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Mounted small scale Ordnance Survey plan (49cm x 88cm) showing the east end of London. The plan has pencil annotations relating to notable buildings and red pencil annotations, possibly indicating a bus route.

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Set of 6 manuscript plans at 1:1250 scale showing the proposed Comprehensive Development Area for the Tollcross area of Edinburgh (32cm x 60cm), produced for the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning. These show a proposed one way gyratory road system, land use zoning, phasing, and possible building development. 4 of the plans are hand-coloured on paper. The remainder are transparent overlays with blocks of colour using "Letratone".

Scope and Contents Set of 7 copy plans relating to traffic flow and parking planning for the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, at its now vacated Lauriston Place location. One plan is subtitled "Proposed site layout" and has no additions. Plans entitled "Outline Block Plan Scheme 1" and "Outline Block Plan 2" have pencil additions showing changes to building layout, on-site roadways and traffic flow directions. The remainder of the plans show detailed traffic flow proposals, and resultant changes to road lay-out...

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2 coloured architectural scenic drawings (46cm x 73cm) by Alexander Duncan Bell, for the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning, showing a possible ring-road development and pedestrian areas in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh. The drawings depict traffic, pedestrians, current architecture and modern architecture coexisting. There are also 2 black and white photographic prints of each drawing (13cm x 21cm).

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4 sketch plans on manuscript pre-prepared base (48cm x 58cm), probably by Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates. Themes are hand coloured using felt-tip pens . These show schematic ideas studies for the proposed St James Square Comprehensive Development Area in Edinburgh. Subjects covered are pedestrian circulation, levels, zoning and relative heights of major and distributor roads.

Scope and Contents Plans of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar: reconstruction area in Stepney / Poplar, (1946-1947) Stepney / Poplar neighbourhood diagram, (c1955-1957) Area of comprehensive development no 2 - Stepney / Poplar, (1950s) Areas in the Stepney / Poplar neighbourhoods, (1949-c1955) geographical...

Scope and Contents Incomplete set of agenda for the London County Council Town Planning Committee, Town Planning (Redevelopment and Road Improvements ) Sub-committee. Agenda items are very complete, containing full details for decisions which the council has taken and the reasons for these. They also give details of the reports which are going to be discussed, their authors and the reference number for these. There is also a copy of a report to the Sub-committee, by the Architect to the Council, concerning the...

Scope and Contents Typescript series of reports entitled County Planning Report . These are presented as chapters of a book but also have Town Planning Committee report numbers, suggesting that they were prepared as agenda items. They cover communications, public utilities, areas of comprehensive development, proposed new areas of comprehensive development, civic design, planning standards and appendices. These reports were produced in conjunction with...

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Copy of an Ordnance Survey plan of central Edinburgh at 1:5000 scale (reduced from 1:2500) overlaid in black with ideas for immediate traffic relief and long-term traffic relief projects. Traffic flow directions for a one-way system are indicated, along with sites for immediate or future construction of car-parks. This plan is very dilapidated and requires careful handling.

Scope and Contents 2 manuscript street layout plans (63cm x 102cm), by Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates, for the University of Edinburgh / Nicolson Street Comprehensive Development Area. Detail is restricted to land parcels between street intersections and major buildings. The first plan sub-titled "Acreages and floor areas" contains statistics concerning site area, floor area and plot ratio for each site. The second plan sub-titled "survey of parked vehicles" gives street by street statistics for...