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www.rbwm.gov.uk The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a unitary authority area with royal borough status in Berkshire , England. The borough is named after its two largest towns of Maidenhead (where the council is based) and Windsor .
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, a local government district in Berkshire, England.Since 1998, the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council.
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council is the local authority for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, which is a unitary authority in Berkshire, England.Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.
Planning Portal was established by UK Government in 2002 to allow planning applications in England and Wales to be processed electronically. It later added guidance and information content, interactive guides, an application service for Building Regulations approval and the ability to purchase site location plans.
The term 'town planning' first appeared in 1906 and was first used in British legislation in 1909. [1]: 1 The roots of the UK town and country planning system as it emerged in the immediate post-war years lay in concerns developed over the previous half century in response to industrialisation and urbanisation.
The Planning Inspectorate traces its roots back to the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1909 and the birth of the planning system in the UK. John Burns (1858–1943), the first member of the working class to become a government Minister, was President of the Local Government Board and responsible for the 1909 Housing Act.
The settlement at Old Windsor largely transferred to New Windsor during the 12th century, although substantial planning and setting out of the new town (including the parish church, marketplace, bridge, hermitage and leper hospital) did not take place until c. 1170, under Henry II, following the civil war of Stephen's reign. At about the same ...
Windsor and Royal Borough Museum is a local history museum, exploring the history of the town of Windsor and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, in the English county of Berkshire.