Accession No: A 15101 - Catalogue Reference: D/Z 733
addl.
Records of and kept by Witham and Countryside Society,
comprising:
Box 1: Minute books, 1969-1973, 1973-1978;
Box 2: Minute books, 1978-1983, 1983-1985;
Box 3: Minutes, 1986-1989; 1990-1992; 1993-1996;
1997-1998;
Box 4: general correspondence files, 1993, 1994 and
1995; copy of transcript endorsed as by Maurice Smith, IA-ZI [of
items of Witham history];
Box 5:
Witham file re neighbourhood councils, 1974-1976; Child
health and welfare notes, 1978-1980;
Conservation of hedgerows, Bradwell gravel pit, 1984;
Correspondence
etc. relating to development of Witham:
Town reappraisal, Witham, 1969;
Increased traffic along Avenue Road, Witham,
1970-1972;
Agreement
with GLC re housing development at Powers Hall End, Witham, 1972;
Proposed footpath between Saul's Bridge and Kings
Chase, 1972;
Statement by Cllr. Helen Pitchforth re town expansion
of Witham, 1974; Sewage treatment works official tour of inspection leaflet,
1975, and report on pulveriser plant;
Plans new Witham branch library, 1975;
Chipping Hill conservation area, 1975;
Grove-Maldon link road, building of new Tesco and
ice-rink, 1975-1986;
Box 6:
Development at Bellfield, 1976;
High House, Newland Street conservation, 1977-1979;
Hatfield Road Estate and various transport
infrastructure developments, 1977-1983;
Use of land for a Sunday Market at Witham, and drive-in
cinema, 1979-1980, 1982;
Motts Lane improvement scheme, 1979-1986;
International supermarket planning application, 1980; Roslyn House BDC appeal,
1984:
Housing development south of Maltings Lane, 1987;
Deletion of East/West road, 1986-1987;
Box 7:
Bairds Maltings and silos, 1989-1995; related agendas
of BDC Development
Control Sub-Committee; Maltings Lane Forum,
2000-2003; Grove garage / filling station, 1990;
Box 8:
Cycleways in Witham, 1992;
Repairs to the carved figure in store at the Albert P.H.
Witham with information about other figureheads elsewhere in the country,
1993-1994; Witham Town Centre discussion report, 1995;
Newlands Drive resurfacing, 1996;
Shopping in Witham report to BDC, 1998;
Witham Opinion Survey, 1998;
Witham Town Plan, 2003 [photocopy];
Land ownership dispute adjoining 137 Newland St, 2003;
Witham Town Park project, 2007-2009, 2018; Solar farm,
Little Braxted, 2013;
Box 9:
Planning reports etc. by Essex County Council:
County of Essex Development Plan: First review, 1964;
IWitham 1991 1 strategy, 1977,
incl. copies of Essex Plan 2 leaflet and Braintree
District Council
strategy reports, 1) population and 2) employment;
Planning reports etc. by Braintree District Council (BDC):
District Plan for Witham and Surrounding Villages:
report of survey, June 1982;
Local plan for Witham and Surrounding villages: draft
plan for public consultation,
1983, incl. copy of Essex Development Plan Scheme,
1975; Local Plan Inquiry, April 1986: BDC proof of evidence;
Box 10: Braintree District Local Plan Review: First
Deposit Draft, 2002;
Box 1 1: File of transcripts, research notes and some
correspondence relating to
Witham and local area history compiled by Tom Henderson;
Copy of 'The church and village of Bardfield Saling l
by Pamela Twinn, 1983; MS notes on the history of Witham;
Box 12: Inquiry documentation
relating to development at 20-24 Collingwood Road, 2016-2007;
Box 13: Local Plan for Witham and Surrounding Villages,
draft and adopted plans,
1983-1987; Witham: historic towns project assessment
report by Maria Medlycott,
1998; Witham Town Plan: a future for our town, Witham Town
Council, 2003; Witham Town Centre Newland Street conservation area appraisal
and-management
plan (draft), ECC/BDC,
2007;
Box 14: Essex County Council Minerals Subject Plan:
1st draft, Nov. 1986; 2nd draft, Jan. 1988; 'Mineral Extraction: impact on the
landscape', CPRE, 1971; R. A. Brice application for minerals extraction at
Rivenhall End, 1991-1992;
Box 15: environmental conservation:
Local History Recorder Scheme: list of recorders, 1986;
Open Space: draft sustainability appraisal, BDC, 2009;
Whetmead Local Nature Reserve (LNR), Essex Ecology
Services Ltd., 2015; Witham River Walk, 1985;
Witham River Walk: general wildlife assessment,
Nov.2008;
Loss
of Cover trough removal of hedgerows and trees', CPRE, 1971 ;
ITree planting year and wildlife
conservation', Nature Conservancy, 1973;
ITrees in Essex: no.2 farmland planting', c.
