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Chester-le-Street Urban District Council

Reference: UD/CS Catalogue Title: Chester-le-Street Urban District Council Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Planning

Covering Dates: 1965-1974

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  • Chester-le-Street Urban District Council
    • Chester le Street UDC Planning (Ref: UD/CS)
    • Applications for development (Ref: UD/CS 256/1)
    • Aerial photographs (Ref: UD/CS 257/1-2)
    • Photographs (Ref: UD/CS 258/1-2)
    • Photographs of Urpeth Colliery, June 1973 (Ref: UD/CS 258/1/1-14)
    • Photographs of floods in Chester le Street, 1979 (Ref: UD/CS 258/2/1-6)

Catalogue Contents

Chester le Street UDC Planning (Ref: UD/CS)Applications for development (Ref: UD/CS 256/1)Ref: UD/CS 256/1

Town and Country Planning Act 1947 Register of decisions on applications for development, numbers 3524-6042, 29 July 1965 - 24 January 1974 Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1948 Register of decisions on applications for permission to display advertisements, numbers 90A-202A, 2 August 1965 - 29 November 1973
(1 volume)

Aerial photographs (Ref: UD/CS 257/1-2)Ref: UD/CS 257/1

Aerial photographs of Chester le Street, BKS Surveys, July 1975 No flight path key
(94 photographs, 24 x 23 cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 257/2

Aerial photographs of Chester le Street, Aerofilms Survey, 1982 No flight path key
(7 photographs, 19cm x 19cm, black and white)

Photographs (Ref: UD/CS 258/1-2)Photographs of Urpeth Colliery, June 1973 (Ref: UD/CS 258/1/1-14)Ref: UD/CS 258/1/1

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, towards the pit heap, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/1
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/2

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, towards the pit heap, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/2
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/3

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, towards the pit heap, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/3
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/4

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, towards the pit heap, during reclamation works, June 1973 Gateshead area can be seen in the background, with high rise flats Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/4
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/5

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, towards the pit heap, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/5
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/6

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, towards the pit heap, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/6
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/7

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/7
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/8

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, showing old colliery buildings, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/8
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/9

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, showing old colliery buildings, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/9
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/10

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, towards the pit heaps, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/10
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/11

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, towards old colliery buildings and houses in the background, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/11
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/12

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/12
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/13

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, towards the pit heaps, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/13
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/1/14

Photograph looking across the site of Urpeth Colliery, towards the pit heap, during reclamation works, June 1973 Philipson Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, negative number D124/14
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Photographs of floods in Chester le Street, 1979 (Ref: UD/CS 258/2/1-6)Ref: UD/CS 258/2/1

Photograph of Chester le Street, flooded Front Street, looking towards the Market Place, showing Crawfords and Dewhurst shops and Chester le Street Methodist Church, March 1979
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/2/2

Photograph of Chester le Street, flooded street, showing houses either side of the floods, March 1979
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/2/3

Photograph of Chester le Street, flooded river, showing water almost up to the level of the road bridge, with church spire in the background, March 1979
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/2/4

Photograph of Chester le Street, flooded riverside park, March 1979
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/2/5

Photograph of Chester le Street, flooded riverside park, swings in the foreground, March 1979
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)

Ref: UD/CS 258/2/6

Photograph of Chester le Street, view over allotments towards flooded riverside park, March 1979
(1 photograph, 21cm x 16cm, black and white)



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