| Description | Papers and correspondence relating to a planning appeal by Mr. C.H. Reakes against a proposal by Whiston Rural District Council to build 102 houses in Pottery Lane, Whiston.
Includes: correspondence with the Divisional Planning Officer, Liverpool (June - September 1951); typescript of evidence to be presented by Archibald Verdon Currie, on behalf of Lancashire County Council, at the inquiry (later cancelled) into Mr. Reakes' appeal (September 1951); handwritten notes for the inquiry into Mr. Reakes' appeal; correspondence with Lancashire County Council (June - September 1951); correspondence with the Ministry of Local Government and Planning, Manchester and London (May - September 1951); correspondence with Henry Cross and Son, solicitors, representing Mr. Reakes (September 1951); two maps showing the location of the appeal and listing the names of property owners in the immediate area of Pottery lane (July 1951); observations submitted by the Local Planning Authority (July 1951); correspondence with James Lowe & Sons, auctioneers, valuers and accountants, Prescot, representing Mr. Reakes (May 1951); copy of Mr. Reakes' Form of Appeal to the Minister of Town and Country Planning (May 1951); typescript report on the details of the proposed development at Pottery Lane. |