| Description | Papers and correspondence regarding Whiston Rural District Council's intention to purchase land at Copplehouse Lane, Kirkby, for housing development.
Includes: handwritten notes regarding the purchase; correspondence with the District Valuer, Liverpool (1949 - 1950); Valuation Office report in terms of compensation provisionally agreed (May 1950); plan of the proposed site (December 1948); draft and typescript copy of information requested by the District Valuer regarding the land (1949); correspondence with John Postlethwaite & Co., chartered surveyors, Liverpool, representing Messrs J. and R. Ruddock, Liverpool, the owners of the land (1949); correspondence with the Ministry of Health, Manchester, regarding the proposed purchase of land (1949); application to the Ministry of Health for proposed development (October 1949); completed questionnaire about the ownership of the property, with a full description of it (1949); correspondence with Lancashire County Council about the proposal to build 110 houses at Copplehouse Lane, Kirkby (October 1949); correspondence with Messrs. J. and R. Ruddock, Liverpool (1948 - 1949). |