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Town and Country Planning Act 1947 - 70th Anniversary

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Edmund Lee, modified 6 Years ago.

Town and Country Planning Act 1947 - 70th Anniversary

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I thought colleagues working in planning might be interested to see how Historic England is marking the 70th anniversary of the Town and County Planning Act 1947

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/70-years-of-listing

The Act introduced the modern process of Listing buildings of special architectural or historic interest, now managed by Historic England.

For those with an interest in history, there's a useful timeline of the various measures to protect cultural heritage in England on the Historic England website at

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/features/conservation-listing-timeline/