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Plans of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 3: Bermondsey:

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2 copy plans (68cm x 100cm) by the North East Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. 1 of the plans shows the proposed development layout for Comprehensive Development Area no 6: Bunhill Fields overdrawn on an Ordnance Survey plan at 1:1250 scale, with the original street plan still visible underneath. The other is a sketch plan of the area showing development progress within the Comprehensive Development Area.

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Brown and black overprinted Ordnance Survey map (102cm x 145cm), at a scale of 6 inches to 1 mile, by city architect and planning officer Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson. The map is shows land use and accompanies the Coventry Development Plan 1952.

This plan is very fragile.

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1 copy plan (76cm x 130cm) by the Corporation of London Planning Office showing proposed land-use and location of services for central north east London, overdrawn on an Ordnance Survey plan at 1:2500 scale.

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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.

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3 copy plans (83cm x113cm) by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing the location of London County Council administered property overdrawn on an Ordnance Survey Plan at 1:25000 scale. 1 shows the Reconstruction Areas, 1 shows housing estates with grid references and 1 shows fire stations.

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Copy Ordnance Survey plan 1:1250 scale mosaic (100cm x 111cm) of the Barbican area of London from 1916 with possible new buildings for the redevelopment of the area overdrawn in blue pencil.

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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.

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...

Scope and Contents 3 copy plans (54cm x 121cm) by the Town Planning Division of the London County Council Architect's Department showing details of planned redevelopment in Lansbury (Neighbourhood no 9). This was the part 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 are by the Ordnance Survey at 88' to 1" scale. They show the original street pattern of the area, and are...