1972;
IThe Essex Countryside: a landscape in
decline? l , ECC, 1972;
Environmental directory, c. 1970;
Leisure and Recreation "a blueprint",
Braintree and Bocking UDC, 1972; Interpretive publications. Environmental
Interpretation, CEI, Dec 1985;
Pollution'; review
by GLC, 1971;
Conservation areas and historic buildings in Braintree
district', BDC, 1982;
'Street furniture' (Conservation in Essex no.3), n.d.
'Shopfrontsl (Conservation in Essex No.5)
reprinted BDC, 1981;
Blinds' Supplementary Planning Guidance consultation
draft, BDC/ECC, 1990;
'Replacement
windows', ECC, n.d.
Period doors': the
abuse of historic detail, ECC 1986;
Design guide for
residential areas (draft), ECC, 1972;
Building responsibilities': the case for extending
planning control over agricultural and forestry buildings, CPRE, 1991;
Proposals to demolish listed buildings': notes for local
amenity societies, Civil
Trust, 1974;
Silver End conservation guides, ECC/BDC, n.d.
Local plans, public local inquiries: a guide to
procedure', Dept of the Environment, 1984;
Planning green paper, S. Byers, 2001 (with press
release);
Environmental Law Update - 2001;
Sustainable Development Strategy for the SE, 1998;
Bothered by Noise? what you can do about it', Dept of
the Environment, 1982; Panning enforcement' module, 2005
Box 16:
I Urban Development and Child Welfare in an
Expanding Town', thesis by O. Selvin, PG student, University of Essex, 1979
[using Witham as case study].
Public inquiries into road proposals: what you will need
to know, Dept of the Environment, 1973;
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Roads
and the landscape', CPRE, 1971;Participation in road planning, Dept of the Environment,
1973;
Living with the lorry, University of Leicester, 1973;
Proposed prohibition of driving in
Newland Street, 1898;
A12 Hatfield Peverel to Witham
link road Highways Agency, 2000;
Transport strategy for the Braintree
district: consultation draft, BDC, 2000;
'Major
infrastructure projects', Dept. Transport, Local government and the Regions,
2002;
Speed management strategy and policy for Essex,
2003-2005, ECC:
London to Ipswich multi modal study [travel and
transport issues], 2002; Can I object? leaflet pub. by Royal Town Planning
Inst., n.d.
IA
voice for your neighbourhood: the neighbourhood council', Dept of the
Environment, 1977;
IThe modern council: how we manage
and make decisions', BDC, 2000; Witham Council Millennium questionnaire -
report; papers re Cressing Temple development, 1989;
Swanvale Industrial Estate, Witham. report of public
exhibition, 2006; Review of Braintree District Local Plan, 2000;
Box 17: Witham UDC residential area I no.5 1
house plans, n.d; proposed development of former Butchers Bar and Grill,
Cut Throat Lane, Witham, n.d.;
Inquiry document and plans for
Collingwood Road site development, Witham, 2007
Date: 1964 - 2018
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