Cwmbrân Development Corporation
GB0218.D4733

Summary Information

Repository
Gwent Archives
Creator
Cwmbran Development Corporation.
Title
Cwmbrân Development Corporation
ID
GB0218.D4733
Date
1970-1992
Extent
0.015 Cubic Metres
Language
English
Language of Materials note
English

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Biographical/Historical note

Cwmbran is a town located in South East Wales. It was designated as the eleventh New Town in England and Wales under the New Towns Act 1946 and it the first and only New Town designated in Wales. The Town was intended primarily to provide homes near work for those employed in the area and providing social and commercial facilities to preserve open spaces, aiming for a balanced and self-contained community. In 1949 the Cwmbran Development Corporation was established to oversee the building a whole 'new town', and construction began in 1951. The Corporation had the responsibility for acquiring most of the freehold of the designated area and to carry out or closely control all building work. With the depression of the late 1970s Cwmbran Development Corporation changed its focus on development from housing to industry. The Cwmbran Development Corporation ended its responsibilities with the transfer of property and dissolution order 1988, with Torfaen County Borough Council taking responsibility for Cwmbran New Town and the eastern valley.

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Scope and Contents note

Records of Cwmbran Development Corporation: records schedules 1983-1992, handbook for New Town Corporations 1970, summary details of New Towns c.1970, correspondence and circulars c.1970-1991.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Gwent Archives

Conditions Governing Access note

Usual conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use note

Usual copyright conditions apply.

Accruals note

Accruals are not expected.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Deposited 2008

Appraisal note

All records have been retained.

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Other Finding Aids note

A hard copy catalogue is available at Gwent Archives.

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Collection Inventory

 D4733/1  Handbook for New Town Corporations, published by Ministry of Housing and Local Government. 1970 

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 D4733/2  Correspondence and Circulars formerly with D4733/1 1980-1992 

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 D4733/3 Correspondence and Records Schedules 1986-1991 

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 D4733/4 Correspondence, Records Schedules and Records Policy Document 1987-1990 

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 D4733/5 Records Schedules c.1986 

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 D4733/6 Summary Details of New Towns c.1970 

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