - Blackfriars proposed riverside development, 26 November 1957

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/F/2.6
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 26 November 1957
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London county Council: miscellaneous development areas / Miscellaneous development areas: plans