File 66/5 - Compensation claims under the Town and Country Planning Acts 1947 and 1954

Papers deriving from compensation claims for loss of development value or ‘Treasury Scheme cases’ under the Town and Country Planning Acts of 1947 and 1954, dealing mainly with the valuation of claims submitted by the Brogyntyn Estate Company and recommendations for fulfilment of the criteria, 1949-1955. The properties for which compensation was claimed included Brogyntyn mansion and farm, Oerley Hall, The Mount, Brick Kilns, other Brogyntyn estate properties, parts of the Glyn estate including requisitioned land at Harlech Camp, mineral interests such as the limestone quarries at Underhill and Carreg-y-big, Llwyn Sand and Gravel Pits, Foel Wood Sandpit and Sandstone Quarry, Salop, Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nanhoron Quarry, Portmadoc Quarry, and the Sand Pit, Golf Links, Harlech. The papers comprise mainly the official Central Land Board claim forms, schedules of Brogyntyn estate claims, circulars and correspondence between the Inland Revenue District Valuers in Shrewsbury and Bangor, the Central Land Board, Birmingham, E. Pakenham Hamilton of the Brogyntyn Estate Office in Oswestry, Mssrs Yard and Hardcastle of the Estate Office, Pwllheli, Capt. D.E. Anderson, and Durnford and Lee mining engineers, Doncaster.