Abstract
The role of the Central Government regarding the planning of London in the interwar period and the initial stage of the war is examined. The Central Government policy was focussed very early on the re-planning of London issue. In this chapter, the contribution of Lord Reith , the Minister of Works and Buildings, are highlighted. It is to be noted, that Lord Reith, with the concurrence of the Minister of Health, asked the LCC and City Corporation to begin provisional plans for the redevelopment of their bombed areas. This was the starting point of the reconstruction and re-planning procedure of London.
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It was a post which then comprised not only health but also the functions later discharged
to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (Blake 1972, p. 228).
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George Pepler was Chief Technical Officer responsible for Town and Country Planning at the Ministry and had great influence in planning matters amongst the local authorities (Potter 1959, pp. 154–155).
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Sir Geoffrey Whiskard at the time of his appointment in 1941 as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Works had just completed his five-year term of office as British High Commissioner in Australia (Anonymous 1942, p. 272).
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Marmaras, E.V. (2015). The Central Government Policy for Re-planning London. In: Planning London for the Post-War Era 1945-1960. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07647-8_9
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