| AdminHistory | The Town Planning Committee was formed in 1911, after an initial year as a sub-committee of the General Purpose Committee (see BCC/1/AG/8). The committee's original function was to look at two planning schemes, one for Quinton, which had come into Birmingham in 1909; the other, Batchelor’s Farm, was in East Birmingham. Schemes followed for North Yardley, Castle Bromwich (Bromford and Hodge Hill) and Stechford. The committee was to investigate schemes for town planning which incorporated good road layout and the provision of new schools, baths, allotments, parks and other facilities.
In June 1917, the Public Health and Housing Committee (see BCC/1/BM) was split, with the housing function subsequently attached to the Town Planning Committee, forming the Housing and Town Planning Committee, in accordance with the Housing of the Working Class Acts of 1890 - 1909, as well as the Housing and Town Planning Act of 1909. In additional to its existing responsibilities, the committee was now charged with investigating the provision of houses for Birmingham's working classes. In November 1919, the two functions were again split, with Town Planning being merged with the Public Works Committee (see BCC 1/AO) and Housing being merged with the Estates Committee (see BCC/1/AM). |