| Description | Papers and correspondence relating to a planning appeal by Mrs. Dora Dixon of Welshman's Farm, Liverpool Road, Cronton, for building homes on a portion of the land.
Includes: extensive correspondence between Mrs. Dixon and Watson Garbutt, Engineer and Surveyor, Whiston Rural District Council, regarding her appeal to be allowed to build a private dwelling house on a portion of land belonging to Welshman's Farm (1943) and a later application and subsequent appeal regarding the building of two dwelling houses on land at Welshman's Farm (1946 - 1947); copy of a letter sent by Mrs. Dixon to the Right Honourable Aneurin Bevan M.P. regarding her application, and subsequent correspondence between the Ministry of Health, London, and Whiston R.D.C. (1947); report, prepared by Watson Garbutt, with a summary of actions taken regarding the proposed development of land owned by Mrs Dixon (1947); typescript table with questions and some answers for a local inquiry into Mrs. Dixon's case (September 1947); handwritten list of tenants of Swedish Timber Houses in Cronton, including their previous address and place of employment; copy of letter sent by the Ministry of Health to Mrs. Dixon rejecting her appeal (October 1947); correspondence with Lancashire County Council regarding Mrs. Dixon's appeal (1947); copy of a letter inviting James Cook of Dragon House Farm, Cronton, to attend a local inquiry as the owner of property in proximity to the site in question (September 1947); notice of a local inquiry to be conducted by the Ministry of Health into Mrs. Dixon's appeal (August 1947); Form of Appeal to the Minister of Town and Country Planning by Mrs. Dixon (May 1947); copies of two letters sent by Mrs. Dixon to the Right Honourable Lewis Silkin, M.P., Minister of Town and Country Planning, regarding her appeal (1947). |