Ministry of Town and Country Planning

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former United Kingdom government department

The Ministry of Town and Country Planning was a UK government department responsible for postwar land-use planning and the creation of new towns to manage urban growth and reconstruction.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of Housing and Local Government	2
Ministry of Town and Country Planning canonical	1
UK Ministry of Housing and Local Government	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former United Kingdom government department ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedInto	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Housing and Local Government
field	land‑use planning ⓘ new town development ⓘ regional planning ⓘ urban planning ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasObjective	control urban sprawl ⓘ coordinate reconstruction of war‑damaged areas ⓘ integrate housing, industry and transport in land‑use plans ⓘ manage postwar urban growth ⓘ promote planned new communities ⓘ
involvedIn	designation of new towns in postwar Britain ⓘ policy on green belts around major cities ⓘ preparation of development plans for local areas ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
replacedBy	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Housing and Local Government
responsibleFor	advising Parliament on planning legislation ⓘ coordination of national planning policy ⓘ coordination of regional planning boards ⓘ country planning policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ guidance to local authorities on development plans ⓘ implementation of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 ⓘ integration of transport considerations into land‑use planning ⓘ oversight of compulsory purchase powers for planning ⓘ oversight of local planning authorities ⓘ planning controls over development rights ⓘ planning of new towns in the United Kingdom ⓘ policy on redevelopment of blitz‑damaged urban areas ⓘ post‑Second World War land‑use planning ⓘ strategic planning for housing locations ⓘ strategic planning for industrial locations ⓘ town planning policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
sector	public administration ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
timePeriod	post‑Second World War era ⓘ
usedLegalInstrument	New Towns Act 1946 ⓘ Town and Country Planning Act 1944 ⓘ Town and Country Planning Act 1947 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British New Towns movement → implementedBy → Ministry of Town and Country Planning ⓘ

Evelyn Sharp (civil servant) → employer → Ministry of Town and Country Planning ⓘ

subject surface form: Evelyn Sharp

this entity surface form: Ministry of Housing and Local Government

Milton Keynes Development Corporation → parentOrganization → Ministry of Town and Country Planning ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of Housing and Local Government

Milton Keynes Development Corporation → foundedBy → Ministry of Town and Country Planning ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK Ministry of Housing and Local Government