West Glamorgan Archive Service

Gower Rural District Council Planning Register Index

Reference code(s): GB 0216 RD G Pl

Held at:

Title: Gower Rural District Council Planning Register Index

Short title: Gower Rural District Council, planning register index

Dates of creation: [1950s]

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium: (1 volume)

Name of creator(s): Gower Rural District Council

CONTEXT

Administrative and biographical history: Gower Rural District Council, Glamorgan, was created under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894 and from 1918 comprised the parishes of Bishopston, Cheriton, Ilston, Llanddewi, Llangennith, Llanmadog, Llanrhidian Lower, Llanrhidian Higher, Nicholaston, Oxwich, Pen-maen, Pennard, Penrice, Port Einon, Reynaldston and Rhosili. The Council comprised councillors and a chairman and initially replaced the local sanitary authorities. The Council was responsible for a range of local services and was administered by committees and appointed officers including a Clerk and Treasurer. Gower Rural District Council was abolished in 1974 following local government reorganisation and its functions were assumed by an enlarged Swansea City Council.

CONTENT

Scope and content: Index to planning register, showing planning application reference numbers and boundaries of common land, drawn on 6" OS maps, [1950s].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/script: English

Conditions governing access: No restrictions

Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply

Finding aids: Hard copies of the catalogue are available at West Glamorgan Archive Service.
Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained

Accruals: Accruals are not expected

Immediate source of acquisition: It is the policy of the West Glamorgan Archive Service to withhold the names of depositors.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related units of description: Further records are in West Glamorgan Archive Service, TC/69.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: West Glamorgan Archive Service, Gower Rural District Council (RD/G Pl) catalogue; Jackson, W. Eric, The Structure of Local Government in England and Wales (London: Longmans, 1949); Hey, David, Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History (Oxford, 1997); Richards, Melville, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff, 1969); Collis, Kim, The West Glamorgan Archives Service: A Guide to the Collections (Swansea, 1998).

Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH

Date(s) of description: August 2005

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects

Gower (Wales). | Rural District Council | Archives

Land use | Planning | Wales | Swansea

Personal names

Corporate names

Gower (Wales) | Rural District Council

Places

Gower